The last time that CM Punk and Adam Page were in the ring was at AEW Double Or Nothing on May 29, 2022, which was also when Punk defeated Page for the AEW World Championship. It’s no secret that in the past, there were some backstage issues between them, including when Punk “went off” the script and called out Page on the August 17, 2022, episode of “AEW Dynamite.” 

He also spoke ill about him during his infamous speech on the All Out post-show media scrum and in a September 2022 interview with “ESPN.”

Sullivan is no stranger to real heat with other wrestlers which was later used on television. The former WCW star had his own issues with Chris Benoit, which turned into a storyline for WCW. Nancy Benoit was first married to Sullivan, and in 1997 she had an on-screen relationship with Benoit, which later became a real-life relationship between them.