Tony Khan announces overrun and C.M. Punk match for AEW Dynamite

AEW will be running a bit overtime on TBS tomorrow night for Dynamite, but it’s all by design according to Tony Khan.

Tuesday afternoon on Twitter, Khan announced that due to strong ratings, great fans, and a stellar card for Wednesday’s show that they would go over their usual allotted time, but that it might not be by much.

“Thanks to our great fans, great ratings, and a great card for matches set for Wednesday Night Dynamite, the TBS Network granted us an overrun for AEW Dynamite tomorrow. It may just be a few minutes, but whatever happens there’s a chance we’ll run past 10pm EST tomorrow on Dynamite!”

Thanks to our great fans, great ratings + a great card of matches set for Wednesday Night Dynamite, @TBSNetwork granted us an overrun for #AEWDynamite tomorrow! It may just be a few minutes, but whatever happens there’s a chance we’ll run past 10pm ET/9pm CT tomorrow on Dynamite!

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 12, 2022

In addition to the overrun news, Tony Khan announced that C.M. Punk would face Penta for the first time ever.

Tomorrow Night
Wednesday, April 13
UNO Lakefront Arena in
New Orelans, LA#AEWDynamite on @TBSNetwork @PENTAELZEROM vs @CMPunk

“You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!” https://t.co/6xeuiWDWb5 pic.twitter.com/eHzZOpervt

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 12, 2022

Last week on Twitter, Punk called out a handful of names, asking them to wrestle. Penta was included on that list as was Kyle O’Reilly, Wheeler Yuta, Tony Nese, Dustin Rhodes, Bryan Danielson, The Young Bucks, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler.

Hey somebody wrestle me Wednesday. @DaxFTR @CashWheelerFTR @WheelerYuta @PENTAELZEROM @KORcombat @TonyNese @dustinrhodes @bryandanielson @TheJonGresham @SilverNumber1 @youngbucks basically anyone except Eddie Kingston. #AEWDynamite

— player/coach (@CMPunk) April 9, 2022

Other matches on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite include Samoa Joe vs. Minoru Suzuki, Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus vs. ReDragon for the AEW Tag Team Championship, Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs, MJF vs. Shawn Dean, Eddie Kingston, Santana, & Ortiz vs. The Jericho Appreciation Society, and more.

This week’s Dynamite kicks off a big primetime television week for AEW. On Friday, AEW Rampage will air earlier than usual, live, and will feature a Texas Death Match between Adam Cole and Adam Page for the AEW World Championship.

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