On his FTR with Dax Harwood: Episode 1 podcast – AEW’s Dax Harwood told host Matt Koon that CM Punk knew he would be working with The Pinnacle at some point in AEW. Harwood went on to say that to show his appreciation, CM Punk bought each member of the group a $500.00 Starbucks gift card.
“He knew coming in that he was eventually going to work with Max in an angle, so he called all the guys in the Pinnacle into his locker room…his locker room door, always open, you could walk in and walk out without knocking and say hello. He was incredible at that. He brought us in his locker room and sat everyone down and said, ‘we’re all going to be working together soon. I can’t wait to work with you guys. I’m a fan of every single one of you and I hope we can make a ton of money together and I hope we can make a ton of money for this company. Just to show you my appreciation, I have these for you.’ He knew that most of us were coffee connoisseurs or we loved coffee and he had these gift cards from Starbucks with like $500 on each gift card. He gave it to myself, Cash, Shawn, Wardlow, and Max. He said, ‘I know this isn’t much, but it’s to show my appreciation for you guys allowing me to work with you.'”
Above transcript is courtesy of Fightful.