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Coming up on today's wrestling news, CM Punk's first WW World Title Shot confirmed. TNA gets a new TV deal.

Chris Jericho continues to ignore his critics and a AEW original signs a brand new multi-year contract.

I'm Michael Hanflet, he's microphone, and this is the Christmas Eve News. And and one early Christmas present it is for fans of

WWE and especially fans of CM Punk there was advertising last night in the Chicago

market specifically during Monday Night Raw that CM Punk will get his first

WWE world title match since return at the company at the Survivor Series when he takes on Gunther this weekend the 29th of December in Chicago in a steel cage and obviously huge match a first time out in between CM Punk and Gunther.

And something that's very much been speculated upon as a possible Survivor series match initially

and then something that has been discussed amongst the slate of options for WWB going into

WrestleMania season but yes it will take place in Chicago at the Allstate Arena and on televised

event obviously at our show but it's part interestingly of a seampunk imperium christmas tour he's working

ludwig kaiser at madison square garden on boxing day december 26 and then yes we'll appear

against going to the inner steel cage kind of a house show wb tradition to have some of these big matches

in steel cages obviously potentially protects somebody from out a pinfall for the finish,

but also is a spectacle for those in attendance and I guess will be something that will be

closely monitored by those of us very keen to see exactly what CM Punk and Gunther will look like

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