Yeah I think worst scenario here is someone convinced him to milk injury treatment so the contract extending seems even worse, but if it comes out that nothing really nefarious happened as far as injury treatment goes, he'll burn a lot of the goodwill he had considering everyone was pretty much on his side before this anyway
you've got the punk crowd out now point to his ariel interview, too.
Though Punk confirmed he had to organize everything and that it the way aew do things ( i think its dumb personally but it is what it is, they still pay)
I do think there's still some bad communication issues and structure issues, but I have high doubts anything "inhumane" happened or some "great injustice"
if there was anything of the sort, I would hope people are held responsible, though.
atm I think this is him manufacturing drama, possibly with the blessing of his future employer judging by the aggression, traction and the fact it's getting awards and stuff like the aew ratings threads do. totally not sus lol