This Saturday, AEW will premiere its new weekly television show, AEW Collision. The main event of the first episode will be a trios match wherein Samoa Joe, Jay White, and Juice Robinson take on CM Punk and FTR.

RELATED: AEW Star Anthony Bowens Talks LGBTQ Representation In WrestlingThe return of CM Punk and the creation of Collision has sparked a lot of rumors regarding whether AEW will split its roster in a model similar to WWE's Raw/Smackdown roster split. Tony Khan recently spoke about how nothing is set in stone, and that no "hard lines" have been drawn.

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During an interview with Brandon Walker on the Barstool Rasslin' podcast, AEW CEO Tony Khan was asked if any AEW talent would be exclusive to Collision going forward. Khan explained that he has not locked AEW into "any kind of split of a roster." Fightful has provided the following transcription:

I am going to feature certain talent on certain shows, but I haven’t drawn any hard lines or locked us into any kind of split of a roster. I think people are gonna be featured on certain shows, but I also think that gives us a great opportunity to showcase certain wrestlers on both Dynamite and Collision at certain times and certain stories that can cross the shows. I think the champions of AEW will be the champions on every show, and frankly, every promotion in the world. We’re not shy about the AEW wrestlers going out and taking on the top stars, top competition from other companies.

It seems that AEW will be playing the next few months by ear. CM Punk, as popular as he is, has proved himself to be a wildcard in any wrestling promotion and may turn out to be the center of another volatile situation if Tony Khan does not keep his house in order.