There is even more news coming out about the incident between CM Punk and Jack Perry.
Fightful Select is reporting that there was a lot of eye rolling from people in AEW, basically with the feeling being “this again?” The word coming from Jack Perry’s side is that Perry didn’t throw the first punch and it was Punk who shoved him and put him in a choke. There have been various versions of this told with some saying that it was a shove, a pie face, or a punch.
Samoa Joe reportedly tried to place peacemaker and keep others out during the incident, according to one person. According to several people, Punk asked Perry if he had a problem. This was after Perry’s match where he mentioned bumping on real glass and looking into the camera and saying, “cry me a river.”
Perry reportedly said that Punk started something online in regards to the fake glass story from their previous backstage incident and Perry said that his comments were a receipt.
Punk reportedly told people “he hates this place” because of the constant issues. As was noted earlier, there have been reported issues between Punk and several in AEW including The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and Ryan Nemeth. Bryan Alvarez reported that the belief is that Punk and Perry are suspended, pending the results of an investigation. For more on the story, click here.
