AEW announced in a statement on Saturday that CM Punk is no longer with the company as the promotion terminated his contract following his physical altercation with Jack Perry at last Sunday’s All In pay-per-view event.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez talked about the situation, including the talent meeting that was held before Saturday’s Collision. For more on the backstage reaction to Punk’s release, click here.
Alvarez: “So before the show about what happened. But there was a meeting before the show, and everybody was told what happened. This was before Collision tonight. And Tony also went out before the crowd and told them. And the interesting thing is, if you watch the Dynamite show on Wednesday if you watch the TV version, I did not hear any chants for CM Punk. People who were there said there were a couple that started that got booed down on Wednesday.”
Meltzer: “There were a couple of chants that got booed down before the show started. Yeah.”
Alvarez: “And there were a couple on Collision as well. But in general, it was not like the fans hijacked the show or, you know, anything of that nature. It was largely the same deal.”
Meltzer: “They booed the Young Bucks. They popped originally for them that emotional pop to save FTR, but then they booed them and everything like that and that was actually the one CM punk chant when they came out that was not booed down. Tony was booed in his live appearance. By the end, he kind of got the crowd with him.”
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