On the latest “Keepin’ It 100 with Konnan” podcast, Producer Joe Feeney gave a brief recap of what caused the issues between Owens and Punk when they were both working in ROH.
“They were in Ring of Honor at the same time and Punk was like one of the locker room leaders there,” Feeney said. “He was the head trainer and all that. He had a lot of sway and stroke. Owens was trying to get in. He did CZW and some Canadian indies and stuff like that, but much like we talked about earlier with Eddie Kingston, Punk didn’t like Owens for the shape he was in and that Kevin would wrestle in a T-shirt. He kind of wanted him to wrestle in a singlet and the word got back to Kevin. So he wrestled a match in a singlet. It was against Vordell Walker and the match wasn’t good according to Owens, and then he came back to the locker room and he said jokingly to Punk, ‘Are you happy now?’ or something, and Punk got in his face, but that’s really it. He’s always kind of downplayed it but that’s a story that people keep telling. They just had a little altercation in the locker room about his gear I guess and the quality of the match.”
After Punk’s comments during the AEW All Out media scrum, Owens tweeted a photo of himself from his match with Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania, which is the match that Punk tried to get many years ago. He did not mention Punk by name but the timing of the photo comes across as a reaction to Punk’s comments in the media scrum. Owens is also good friends with The Young Bucks.
— Kevinn (@FightOwensFight) September 5, 2022
