CM Punk allegedly took issue with a tweet sent out by Ryan Nemeth on the night of Punk’s AEW return at a June Collision event, which reportedly led to an intense moment backstage between them.
AEW brought in Nemeth for last Saturday’s Collision, but he was told that he was not needed, and a flight was booked for him to fly home once he got to the arena. Punk has been blamed for this. There have been other stars sent home from Collision events with the internal belief that Punk is behind it.
Punk reportedly cornered Nemeth at the June 21st AEW Dynamite, asking if they should handle things outside.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the situation. Meltzer noted there was a separate incident between Punk and Nemeth.
Alvarez: “Voices of Wrestling stated, quote, ‘Punk himself told a flagship source I 100% am the reason Nemeth and Christopher Daniels were sent home.'”
Meltzer: “Yeah, I know that people I know people close who did say that about did not have tried to claim that’s not the case with Nemeth.”
Alvarez: “That allegedly is a quote from Punk. They’re claiming that CM Punk said I am 100% responsible for something now.
Meltzer: “So something happened with Punk and Nemeth again, not just the first thing that happened on June 21st, but something else must have happened. And I don’t know all the details of what happened. But yeah, I mean, he was the catalyst of it. And I think that that’s but again, and the Matt Hardy thing, I can only say that people very close to that situation believe that he was the catalyst for Matt Hardy. And it’s also been denied that he was the catalyst for Matt Hardy. So, Matt Hardy, I’ll say that people who were kicked out believe the reason they were kicked out is different from those who were alleged to kick them out, who claimed no responsibility, except for the Daniels and the Ryan Nemeth.”
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