One of AEW’s most infamous moments, if not the most infamous, took place in front of the media; During the All Out 2022 press conferencethen A behind-the-scenes incident called “Brawl Out” continued. by wrestling fans. CM Punk kicked off Adam Page, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks and Colt Cabana as AEW President Tony Khan looked on as his new AEW World Champion. This led to A backstage battle between Punk and Ace Steel against The Eliteboth parties have been suspended from the company for some time.
AEW star and trainer Billy Gunn has been with AEW since its inception. during the interviewInside the ropes“He confirmed that he wasn’t around at the time of the fight and didn’t see Punk’s comments, but offered his opinion on it all.
“They just have to understand that sometimes there are some veterans that just won’t put up with that s*** no matter what,” Gunn said. “If you’re a young buckaroo and you want to poke a bear, get ready to bite. So I guess it was. I don’t know all the details, it’s between them.”
Gunn said that things like this don’t usually happen during his time in WWE. He said then-president Vince McMahon controlled everything behind the scenes, and most of the guys knew they didn’t have to like each other to do business together. He said there will be confrontations from time to time, but the wrestlers have worked things out behind the scenes.
“That’s how mature a** people deal with s***,” he said. “Today we don’t, and that’s unfortunate, but there will be people who will.”
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