CM PUNKS TALKS ABOUT HIS TIME IN AEW

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[@KickinitwithRoss]

How yall feel about CM Punks comments towards Tony Khan and AEW

[@BabyPlutoooo]

Very much well deserved. Hopefully this is an eye opener for the workers and talent who choose to go to AEW.

[@gohan_j]

cooked Tony, and Meltzer

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

AEW is filled with Children who think they know better than veterans and refuse to listen to advice. Tony Khan is an incompetent boss with no backbone who refuses to grow his business. I'm glad Punk is out of that mess.

[@SigmaRat]

Cm Punk is literally right with his comments like no bias. In retrospect, Tony Khan is the reason AEW isn't really moving forward.

[@jevaniepennant2477]

Ross check rhea and Becky about to fight

[@calebray1834]

Got to respect CM Punks straightforwardness.

[@TheLibermania]

That's great, but also the problem. Every company needs an honest person. A No Sayer between "Mutes" or Yes Men. But a lot of people don't like them. And if they are the bosses (EVPs) and or don't put your foot down, it's a lost battle. And just to be clear, when i say "mutes" (i hope that's the real word i mean), that isn't meant to be an insult to those employees.

[@izumolee6714]

He's a Bret guy & we know Bret is very straightforward as well.

[@forgottenson3411]

*He’ll always be brutally honest & unfiltered & straightforward.*

[@Adrian-er3xp]

Jim Cornette is about to have fun with this one I can’t wait Cm Punk sure is a Living Legend this was awesome 😂😂

[@jaimeleevelasquez9845]

Like MUSSOLINI dropping heat tony is a clown 🤡 to me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@USA0645]

Jim Cornette getting some good Views without AEW the View will be Down

[@TheGekko135]

Jim and Brian literally having content gift wrapped to them on their road to wrestlemania.

[@BareKnuckleBrawls]

​@@jaimeleevelasquez9845That actually fits the tune so well lol... LIKE MUSSOLINI, dropping heat, Tony is a clown to me, Tony is a clown, oh Tony is a clown to me... I can hear Cornette singing that.

[@jaimeleevelasquez9845]

@@BareKnuckleBrawls 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m a daily listener only the drive thru and the experience can’t wait to hear this one. Sorry Pat mcafee 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JamaicanAvxry]

Tony Khan was “fearing for his life” while watching that interview. 💀

[@CECT08]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Messia1andONLY]

Real words,go cry me a river.

[@angeltodorov5918]

he has a lot more reason to fear for his life after this interview than he had at that moment in Wembley

[@cybertronmessiah]

Tony Khan was preemptively "fearing for his life" knowing this day was coming.

[@DamnWhoAsked]

Just wanna give a big shout-out to Jack Perry again for making this all possible.

[@pjx1624]

big shout out to the scapegoat

[@demonthesoule]

W jack perry

[@actuallynotsteve]

Seriously, dude got us the biggest WrestleMania ever with Cody Rhodes and CM Punk.

[@luisjavierrubio5962]

Bigger shoutout for Tony khan letting this happen very smoothly

[@clearmind89]

Well we should give some credit to Bryan Danielson too apparently because he was on the council that terminated Punk

[@nate_thegreat313]

That “What you do want me to do?” shows the exact type of boss Tony Khan is. Honestly glad CM Punk left, he looks way more happier and is in a better position with his return in WWE . It was like every ten seconds when he was in AEW, Punk was always getting into something with the talent but it looked like he was genuinely just going to work and wanted to help the that company get better. So now it all makes more sense hearing Punk’s side.

[@PingGuerrero69]

Hope Edge steps up in this shit and puts some sense on AEWs business. But then again, bozos there won't even listen to great minds like Regal, Mark Henry, etc.

[@ServusDeiSmith]

Of course it makes more sense to you. Punk is just a guy getting paid. People like to forget he bashed his own fans and apparently quit wrestling forever just a few years ago.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@ServusDeiSmith 😂Man, shut up. The people who irrationally hate the guy (WHO YOU NEVER EVEN MET😂) will always find a way to spin whatever he said into something negative because they can’t stand him. And that’s fine; you’re f*cking weird for having that kind of grudge, but you do you, Mazeltov. 😊

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@PingGuerrero69I wouldn’t bet on it, sadly. Those idiots seem more interested in getting five star match ratings from that old fart Dave Meltzer than actually drawing money. The dropping attendance and ratings is a clear indication of where their priorities lie.

[@SSJ2Phenom]

​@@ServusDeiSmithAnd he has essentially apologized several times for that. A few times on live TV no less.

[@Adum]

Punk: Please handle this Tony: What do you want me to do? That tells you all you need to know about the kind of boss Tony is

[@juliusrage1987]

To me thats the part that stands out. When the guy with a short temper is asking, basically begging you to do something...and all you can ask is "What do you want me to do? Thats a problem and Nash said it best. Tony needs a heater, a guy who has all the same power as Tony that is a barrier between talent and tony

[@MyGodzilla10]

Be a boss do your job.

[@MrAntoniocarter]

@@MyGodzilla10🎯🎯🎯

[@neverfeartruth6460]

What would Vince or Hunter do? That right there is the answer! 💯

[@Absinthexx7]

@@juliusrage1987you’re right on this but it’s so much more. If Tony wants to fund a second major wrestling company that’s great for a lot of reasons, but he needs to understand aside from funding and maybe scouting talent he really can’t be involved. That’s no more booking, no more interviews and big announcements or anything. There are tons of capable people in that company that can do these jobs, he’s literally killing his own show

[@IM-mAddneSS]

“The voice of the voiceless” 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@FritaLay]

This was a nuke of an interview from Punk. 💣 🔥

[@officialsonic1]

cant wait to see the CM Punk documentary one day because his wrestling career and life is very interesting never a dull moment with him

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Very good

[@corochoclap]

They made one for WWE over 10 years ago but he's lived a few more lifetimes since then. '

[@MrDrokkul]

Tony: "What do you want me to do? Have you _seen_ the *size* of Jack Perry?!?!"

[@DarkHeartTheEmo]

Thank you Ross, you are the only guy that talk about the reason of why Punk did what he did on the media scrum, althought Punk said all that on the interview he did with ESPN, but apparently nobody read that article.

[@samuelclark1677]

Tony is somewhere loading up his twitter fingers

[@dranzerjetli5126]

He is definitely using his firing fingers

[@corochoclap]

and his nostrils 👃❄

[@pokehybridtrainer]

4AM Tweet again? First Easy E and now CM.

[@whooosedooo]

I can feel that Eric Bischoff is laughing his ass off.

[@Subatimicopassaro]

You can make the arguement that Punk stirred unnecessary problems with the other wrestlers in aew but the fault of BOTH brawl out and brawl in lies ultimatly in aew's managment who took a pretty poor aproach to the whole situation by not directly interfering and making sure the wrestlers, you know, dont want to fight each other Aew's more laid back aproach to "wrestlers doing and saying whatever they want" can be both a blessing and a curse

[@KickinitwithRoss]

That’s a fair point

[@Trapattoni21]

Simply put, they’re letting the inmates running the asylum over there and that’s never a good thing, especially when we talk about a business corporation

[@jokerknight1247]

​@@Trapattoni21 Hogan would thrive there

[@Adam_K14]

​@@Trapattoni21i can smell wcw

[@trlabel99]

Very well put.

[@SHOWTIME-Chris]

This interview was great

[@MAV7REK]

This is what I like about Punk. When shit hits the fan, he stays quiet and keeps his peace while the other side “leaks” their side of the story to paint him as the bad guy. And mostly everyone feeds into it, shit talking him. Until Punk finally speaks his mind and tells his side, and the story makes better sense. Whether you believe him or not, he doesn’t seem like the type to lie to protect himself. Been a Punk fan since ‘06 and have never switched up on him, I love his attitude and how he handles everything.

[@hectic105]

I do believe him, but I do think he may be exaggerating his tone a little bit. Not saying he was attacking Tony or anything, but he probably wasn’t talking as mildly as he’s suggesting here, heh. Wouldn’t really want him to in some of those scenarios either

[@MAV7REK]

@@hectic105 I agree. But for someone as passionate as Punk is, and even said so himself that he used to be like Jack Perry when he was younger, he understood that sometimes your tone needs to be aggressive (if the person isn’t listening, especially if Perry did cuss out those other people) in order to get the point across. Especially if it was a continuous thing, as he said, with management not doing shit about it.

[@Zackaaron2466]

We all know punk gonna said something about aew. Remember what he said about tna, roh, wwe when he left them?? When his career in wwe over, he gonna whinning and b!tching around about how his 2nd run in wwe fail because of rock,triple h, cena, roman,seth ,cody,drew.

[@leorelic]

wait wait wati "while the other side “leaks” their side of the story to paint him as the bad guy" ??? 😂do you have short term memory or are you legit forgetting that "Punk side of the story" was being literally equally leaked to the same media lmao. we legit had "Punk's team vs Bucks team" saying their stuff constatnly going back and forth too over the Brawl out so what you're saying is a bunch of nonsense. they both sucked and they both handled it in the worst way possible. but only one of them decided to choke someone out later

[@dranzerjetli5126]

​@@leorelicpunk fired colt Punk attacked jungle Monitors fell on tony khan Sure Jan punks side was out as well

[@IamMichael365]

C'mon bruh...Tony really said he was fearing for his life??? Brock Lesnar got pissed and threw a title at Vince, Vince didn't cry and fire Brock Lesnar. It's like Cornette said, he's probably never seen a "fight" before 😂. I don't think it was that deep

[@pokehybridtrainer]

Seems like TK got his feelings hurt. Broke the illusion of his wrestling stars doing their thing.

[@TheGekko135]

I have a lot to say. But my KZbin comment is: The fact that management at AEW, Even entertained allowing/expecting/wanting CM punk to handle management tasks behind the scenes.... After the events of brawl out is sheer lunacy.

[@DaylinThaGemini]

“You have a position of power in a wrestling company when the only position you should be assuming is behind the guardrail...” MJF 2022

[@dranzerjetli5126]

It has been out there since long bro. You ppl aren't plugged in much

[@Jeff_Pryce]

It was the only way to get him to stay, apparently. When Punk realized that the children in charge didn’t want to work with him anymore, he just wanted to be released from his contract and I don’t blame him. It wasn’t fun anymore and he didn’t want the drama if he wasn’t wanted by the EVPs. He didn’t need it; he has his money, he has his hot wife, his dog, his home, that’s all he needs to be happy. But it was clear that Tony did not want to lose Punk so he probably gave him that as some kind of caveat, I think punk knew that this whole thing was not going to work out, but he figured “OK maybe I should give it a shot”.

[@justmarcus33]

Jim Cornette basically said the same thing months ago, that a well run company, would never have those problems because instead of punk having to handle it, someone from management would have met punk the second he stepped through the curtant backstage and said "punk we got this......hey lower mid card perry... you're disrespecting everyone from staff to our main draw....just shit talking everyone going into business for yourself... take your ass home" and that would have been it

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Bingo. If I heard all of that and it was my company, I would have greeted Jack at the curtain and told him “We don’t tolerate that kind of disrespect and unprofessionalism here. Pack up your stuff and get the f*ck outta my building right now; you’re done, and I never want to see you around here again. We’ll mail you your last check.”

[@Samurai_Stoner]

About time the truth comes out... This is why I've always been a CM Punk fan

[@SSJ2Phenom]

Punk just confirmed that EVERYTHING that everyone with sense and with knowledge of the wrestling business has been thinking and saying about AEW, it's personnel, and it's fans was the truth. I love it. Oh man, the AEW fans named MARK are gonna be riled up over this one. 😂😂😂😂

[@Hinshu85]

​@@jessehouckBut he is. He may be right here but he's no saint.

[@pilot8220]

@@Hinshu85 No one said he is, but like he said, tell him when hes telling lies, and no lies were detected, dumaz

[@-JoKeR-8]

@@Hinshu85that the pot calling the kettle black… hey dipshit we know his history but this one’s was clearly Mismanagement from the so called booker of the year. Tony Con Man. He allowed all of this shit to unfold and he still doing it now. Punk can be punk but if he Able to realize and discuss his grievances… then that’s when you know you’ve fucked up…

[@jessehouck]

@@pilot8220 exactly!!

[@jordanmaessen9655]

it literally proved his own hypocrisy and everything he did was not only his own doing but the ignorance behind his logic falters so often in the interview. he back tracks on EVERYTHING he has ever stood for as well. if anything the "AEW marks" are laughing at how stupid the dude truly has been over his own mental instability.

[@yoyosammity6688]

Vince would handle it himself and honestly Jack cussing at people, Vince would have told him go home.

[@BabyPlutoooo]

Tony Khan hearing what Punk said about him “😳”

[@breno7950]

You mean tony 🤡

[@jasonfuller2734]

*hits three rails*

[@Messia1andONLY]

He feared for his life

[@ps2smackdowngamer]

TK: "My life... Was in danger..." Me: 😂😭😂

[@Chetanp1445]

Him talking about the Hangman promo was the craziest part cause according to punk they had gone over the entire promo behind the scenes and then Hangman did absolutely none of it, if its true then it doesn’t get more unprofessional than that

[@dranzerjetli5126]

You must not be plugged in much when this has been on the Internet since the brawl out thing. Hangman went off script and fish too shoot on punk by kicking out at 3

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Page basically ambushed Punk on live TV right before their biggest grossing PPV at the time for his own agenda at the expense of the company and other employees who depend on the company to make money. No wonder Punk was mad at Page. He lied and he went into business for himself. Hangman Page is an immature, unprofessional douche.

[@PsyOpChampion]

Cornette is indeed going to have a field day with this. Mostly because Punk just pretty much confirmed everything he said compared to what Meltzer and others were saying. Cornette and Last have both said time after time they’ve heard this same shit about the Elite for years from people that dealt with them on the independents. Punk is one of those last, real old school guys. Glad he’s back in WWE and is going to be working under Hunter. Although I’m not a fan of AEW’s product outside of a few individuals, I hope these former WWE backstage hirings they’re making can add a structure that improves things for them. It would be awesome to be able to keep two high-level globally consumed professional wrestling companies.

[@maddlad_l5257]

Tony always seemed like one of those parents that want to be their kids' "friend" rather than an actual authority figure.

[@xxxKittypunkerxxx]

Best interview ever. CM Punk is so real and so true and very honest. Thank you Punk.

[@AdrianJones-rr7ke]

😂😂😂

[@kurtisbased183]

@@AdrianJones-rr7kefound the hurt gay-ew fanboy

[@jordanmaessen9655]

this interview literally showed why he's at fault for everything LMFAOOOOO

[@IsDatJC]

@@jordanmaessen9655no

[@mattgalumbeck8021]

@@jordanmaessen9655you didn’t watch the interview then bud

[@matthewgonzales3970]

He actually tried to give Jack the benefit of the doubt: "Hey man, that was me once." Tony is never going to get AEW right until he stands up, takes the reigns and tells the Lollipop Guild to sit down. New to the channel, Ross. Good stuff!

[@Billy-bc8pk]

He did not give Jack the benefit of the doubt, he did not say "that was me once", he told Jack "we don't do that here. Do that on the other show". He basically did a "Because I said so" routine to Jack, so Jack got pissed. Punk did a poor job of communicating the issues and then tried to blame Jack and say that he was lazy and just didn't want to wrestle.

[@matthewgonzales3970]

@@Billy-bc8pk how do you do call it a "poor job of communicating issues" when MULTIPLE people had already told the little douchebag the same exact thing and got cussed out? What more was there to say? Punk said he even explained that you don't want to mess up the rental car. Jungle Jack Off was clearly and plainly in the wrong, and acting like a complete baby about it. This isn't the first report of Perry's crappy attitude backstage...... And again, Punk was the FOURTH or FIFTH person to talk to him about the issue, because he wasn't listening.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@Billy-bc8pk Except for the part where he did. Did you even listen to the interview or are you one of those geeks who just listens to whatever Uncle Dave and his worthless star ratings tell you to believe? 😂🤣😂

[@betterthanMJF]

9:49 had me 😂😂😂

[@jaycole249]

Cm punk BBQ'd AEW and TK. It was everything I assumed about the situation in AEW.

[@KayinSmithEnderslayers1]

Was waiting for this

[@chriscaine1776]

Back when Punk was coming up in wrestling the guys who had been around used to f*** up some of the guys for acting like Perry acts. Kurt once put a guy in an Angle Lock and snapped his leg, and he wasnt the only one to have done things like that. Personally I think someone getting choked out is definitely far less an extreme response. 😂

[@DarkHeartTheEmo]

And people call Punk the crybaby, he didn't lie in this interview we know he tell the true, for those that call him a crybaby, this that he said is an action of a crybaby? If everyone tell you no to your idea that is end of story.

[@jaqdax2401]

I was a HUGE stan for AEW / Adam Page when the company first started, especially because it was vince free, but they blew though years of matches without any storylines

[@itisvon]

As a mma fan I can’t take anything Ariel does serious, but it was cool hearing punk speak on things.

[@eastwaters4082]

You sound like Sean Strickland not realizing what Ariel has done for the sport.

[@johnbach2380]

​@@eastwaters4082 two things can be true. He is a pioneer of early mma journalism and an annoying rat... who sometimes gives golden interviews 😂

[@itisvon]

@@eastwaters4082 I know what he’s done, but over the last 2-3 years he’s rubbed me the wrong way.

[@AgentATG]

I never thought that CM Punk was causing all the problems. Tony doesn't want to be the bad guy. He wants to be friends with the talent. Vince was able to be friends with the talent but was also able to be the boss when needed.

[@kadharefinley224]

I hope Tony Khan wasn’t fearing for his life while watching that interview. After being told MULTIPLE times by MULTIPLE people Jack Perry still does what he wants to do SMH

[@kidvillain188]

Wonder if anyone else is going to call Jack a tyrant backstage.

[@samuelclark1677]

😂😂😂😂

[@seanmcclure]

Punk’s story lines up perfectly overlayed on the footage. He was 100% correct.

[@misterelom]

Watched the full interview last night and it was great! Despite not being able to talk about brawl out, we got a lot of info about the culture in AEW in this interview and he pretty much confirmed a lot of what most of us have been saying about the company and Tony khan himself. Can't wait to hear Jim Cornette review this, he's gonna have a field day lol

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

Seems to me that Tony Khan wants to be friends with his employees instead of a boss which allows the employees to not take him seriously

[@devoncarpenter6694]

Seeing wrestling fans defend AEW after this kind of blows my mind. Professional wrestlers were being unprofessional to somebody who’s been part of the business for 20+ years, all he wanted to do was wrestle again and instead, he had to deal with grown men acting like high school teenagers. Yet somehow there are still wresting fans out there that say CM punk was the problem.

[@dwightyboy5324]

Punks problem was being an adult and professional with a bunch of children who don't know how to do business. I remember how much people hated on Punk when he left AEW, calling him unprofessional and saying he was the only bad guy in all this, when he was the only one really being a man about it. Good for Punk.

[@Venemofthe888]

A lot of AEW fans cannot find any fault with their company despite there being many issues a lot of the time. They wanted a alternative to WWE so much that they can't see sense when their new company is a mess

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Everything Punk said regarding AEW’s business state is accurate. it is not sustainable but the fans of that product don’t want to hear it because they are in love with their work rate matches and they crave an alternative not realizing that if the company doesn’t evolve beyond them, it will die.

[@cityandlocal]

This is one instance. Lots of other wrestlers are getting paid and doing their thing. Lots of other fans like to watch both products. Enough with the tribalism.

[@optimus2008]

We honestly owe Punk an apology for turning on him after Brawl Out and not even bothering to hear his side of the story, which turned out to be the damn truth.

[@chuckandimeforeve]

phenomenal interview. Really puts things perspective. I mean AEW didn't even help with his surgery. that was really eye opening for me. woow!

[@officialsonic1]

shows the grass is not greener in the other side

[@GamingFromCanadaCDN]

I love the chaos, and enjoyed it as it was happening. Now it's been talked about to death, and lets move on. TK should hopefully do better, Punk is happy where he is, and now we move to the future. Can't wait for Mania and Dynasty, the shows are going to be great.

[@ronaldomontora2449]

New Ross Drop!

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Cornette is going to have fun with the Punk interview

[@PingGuerrero69]

This itself can be its own CM Punk Omnibus

[@Trapattoni21]

One thing that I liked about Punk is that he’s honest. He’ll tell you how he feels about you even though you might not like it. And if he’s being proved right about something like the whole debacle on AEW, he’ll let you know about it 24/7 😂

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Ross, big fan, love your show, boss. 😊 Punk’s words just pretty much confirmed what most of us who aren’t the blind AEW fanatical diehards already know: AEW has potential, but as long as it’s run like a clubhouse instead of a real business, they will never truly realize their potential. Tony is letting the only viable alternative to WWE since the death of WCW go to waste because a handful of aura-less underweight indy geeks care less about drawing a business and more about making it a higher budget PWG just to earn an extra star from some senile old fart obsessed with workrate and Japanese wrestling. And unless that changes, the future looks bleak for AEW.

[@JusCuz410]

💯

[@kidvillain188]

Anyone else waiting for Cornette to talk about this now? I'm interested to see if anyone switched up after listening to this.

[@MyGodzilla10]

His Twitter is probably blowing up now.

[@christiankarlkarganilla2763]

Cornette, yet again, is proven right about AEW. I can't wait for him and Brian to cover and talk about this.

[@davonhall9652]

First off, I like watching AEW shows. So, I'm coming at this with no hate. CM Punk is right. The one flaw: TK HAS to be the boss. Handle this stuff. This stuff would not be allowed by WWE management. Tony HAS to be the boss because he is the boss. You can't be a fan and a boss because sometimes you have to put your foot down. Like any job.

[@iamYANYEZ]

Maybe Tony would have handled it, but had a freaking PPV to run. This literally all went down in a matter of minutes. If I was the boss, I certainly would have waited for the conclusion of the event to punish Jack for what he did. Punk doesn't get a free pass to assault a co-worker because his boss doesn't manage the way he likes in the timeline he demands (again, one that AT MOST was a few minutes). Tony did put his foot down, when he fired punk and suspended Perry (to this day) and all anyone wants to do is bitch about it. Punk was in the wrong and won't own it. I love him as an entertainer, but his inability to admit his own faults is a seemingly deep and constant character flaw.

[@davonhall9652]

@@iamYANYEZ Can't disagree. But Punk said that if he handled it himself, people wouldn't like the way he'd do it. It was all a powder keg.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@iamYANYEZ When the boss and management won’t handle the situation, conflict is inevitable. From how it sounds, Perry was the one instigating everything and got close enough to Punk’s personal space where it caused a problem. All Punk asked him was “ why do you insist on doing this stupid dangerous crap on live TV?” And Perry baited him to do something about it. The same kid who cursed out Tony SCHIAVONE, a a legend in the business as well as agents, and even the doctor who all warned him why his stunt was dangerous. Perry should have been terminated for that long before All In. The fact is that Tony is a pushover. And when he starts acting like the boss, that company is never going to realize its potential no matter how much of his money he sinks into it. And he can only so much in before he’s forced to stop. And as a reminder, he didn’t want to be there. He asked Tony to let him go, and Tony refused because he rightly realized that Punk is the money maker. Instead of calling a meeting to settle all the beef, he kept trying to rearrange things to avoid conflict and it didn’t work. This is why you have to handle conflict directly when you’re the boss. You can’t run away from it and you can’t avoid it. You have to deal with it immediately. Otherwise, the problem won’t go away and it’ll actually become worse.

[@iamYANYEZ]

@@Jeff_Pryce I agree Tony probably isn't the greatest handler of conflict. But it doesn't really matter. You don't get a free pass to "take it into your own hands" because you don't like the management style - especially when your means is physical assault. That's ALSO a very poor way to handle conflict. As for Punk wanting to be gone - of course he did, he only cares about getting paid. He wanted to walk with his money. And everyone would be trash talking Tony if he had never tried to bring him back after Brawl Out and just paid him to leave and ate all that cash. Punk and his fans just refuse to admit his faults along the way and it's annoying. Did Hangman start the whole thing by going off script and being unprofessional? Yes. Was Punk's response to that less professional than what Hangman did and did it escalate the situation? Also yes. Both are true. it's not one of the other. Punk is also very much responsibility for all of these debacles. He's not a victim.

[@k-dawgHI]

It’s nice to see someone give criticism without personal or parasocial hatred and tribalism. And I completely agree with you. AEW management/TK really needs to take the reins.

[@oscarsalgado7995]

Coming from the same person who trashed the place he is at now. That "you talked a big game about workers rights" just cut too deep. Love your videos bro! Kind regards form Chile!

[@jasonfuller2734]

The WWE he trashed isn’t the one he returned to. Are all of you kids in this thread? Have none of you seen growth/change in a person or organization? Good lord it’s like a kindergarten class in here.

[@theboss5751]

Hangman was right he could care less if wrestlers actually had another place to work as long as he's paid

[@oscarsalgado7995]

@@jasonfuller2734 yeah brother, I'm a kid, and this is kindergarten. Happy now for addressing any opinion in such matter? Great bro have a nice day

[@DamnWhoAsked]

@@oscarsalgado7995 Bitchmade comment, and an even MORE bitchmade response. 2-for-1 special.

[@dirtyroo5562]

I’m not a fan of Jack Perry but I hope this sinks in on him. Punk just gave him a softball to make a ton of money together in WWE

[@rontaviuswallace471]

Man, Cornette is going to go all the way in on this video. I can't wait!!!

[@joseantoniogarcia1677]

Man everybody on Twitter are mad for post saying CM Punk was shitting on the whole AEW company, but literally the guy was like: "Here's my side of the story, if you wanna take that as the truth cool, if you want to believe them cool. Just leave me the f** alone"😂 Some AEW fans need to chill and watch the interview instead of just read some posts that people made up.

[@jasonfuller2734]

AEW fans have nothing else going on in their lives.

[@user-yr9kn8lg7r]

That's what I'm saying! Wrestling Twitter is so quick to judge things based off a "report" they read with no full context. I see people calling punk a shit human being and people starting a ThankyouAew movement. All Cm Punk really said was that Aew needs Order. Simple

[@HUNK__S]

​@@user-yr9kn8lg7r It's not just wrestling community, that's basically twitter being twitter that platform so toxic man.

[@Venemofthe888]

​@@user-yr9kn8lg7rI mean a lot of people don't read or watch a whole interview and just want small quotes even if they are twisted.

[@cityandlocal]

Your first mistake was going on twitter. That place is toxic as hell. Losers seeking instant validation for ridiculous to takes

[@elunico300]

To this day I can’t believe AEW fumbling by preferring “Jungle Boy” over CM Punk 😂😂😂😂 They effed up with their biggest draw. Now WWE winning.

[@FaysalIsGoated]

Jim Cornette is fenna have a FIELD DAY with this shit and I can’t wait😂

[@ID0XX]

Once CM Punk slicks his hair back you know the truth is coming out

[@amadososa6737]

Bold cm punk is menace

[@tadiwanashemugabe7537]

Fast forward to 2 Dynamites later and he was right about the live footage and the Ospreay promo to HHH

[@stsolomon618]

This is going to be interesting. To be honest Khan antics on Twitter is proving Punk right.

[@devitt89]

I'm waiting for the "CM Punk is a cancer1!1!1!1!" people to show up.

[@jasonfuller2734]

Give them a minute, mom just asked them to run the trash out.

[@Messia1andONLY]

​@@jasonfuller2734With that 500 pound lifestyle?Yeah it will take a bit more than a minute.

[@gohan_j]

I would love you to react with Jim Cornette's review of interview, but I already know it'll be like an hour long lol

[@CarlosGarcia-ng9xw]

Cm punk out here being like Tupac

[@christhornycroft3686]

If what Punk said is true, AEW set him up. If Tony told him there was going to be separation between shows and all the guys who don't get along with him are on the other shows, what was Jack Perry, a friend of the EVPs, doing on the Punk show on Friday? It's like someone was trying to start something, and then conveniently, Jack, who Phil said he actually liked, is sitting in a rental car about to do something he knows CM Punk won't like. What did they think was going to happen? Punk is a guy who doesn't handle disrespect well and they baited him.

[@Faaiitthhyy]

a lot of people switched up and started liking him again when he returned to wwe but i always knew he wasn’t the problem in aew.. before during and after brawl out i knew they were out to get him and whenever he retaliated they pained him as the bad guy. tony fumbling his biggest bag over jack perry is absurd but im happy punk is happy where he is at now.

[@peytonlong5573]

Cm Punk cooked that mfer lmaoo

[@AestheticDelta]

CM Punk can do the Prophet Punk gimmick after he returns. He already did the Straight Edge Messiah one years back

[@Chetanp1445]

The fact that a doll of the epitome of Bitterness is behind Punk made it so much better

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Punk cook aew 🔥🔥💯💯🔥

[@ericship8383]

Cm punk wasn’t the issue he offered the new talent advise and they didn’t want it because they think they’re “better” when none of those talents could draw a quarter of what cm punk brings to wrestling

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Starks Hobbs wardlow jade etc loved punk the indy nobodies who like bucks omega bs hated him.

[@Hunkzilla]

​@@dranzerjetli5126 And the guys you listed have potential to be draws /main eventers and Tony seems to despise then especially Wardow and Hobbs.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@HunkzillaHe spent 3 years building up Jade, only to lose her to WWE, where she will likely become one of the faces of the company and a crossover star. Just Fumbling left and right, TK is. 😂

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

I underestimated Nick Khan and his understanding of this business. Man brought CM Punk of all people back to WWE. He deserves as much if not more credit than HHH for WWE's current success

[@jokerknight1247]

Honestly I'm just waiting for him to do commentary or drop a pipebomb or for that Wrestlemania title match where he's the referee

[@MOH_AL_K]

AEW aren’t gonna be “Totally Fine” until they appoint actual good experts in positions like Head Of Creative, Head Of Talent Relations, etc…

[@SigmaRat]

Cm Punk spoke literal facts. Literally, Tony Khan is detriment of AEW rn. So many are so saying, and many keep saying it. People say ratings dont matter, and the arenas not being filled doesn't matter, but it truly does. They need smaller arenas, stop signing free agents everytime, develop new stars, and much more. These are problems in Aew, and always having 5 star matches is not the most important thing in the world. AEW marks need to stop crying too.

[@davidgraham8299]

Agreed, wwe marks do more than enough of that.

[@SigmaRat]

@@davidgraham8299 do more then enough of what?

[@SigmaRat]

@@jessehouck Oh stop it, you don't know what I think. I may not say many positive things on AEW, but I want this company to succeed and I like some things it does. I'm also not hating either

[@USA0645]

It's Not the First time that Punk went out on his former boss like he did in 2014 🤔😂😂

[@samuelclark1677]

Is this Tony Khan??

[@Hinshu85]

​@@samuelclark1677Did the op lie, though? Before commenting idiotic stuff better think about it carefully.

[@samuelclark1677]

@@Hinshu85 is this Jack Perry?

[@Zackaaron2466]

He did the same thing with tna and roh. Wonder why he didn't try this shit with ufc.

[@Manderenn]

Because he got a free ride in the UFC and took spots from fighters that actually deserved it. Oh, and yeah, he got his ass whooped​. @Zackaaron2466

[@cobraStyle24]

“What the fuck happened did he choke you too” 😭😭😭😭

[@HoodRich2x-g8x]

I genuinely think Cm Punk didn’t wanna be in AEW fr cause look where he back at 😊on monday nights I’ve always believed in Punk since the brawl happened

[@ajboss924]

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[@rhyguy7]

Will Ross change the background to his computer find out next time on Dragon ball Z 😂

[@that.canadian.vaper.guyTCVG]

The biggest takeaway I got from this is that it's obvious that CM Punk uses Jim Cornette as an advocate since he couldn't speak out about these issues. Cornette said ALLLL of these things on Punks behalf while Punk was still with AEW and I used to wonder how tf he knew this shit lol. But it's obvious now that he probably fed Cornette this information through the grapevine or through their lawyer. Punk saying that he listens to the Experience and the Drive Thru on Monday Night RAW basically confirmed this for me lmao. And before ppl get upset, I dont agree with everything Corny says, but you can't deny that he still has an amazing mind for professional wrestling.

[@Hunkzilla]

Its absurd that a kid who didnt even come close to being a draw could actually behave like that and even get away with that.

[@tauriansims7642]

I didn't punch nobody I just chocked somebody a little bit 🤣😅😆😂

[@the_uncannyzebra5143]

Cornette is gonna have a field day with this one

[@exodiathefx1187]

Now we know why Cody left as well and why Jericho looks 70 years older

[@knightscross6568]

Tony definitely strikes me as the type of guy who avoids conflict at all costs. Doesn't equate to a good leader/boss and we all know what happened because of it.

[@dinozzo97]

CM Punk was my first wrestling crush. Nothing turns me on more than a real guy who is straight up, and is brutally honest. I hope I can marry someone like him. I’ve loved CM Punk for 18yrs.

[@dauntecrawford9883]

Man I love wrestling

[@notrlybae]

I believe Jim Cornette had said this or the other guy in his podcast but they said that Tony is the type of guy that collects wrestlers like his collectible cards😂. And my opinion sorry not sorry. Yeah what Vince did was bad you know however he was never that type of business man to let people run him over literally. Tony is. Tony is the type that wants to have fun and not really take charge of it. He wants to be the nice boss. You can literally see it on camera or even the be elite vlogs they had when Covid was around.

[@BestInTheWorld13x]

Punk fans: He wasnt lying, just Punk being Punk

[@jasonfuller2734]

So he was lying? Cope kid.

[@kaylonthekidrs079]

Who’s here after seeing the footage😂😂

[@Ricky-hl2iz]

Here. So is Tony Khan still gonna fear for his life after trying to “expose” CM Punk? 😂

[@besttariqbah4900]

Yes cm punk boy again

[@IMzKDC23]

If they ever want to, I'd like to hear what Jack and Hangman would have to say abt their perspectives.

[@mxkrvgr]

I voiced that CM Punk was wrong for mishandling the situation. That’s my opinion and I still stand by it. HOWEVER, it truly does come down to TK not being a boss & not putting everyone in their places. He should’ve handled everything accordingly with Jack Perry, with The Elite, and including at that time, CM Punk. Now his company is has a huge, stained reputation because of all of this and it may be a while before everyone looks past it.

[@blacklionSM]

I'm not the biggest Punk fan BUT I gotta believe he's telling the truth on this. I was hoping AEW would've learn from some of the mistakes WCW made but that doesn't seem to the case.

[@kazuhasgloves]

Oh this is a good one, Punk was spilling everything out in the open!

[@ryanwaslawski6088]

At what point did Tony fear for his life lol

[@r3bel383]

As somebody who loves the product of AEW, this is very damning. I was always under the assumption that Tony never wanted to deal with this type of issue, same thing with the elite & punk issue, had Tony overruled The Elite (because he's their boss and he could) this easily could have been a Major money maker for the company.

[@JordanCurley-2]

Tony khan is to blame here to be honest

[@andrebova1736]

If tony khan fear for his life he would most likely sued punk plus this ain’t the first time tony khan had to go through this

[@mike584]

I so cannot WAIT for Cornette to dissect this.

[@somedude2384]

Punk was making that show better than he has in a long time, Tony can't handle that show for his life, knowing his special EVP's. Management is hell there.

[@willkenshin]

Twitter about to be fun tonight. A certain fanbase already getting their engagement tweets ready if they haven’t tweeted yet