CM Punk left plenty of his sweat and blood in the ring at AEW All Out while reclaiming the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley on Sunday night in Chicago. And while he appeared at the post-event press conference to answer questions from the media, there were a few topics he obviously wasn’t happy were brought up.
One of them was his former friendship and subsequent falling out with Colt Cabana. Punk gave his side of the story but called it “f–king embarrassing” that he had to answer questions about it.
He not so subtly directed the blame toward AEW’s EVPs, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks:
It’s 2022. I haven’t been friend with this guy since at least 2014, late 2013. And the fact that I have to sit up here because we have irresponsible people who call themselves EVPs, and couldn’t f–king manage a Target, and they spread lies and bulls–t and put into the media that I got somebody fired, when I have f–k all to do with him — want nothing to do with him, do not care where he works, where he doesn’t work, where he eats, where he sleeps. And the fact that I have to get up here and do this in 2022 is fucking embarrassing.
He wasn’t done. Punk immediately turned his attention to Hangman Adam Page, calling him “an empty-headed, f–king dumb f–k.” Accusing Page of going into business for himself, Punk said his actions jeopardized “the first million-dollar house that this company has ever drawn.”
You can watch his entire comments on Page in this video captured by Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN.
Pt 2/2 of CM Punk GOING OFF on Colt Cabana, Adam Page and The EVPs. #AEWAllOut #AEW pic.twitter.com/qgP1VtR9pe
— Steven Muehlhausen (@SMuehlhausenJr) September 5, 2022
Punk also had some choice words during the press conference for MJF, who made his return to AEW at All Out. While it would be fairly simple to not have Punk work with Page and The Elite, there doesn’t seem to be any way to avoid a program between Punk and MJF.
So far, AEW has been remarkably skilled and/or lucky to be able to turn real life grievances into part of its narratives, but it remains to be seen if that can be done indefinitely. The “two sides to every story” caveat applies to Punk’s comments, but one thing they show is that there is still plenty of tension between various high profile members of the locker room, and that it’s going to continue as a source of fascination and speculation for the larger wrestling industry when it can’t be kept behind closed doors.