Kenny Omega Breaks Silence On Backstage Altercation With CM Punk

CM Punk last appeared on AEW programming when he main evented the All Out pay-per-view back in September of 2022, but the wrestling world is still talking about his backstage altercation with The Elite that took place after the show.

People from All Elite Wrestling have been very quiet when it comes to the infamous altercation in recent months which has only led to people asking more questions. During a recent appearance on The Sessions with Renee Paquette, Kenny Omega shared some insight on the situation while noting that he doesn’t think anyone is happy with the way that things unfolded.

“Here’s the way that I look at it. Like I’m involved in competitive sports, contact sports, at the highest level. Some people on our roster have, some people on our roster have not, but I feel like if you have, you’ve probably been in a spat or two with a teammate. And maybe sometimes a time or two, it might come to blows, you know, it happens.

“So, coming from that sort of background, there was a point to it all when I felt like, oh, this just happens, we’re gonna get over it. Let’s just calm down and talk it over. No, nothing is [wrong], we’re all doing okay. Here. You know this is we’re getting it out of our system, no problem. but let’s maybe stop, you know, and we just don’t live in that world anymore.

“There are things especially now when you’re in a multi-million billion dollar industry where there are sponsorships on the line, TV deal is on the line. It’s not like high school football. It’s not, you know, a little tiff that you might have with someone on your fellow, amateur wrestling team or whatever, or maybe someone held a submission too long in jiu-jitsu training. It’s not that – these things shouldn’t even be happening.

“It’s a shame that the general public and a lot of people aren’t ever going to know what went down, and how it could have been prevented or how it could have, you know, ended differently. That’s just sort of how things go again when it’s a big business operation. I don’t think anyone is happy that it happened, or is proud that it happened, or anything like that. I think across the board, everyone thinks that was a terrible situation that was unnecessary.”

Omega then went on to say that he understands the confusion regarding the incident as everyone formed their own opinion because those involved couldn’t say anything about it legally. As of this writing CM Punk’s future with AEW is unclear. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.

H/T TJR Wrestling