Last year AEW made history with All In at Wembley Stadium and Samoa Joe challenged CM Punk for the Real AEW World Championship at the event. Joe and CM Punk managed to put on quite the performance, but it was reported that Punk was involved in an altercation with Jack Perry backstage before his title match with Samoa Joe.
People have been talking about the altercation for months now and Samoa Joe was asked what happened between Punk and Jack Perry during a recent interview with ESPN.
“There was a little bit of an incident. We got it broken up. We went out there and wrestled, man. That’s the gist of it. Everybody wants it to be a lot more than what it is, but that’s what it was. And to speak any more on it would be pointless unless you’re trying to get a scorecard and stuff — but trust me, it wasn’t that type of a fight.”
When asked if the incident was a big deal Samoa Joe said, “Not to me. I’ve seen fights break out. Stuff happens. But again, that’s me. I’ve been in these situations, I’ve seen that. I’ll find it funny when people are like, ‘Oh, Joe’s cool with it.’ I mean, nah man, it was a high-stress situation. Sure. But I mean, it’s one I’ve seen happen many times. We get it squashed out. We had a show to do. We had [81,035] fans waiting out there. And that was my focus, because that’s what it was about at that moment. We’re about to go out and have the best night of our lives.”
Samoa Joe will defend his AEW World Championship against Hook this week on AEW Dynamite. Stay tuned for updates.
