CM Punk won the AEW World Championship for the second time in his wrestling career when he defeated Jon Moxley at the AEW All Out pay-per-view back in September of 2022, but it was what he did after that really got people talking. During the post show media scrum Punk took several shots at The Elite as well as other AEW stars, and then he was involved in a physical altercation with The Elite that led to several names getting suspended.
Most people in AEW have been quiet about Punk’s infamous rant, but former AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker recently explained on Barstool Rasslin’ why she found the post show media scrum to be heartbreaking.
“That scrum was heartbreaking,” Baker said. “It was embarrassing and it was disappointing because it just felt like for a moment in time, this felt like very much a disaster. … You never want that feeling but it happens all the time. That was definitely a time in AEW where I was like man this sucks.”
“I think everybody in this company is a huge benefit for AEW and I think they all truly love professional wrestling and there’s a lot of passion involved there,” Baker said. “I think everybody in AEW can probably say that they hate what happened, wish it hadn’t happened, happened differently but you can’t take that back. We can’t go back in time so let’s move forward and be smart about how we do things.”
“Don’t just spit out every random stupid lie, rumor that you’ve heard of. Let’s really be smart now and let’s try to prevent this sh** from happening again,” Baker added. “I really feel bad for everybody involved and I’m happy that professional wrestling has moved on from that because for a second it felt like it was all eyes on us for the wrong reasons. I’m so proud in how resilient AEW is. I’m really happy and proud of this company I work for.”
H/T Wrestling Inc.
