Fans react to AEW airing All-In footage

John Powell

Fans react to AEW airing All-In footage
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During AEW Dynamite tonight the company aired security camera footage of the incident between Jack Perry and CM Punk at All-In…but it was all part of an angle.

“The last time we wrestled these guys (FTR) was at All-In and I still have some wounds that haven’t really healed. It kind of opens up those wounds and I feel like this is perfect time to talk about it right now,” said Nick Jackson as The Young Bucks sat in a makeshift video production room which due to the TSN equipment box, looks like it was shot in Canada.

“Right before that match there was a incident backstage involving two individuals. The first being the scapegoat in this entire situation: Jack Perry. Jack is a lovable kid also from Southern California just like us and he kind of reminds me a lot of us at his age. Someone actually once said about Jack, you got a problem with Jack Perry chances are YOU’RE are the problem,” continued Matt Jackson wearing a ‘Scapegoat’ shirt.

Nick Jackson mentioned CM Punk without actually mentioning CM Punk.

“The other individual tried to make this entire show about himself. Matter of fact, this individual happens to be good friends with FTR which got me thinking, maybe FTR are the masterminds behind this entire thing,” said Nick before Matt told him he couldn’t say something like that because it would be “unprofessional”, criticism directed at CM Punk’s comments last week.

The Bucks then suggested that there should be an asterisk by FTR’s victory at All-In. The Bucks had to put their “EVP caps on” because of the incident which is why they lost the match against FTR that night.

“The incident itself isn’t even the worst part…It is short and resembles a high school scrap but I would argue not not that it was a short, a short incident but the ramifications that came out of the incident it threatened to take down our biggest show of all time but damn it we’re lucky that it didn’t,” said Matt before the footage was aired.

The footage itself shows a number of officials backstage such as production crew, referees and Samoa Joe. CM Punk approaches Jack Perry obviously questioning him. The two argue back and forth. We cannot hear what is being said because there is no audio with the footage. Tony Khan is not seen at first. Punk shoves Perry twice and then puts him in a head lock. The tussle causes Punk to bump into some monitors. Samoa Joe rushes over and so does a referee to break things up rather quickly. Chris Hero and Jerry Lynn settle Punk down. Joe takes Perry to the other side of the room where Hook is. Sonjay Dutt walks through the scene to chat with Perry. Khan leans over, reaches for and says something to Punk. Before he leaves, Punk does turn to yell something at Tony Khan who was sitting on the other side of the monitors. Malakai Black follows Punk out of the room.

At the time of the incident, Khan said: “I’ve been going to wrestling shows for over 30 years. I’ve been producing them on this network for nearly four years. Never in all that time have I ever felt, until last Sunday, that my security, my safety, my life was in danger at a wrestling show. I don’t think anybody should feel that way at work. I don’t think the people I work with should feel that way and I had to make a very difficult choice today.”

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After the footage aired Matt complained that people were distracted by something “so stupid” and didn’t focus on All-In.

FTR then took to the ring complaining that the company should move past the incident, the Young Bucks have no business bringing it up AGAIN and sung the praises of AEW.

AEW airing the footage got X talking:

https://twitter.com/LoneTreeGrove/status/1778243136990376081

https://twitter.com/StevePhillips1/status/1778236542533669178

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