While limited in what he could share, Ace Steel spoke about certain details regarding his departure from AEW and the All Out 2022 incident.
Steel appeared on Wrestling with Rip Rogers and was asked about his time in AEW and subsequent exit.
Well, I worked with a lot of great people – some great, some not so much. There are things that none of us say and none of us will … I think actually my wife is the only one who can tell the story because she was there, and maybe someday.
You don’t f—k with family, you just don’t, you just don’t, and we came out just fine.
I have a great lawyer, Stephen P. New, he is the man, let’s just put that in the world. Stephen P. New is a gem, he is for the wrestlers, he is for the boys, and he is on the right side of the world.
Steel elaborated by speaking about CM Punk and his thoughts on how Punk handled everything:
I’m very proud of my number one student that I’ve ever coached in the world for heading back (to WWE) to show the world who the hell he is.
The reason people hate him or whatever is he isn’t about bullshit and the guy doesn’t take shit and he doesn’t take it lightly and when you’ve had enough shit you either explode or you take care of business yourself and you defend yourself. People don’t like him because he defends himself or calls stuff out when it’s not proper but if you treat him right, he treats everyone else right.
Steel went on to state that he endured a lot during that period and felt no one had any concern for his mental health and the stuff he had heard and read about himself but that he got through it.
