CM Punk and Jack Perry were reportedly involved in a physical altercation just minutes before the All In main card started.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful was first to report the incident, which was later corroborated by The Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez.
Mike Johnson at PWInsider Elite also has reporting on the incident (subscriber content), which confirms that an incident occurred but that the nature of the physicality is not clear.
The incident is said to have occurred backstage just after Perry had wrestled to close the Zero Hour pre-show, when he lost the FTW Championship to HOOK.
The Punk and Perry confrontation occurred around 10 minutes before the main card opener, featuring CM Punk and Samoa Joe.
During the FTW Championship match, Perry said to the camera, “It’s real glass. Cry me a river”, in reference to maneuvers that he and HOOK were taking on Perry’s limousine. This included Perry taking a suplex into the windshield of the vehicle.
Alvarez believes this comment may have led to the altercation, as it seems to refer back to an argument that Perry and Punk had during the summer at a Collision taping when Perry wanted to film a spot involving glass. Punk reportedly refused to allow this.
Sunday’s controversy can be added to a list of incidents that have been reported since AEW Collision debuted on June 17.
