Several reports are out stating that suspensions have been levied over the incident with CM Punk and Jack Perry during All In.
Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer site was the first to report that the belief internally was that suspensions had been placed on both performers until the completion of the investigation. On Tuesday, Justin Barrasso of SI.com reported the same.
AEW President Tony Khan began the post-All In press conference by acknowledging there was a backstage incident and that they were investigating the matter but could not speak about it until more was known.
Punk and Perry had a physical altercation following Perry’s match on the Zero Hour portion of All In, and immediately before Punk’s match with Samoa Joe. During the match, Perry looked into the camera and made reference to using real glass and adding, “Cry me a river” as a direct reference to a several-week-old story involving Perry wanting to use real glass for an angle and receiving resistance from Punk. Perry allegedly felt he was portrayed poorly in how the story came out and blamed Punk.
The suspension of Punk obviously throws into question the status of the performer for the shows in Chicago this week including Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view at the United Center. While not announced for a match on the pay-per-view, clearly, he would have been the focal point of the show.
POST Wrestling reached out to multiple officials at AEW regarding the suspensions and either received no response or they could not comment on the matter.
