Chris Jericho comments on CM Punk's departure.
CM Punk was fired by AEW on Saturday, September 2 after getting into a backstage altercation with Jack Perry at AEW All In. The altercation reportedly occurred before Punk went out to wrestle Samoa Joe in the opening contest of AEW All In.
Speaking on his Talk Is Jericho podcast, Chris Jericho addressed Punk's departure.
"I don't want to dwell on this or talk about, but I should address it. CM Punk, no longer with AEW, Wembley was his last match, which what a way to go out if you're going to go out. I did speak to him, briefly, I was going to do a frankensteiner off the top, and I know that he does that sometimes, so I was curious if he was going to do it. I went and talked to him for a bit, asked if he was going to do it, he wasn't. I told him I was going to do the GTS, with a straight face, and I think for a second he thought that I was going to. I was joking, of course. I did see him that day. It's a regretful moment, what happened, but Tony Khan made his decision. CM Punk was a big part of AEW from the time he was here and if you're going to go out, he went out on top by having this big match with Samoa Joe in a sold out stadium. That's my thoughts on that," said Jericho.
Jericho did note there was a backstage fight that caused things to be in flux for a moment as the match order nearly changed.
Addressing CM Punk's departure on AEW Collision, Tony Khan said that Punk endangered people backstage and that he feared for his life.
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