CM Punk's last AEW match took place at AEW All In 2023 when he defeated Samoa Joe. Before the bout, Punk was involved in a backstage altercation with Jack Perry, which played a big role in Punk's dismissal from the company.
AEW aired footage of the altercation on an April episode of AEW Dynamite, showing Punk grabbing Perry before it was eventually broken up.
A year before AEW All In at AEW All Out 2022, Punk was involved in a backstage altercation with The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) and Kenny Omega.
Omega got into backstage altercation with Gabe Kidd at NJPW Power Struggle 2024, and said after the incident that Kidd reminded him of Punk.
Speaking to SP3 of SI's The Takedown, Kidd responded to Omega.
"What I did find funny is he ran from the building immediately, ran to Tokyo Sports, said I pushed him and took a fighting stance and he got the first hit in. Well if you did, I didn't feel shit because everyone heard that slap I gave you in that video.
"Listen, I don't care about any of those other guys, any of those stories. You saw the video of Jack Perry and 'he who must not be named, little Phil' we'll call him? Little Phil, It was the most embarrassing thing I ever seen and they advertised it to air on TV, that was the most bonkers thing I ever seen in my life. I've seen better scraps at nursery, it was embarrassing, so I don't care if he compared it to that."
Elsewhere during the interview, Kidd commented on the incident with Omega. You can find his full comments here.
Kidd is set to defend his NJPW Strong Openweight Title against Kosei Fujita at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed on November 8.
