As PWMania.com previously reported, following the 2022 AEW Out PPV event, members of The Elite and CM Punk are said to have gotten into a physical altercation after The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega “stormed into” CM Punk’s locker room.
Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com commented about the possibility of there being lawsuits during the Wrestling Observer Radio show.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if someone’s gonna file a lawsuit coming out of this, if not multiple. That’s the one thing and I think that’s from the AEW standpoint why this is really a mess that this happened, because I do expect if anyone gets fired, they’ll be lawsuits. I do expect that maybe, you know, this thing is gonna be, in that sense, a complete mess for AEW.” Meltzer said.
Eric Bischoff has also discussed the issue on his podcast, 83 Weeks.
“If they do [fire CM Punk], it’s just a guess having been involved in litigation that they’re keeping him around until they can determine – they meaning AEW – that from a legal perspective, they are bulletproof. Otherwise, you got this disgruntled piece of shit named CM Punk……and now, you’ve got AEW that has two executive vice presidents because that’s what the Young Bucks are, involved in a physical confrontation with a disgruntled piece of shit who now has a torn tricep. I submit that perhaps he got that torn tricep stuffing his fucking face with twinkies in that scrum. But you’ve got a potential legal issue on your hands, and a big one. If Punk can maintain he was hurt inside of the ring, then there was a physical confrontation and now he’s gotta have surgery and may not be able to wrestle again, and oh by the way, he’s making millions of dollars a year. If he can’t wrestle again, some attorney is gonna say, ‘He had at least 10 solid years left in his career because look at Chris Jericho, look at this guy who is over 50 years old.’ So, it’s about a 50-million-dollar lawsuit. That’s gonna be a mess. If they keep him around and don’t fire him, it’s because they’re trying to navigate that. That’s my guess.”
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