After returning to AEW at Full Gear this previous Saturday, Kenny Omega is opening up in regards to the backstage brawl with CM Punk that resulted in his two-month suspension.
Omega and The Younger Bunks are slated to look on tonight’s AEW: Dynamite, airing at 8/7c on TBS and going down in Chicago — Punk’s residence city.
“There are issues nobody can discuss, so I’d encourage folks to let it go,” Omega advised Sports activities Illustrated. “It doesn’t change that we wish a workforce effort in AEW. I don’t even imply implicitly myself and my opponent. It additionally means the referee, the followers, the individuals who arrange the ring, everybody — even a technical error can spoil the reminiscence of a match… So I encourage folks to maneuver away from it as a result of there is no such thing as a info to be launched. Although I can’t discuss it, I do need the followers to know I nonetheless need one of the best for professional wrestling.”
As you’ll recall, a melee broke out in September after Punk’s pointed feedback throughout a post-event media scrum for All Out. Punk reportedly exchanged phrases with the Younger Bucks and Omega, after which a brawl ensued. Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson of the Younger Bucks, Pat Buck, Christopher Daniels, Michael Nakazawa and Brandon Cutler have been subsequently suspended.
Omega went on to say that latest tragedies similar to Jason David Frank’s demise and the mass capturing at Membership Q have put issues into perspective for him. “This isn’t Kenny Omega and the Younger Bucks in opposition to CM Punk,” the wrestler defined. “It’s folks attempting to indicate off their craft. You’ll be able to boo Kenny Omega, or the Younger Bucks, or CM Punk, however I hope folks don’t overlook we’re human beings struggling to indicate our artwork.”
