Bully Ray reacts to the All In footage.
On this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, AEW EVPs Matt and Nick Jackson aired the footage of the backstage altercation involving CM Punk and Jack Perry on the 2023 All In occasion. This video confirmed Punk shoving Perry after what seemed to be a tense back-and-forth dialog. Earlier than Punk might land extra strikes on Perry, although, AEW producers and expertise rapidly stepped in to separate the 2 males. On Busted Open After Darkish, WWE Corridor of Famer Bully Ray shared his response to seeing the footage broadcasted on Dynamite.
“Earlier than I put my weary head down on my pillow, I’ll pray to God for AEW and I’ll say, ‘God, I hope they popped a score tonight.’ I hope one thing optimistic got here out of this footage or got here out of tonight. As a result of when tomorrow comes, if that score just isn’t good, in the event that they’re not again as much as not less than 800 [thousand], it’s going to be dogpile on the rabbit. And the rabbit goes to deserve the canine pile,” Ray stated.
“This isn’t on the expertise, this isn’t on the locker room. And more often than not it by no means, ever is throughout the board. It’s on artistic, it’s on the booker. It’s on the matchmaker. This firm wants assist. At this level, I hope even you die-hards notice that.”
Bully Is Keen To Assist
Whereas he already has jobs with the Busted Open model and Workforce 3D Academy, Ray famous that he’s greater than prepared to assist AEW as effectively.
“This enterprise has been very, very, superb to me, and if anyone ever wanted assist, I’d be greater than prepared to assist them out simply to see the expertise develop and the enterprise develop,” Ray stated.
In August 2023, stories indicated that Jack Perry and former AEW World Champion CM Punk have been concerned in a backstage bodily altercation at AEW’s All In occasion. This confrontation then reportedly led to each performers being suspended whereas AEW carried out an investigation. Upon completion of this investigation, AEW shared the information that Punk had finally been terminated from his contract. Following his departure from AEW, Punk then made a shock return to WWE on the Survivor Collection occasion in November.
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