Aaaaand now we have Punk completely going into business for himself during a media scrum swearing and going off on Colt Cabana, The Young Bucks, Omega, and calling Hangman an empty headed, f***ing idiot. Tony Kahn was looking pretty uncomfortable, but awkwardly nodding in agreement with some of Punk's comments and you could tell that Punk, not the actual owner of the company Tony Kahn, was the boss and running the show. This was embarrassing for Tony Kahn
This was followed by a back stage brawl involving Punk, the Bucks, Omega, and one of Punk's friends Ace Steel who is a producer there. Steel's wife was there too but wasn't hurt. Steel apparently bit Omega and threw a chair at Nick Jackson giving him a black eye. You could actually see security running back there at one point during the media scrum
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/cm-p ... um=twitterSo the champ, the executive vice presidents, and the producer all got into a backstage brawl. Crazy. Apparently we have a civil war brewing between the people who were the heart and soul of AEW (Omega, Hangman, and the Bucks) and CM Punk along with all of his friends (FTR, Ace Steel) and his lapdog Tony Kahn
No wonder Cody Rhodes left AEW. I guess he saw the writing on the wall. It seems like CM Punk will ultimately be the downfall of AEW. Though something must also be said for Tony Kahn's lack of leadership. Punk is not the only talent getting out of hand, but he certainly seems to be the one causing the most trouble and reportedly things were great backstage with people getting along...until the company signed CM Punk
All of this while WWE's ratings are going up, their shows are getting mostly good press (despite a few boneheaded booking decisions these past two or three weeks involving some of their titles), and the overall future of the company is looking brighter than ever. There's also reports that many people within WWE are wondering what the hell is going on in AEW right now with all this backstage madness.
What a mess. Was WCW like this before they went out of business, did things get this bad?