• ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    That pretty much dispels any doubt that Punk was the aggressor in the situation. He got in Perry’s face, he stopped Perry from walking away, and he threw the first strike.

    Still not sure what AEW was trying to accomplish by airing it though.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah I’m glad they showed the footage, no one can say shit now, but why put it on the show, release it in a statement or something.

      AEW was supposed to take the good parts of WCW, not the shit parts.

    • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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      7 months ago

      I agree what was the point of airing it, I guess we’ll see if the Bucks v FTR match gets any kinda bump from it but I think they could have done essentially the same angle without actually airing anything.

      The trouble is stuff is so polarised between WWE v AEW and Punk Fans vs Punk Haters that I think everybody is just seeing what they want to see in the video.

      I think im just going to go back to watching NJPW, but would have been on the AEW / Punk Unhappy side - and to me it just looks like a grown man acting like a baby and a bully instead of doing his job. I suspect there was probably more post-match that will never get aired that might make him look even worse (and vindicate TK’s response) but the whole thing is just dumb and beyond time to move on.