Samoa Joe Comments On AEW All In Backstage Incident

The events at All Elite Wrestling All In will live on in wrestling infamy, with the backstage fight between CM Punk and Jack Perry seeing Punk fired from his AEW contract.

Reports surrounding the incident suggested that Punk and Perry were broken up by Samoa Joe, with DJ Whoo Kid recently corroborating this version of events. Joe himself was asked about the situation during an interview with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, with the AEW World Champion saying the following:

“There was a little bit of an incident. We got it broken up. We went out there and wrestled, man. That’s the gist of it. Everybody wants it to be a lot more than what it is, but that’s what it was. And to speak any more on it would be pointless unless you’re trying to get a scorecard and stuff - but trust me, it wasn’t that type of a fight,” said Joe.

When asked if it was a big deal, Joe responded:

“Not to me. I’ve seen fights break out. Stuff happens. But again, that’s me. I’ve been in these situations, I’ve seen that. I’ll find it funny when people are like, ‘Oh, Joe’s cool with it.’ I mean, nah man, it was a high-stress situation. Sure. But I mean, it’s one I’ve seen happen many times. We get it squashed out. We had a show to do. We had [81,035] fans waiting out there. And that was my focus, because that’s what it was about at that moment. We’re about to go out and have the best night of our lives.”

Raimondi suggested that Joe had been the ‘voice of reason’ during the incident:

“Hey, listen, we all understood that there was something to be done. There was a mission ahead of us and everybody just got focused. And hey, if I was a part of that, cool. But my intention was to get out there and get this show on the road,” said Joe.