Ric Flair is a fan of CM Punk’s actions from last week’s media scrum.
Last weekend after AEW All Out, CM Punk went on a scathing rant about Colt Cobana, The Elite and Hangman Page during the scrum. This would lead to a brawl between The Elite and Punk after, with everyone involved suspended by AEW.
Speaking on his podcast, To Be The Man, Flair discussed the scrum and the subsequent fight. While Flair wasn’t particularly close with Punk, he remarked that he was a fan of the way he went about things, remarking that he likes The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega.
“I’ve been watching this from afar. It’s very entertaining. If it’s entertainment the fans want, it’s entertainment they’re getting, and Punk is giving a lot of it,”
“He’s creating excitement now, and if he’s not afraid to say it…. I like the way he said I’ll walk down the hall and be ready. That’s Harley Race talking right there. I don’t if he’s that tough but [laughs] I love it. That’s old-time stuff right there, it is. You got a problem with me, you can find me, right there in the building,”
“I actually thought it was pretty cool if what I’m told, and I don’t know about who won the fight or who did what, but the fact that Punk said, ‘I’m here in the building if you wanna find me,’ something like that, I like that. It’s probably not what Tony or anybody wants to hear, but if he has the courage to say that and he feels that strongly about somebody, hey, I don’t blame him for saying it. I don’t know. I like Omega and I like the Young Bucks, so I don’t know what the heat could possibly be. They seem to me like really easy guys to get along with, but I don’t know them that well. For me, it’s how they treat me as an individual, and they treat me great. I had a chance to be around Kenny a lot when he wrestled [Andrade] in Mexico and really got to know him pretty good, and Young Bucks have always been awesome. So I don’t know. CM Punk, I don’t know him. But he said it and I don’t know anything about Colt Cabana. I have no idea what’s going on there. He seems to be under Punk’s skin a little bit. I know nothing about that,”
Ric Flair on To Be The Man
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