Miro Initially Told CJ Perry His Fight With CM Punk Was Real

CM Punk and Jack Perry had been suspended following their backstage confrontation at AEW All In. That wasn’t all as reports had suggested Punk wanted to fight Miro as well, but it turned out they weren’t really serious at all. That said, Miro initially told his wife CJ Perry that his fight with Punk was real.

Reports noted that CM Punk wanted to fight with Miro right after his backstage fight with Jack Perry at AEW All In. It was then revealed they were not serious about “taking things outside.”

While speaking with Nick Hausman for Haus of Wrestling, CJ Perry talked about the story of CM Punk and Miro getting into a fight in a separate backstage confrontation. Perry stated that Miro had initially told her that the fight was real until he eventually revealed that it was a joke.

“There’s so many parts of that story that’s outrageous. Well, first thing is, I didn’t know about this story until it was blowing up online. That’s when Miro decided to tell me about it, and I was like, ‘What is happening right now?’ I was like, ‘Why are you picking a fight with him? Why?’ I stay off Twitter a lot. I just really don’t try to; in WWE, I would stir the pot a lot because I felt like that was my character, but that’s not really my nature.

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I mean, maybe sometimes, it’s a lot of fun. But I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ You know? Like, ‘Why? Why? Why are you doing that?’ There’s a part of me that knew I was debuting, I’m like, ‘Oh, God. Can we just lay low, please? Can we just like lay low? You’re gonna be picking at the showrunner? Are you insane?’ So, I was getting hot. Then, the next thing I hear is Miro was pissed that CM Punk went to the dirt sheets and said he was joking. I’m like, ‘Were you joking?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah.

So then for, like, five hours or until that time, he was selling the whole story to me like it was real. Selling it to me like it was all real. I’m like, ‘So, wait, you’re telling me it was a joke?’ He tells me the story of how CM Punk is like, ‘Do you have a problem with me?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah,’ and CM Punk goes, ‘You want to fight?’ Miro goes, ‘Here, or in the ring?’ I’m like, ‘You’re telling me that was a joke?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah.’ I’m like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me right now.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, I forgot you take everything literal, CJ.’ I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’m done. I’m literally done.’ So he finds it really funny that I believe everything.”

CM Punk was fired by AEW last month and reports have suggested he will make his way back to WWE. CM Punk was also present in Orlando recently, but it wasn’t due to any pro wrestling-related event. We’ll have to see what will become of the Second City Saint.

What do you think of this story? Are you glad CM Punk and Miro didn’t have a backstage confrontation? Sound off in the comments!