There are few things wrestling fans love to talk about more than backstage fights and alleged real life bad blood between performers. Someone overhearing a testy exchange between two lower card guys could dominate Twitter discourse for an entire day. Given that, it’s not surprising the backstage altercation at AEW All Out in 2022 that involved CM Punk, Ace Steel, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega is still being talked about, but what is surprising is that Chris Jericho decided to talk about it in a very public way on Christmas morning with a lawyer still involved in the case.
It all started after Stephen P New appeared on Rip Rogers’ podcast and said the only person involved in the so-called Brawl Out that is legally allowed to talk about what happened is Steel’s wife Lucy. He said she’s not talking but could someday. The quote was picked up and widely covered in the wrestling media. On Christmas Eve, Chris Jericho responded to one of the stories and said he didn’t sign an NDA. New responded and said it’s in the employee handbook but if he has a different version, they can discuss. And that’s when Jericho went from the opening bell to the Liontamer real quick in an early morning tweet that has since gone viral…
