AEW All Out 2022 Media Scrum and fallout Megathread *DYNAMITE SPOILERS*

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Agreed. I’m leaning towards it probably not being the Bucks too. I still think they might have fired up Hangman, though. As for who it was, I think it might have been someone in the old ROH days or a Dark Order guy.

Just hoping Evil Uno is clean in it.

I still think the Cabana shit wasn't leaked at all lol I know Poyser thinks I'm just making shit up but I've watched shitty dirt sheets craft narratives from way less than this before lol Colt was legit taken off TV so of course I would expect dirt sheets to say it's bc of Punk without anyone telling them shit, thats their whole livelihood lmao

But yes some people were def leaking stuff all summer and some was about Punk, I wee this ad separate issues than the Colt stuff
 

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I don’t really think Punk did all that with no basis whatsoever lol I’m sorry. Not saying he was right, but it’s almost certain that he has some reason for believing it with so much conviction. Either there’s truth to it or somebody has led him astray there by feeding him bad info

I was operating under this assumption as well, but it’s hard to say now. I think there might things between Punk and Bucks not public that gives them heat without them having to be the leaks, perhaps and he assumed on that.
 

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I still think the Cabana shit wasn't leaked at all lol I know Poyser thinks I'm just making shit up but I've watched shitty dirt sheets craft narratives from way less than this before lol Colt was legit taken off TV so of course I would expect dirt sheets to say it's bc of Punk without anyone telling them shit, thats their whole livelihood lmao

But yes some people were def leaking stuff all summer and some was about Punk, I wee this ad separate issues than the Colt stuff

If someone was talking shit about Punk related to Cabana tho, my personal top suspects are Colt himself or possibly Stu Grayson since he seemed frustrated even tho he left on good terms. Coulda been a throwaway comment even that he said that someone ran with
 

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I still think the Cabana shit wasn't leaked at all lol I know Poyser thinks I'm just making shit up but I've watched shitty dirt sheets craft narratives from way less than this before lol Colt was legit taken off TV so of course I would expect dirt sheets to say it's bc of Punk without anyone telling them shit, thats their whole livelihood lmao

But yes some people were def leaking stuff all summer and some was about Punk, I wee this ad separate issues than the Colt stuff

I’ll give it a small plausibility, but I think in conjunction with the other stories, it just doesn’t feel disconnected.
 

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There’s zero way there was no leak. In the span of a couple weeks there was at least 3-4 big anti-Punk stories. One of which being Punk threatened to walk out.

So either that was leaked with everything else, or the dirts decided to just make shit up and that makes them awful.

And even if there is speculation that Punk got Colt fired, you don’t print that in your article unless you got at least one person from AEW to “confirm” that for you. That’s at least how journalists used to do it. SRS was saying yesterday he had news he was waiting for confirmation.
see I think it's more some nobodies being like "omg he was so mad, I heard he was ready to walk" . at least thats my take. then when they heard other ppl heard punk was mad, the sheets ran with "we heard some people said punk was so mad THEY BELIEVED he was ready to walk out.

the only other inflamatory thing that was reported was that things were at "a breaking point" between some ppl backstage but thatt was never directed at punk directly and again, the bucks would have no incentive in leaking that their having backstage issues, its still partly their company.

so tldr, I think some dirtsheets reported stuff with very specific wording thats pretty sneaky but technically accurate. obviously, just my take on it tho!
 

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If someone was talking shit about Punk related to Cabana tho, my personal top suspects are Colt himself or possibly Stu Grayson since he seemed frustrated even tho he left on good terms. Coulda been a throwaway comment even that he said that someone ran with
Ace all along
 

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If someone was talking shit about Punk related to Cabana tho, my personal top suspects are Colt himself or possibly Stu Grayson since he seemed frustrated even tho he left on good terms. Coulda been a throwaway comment even that he said that someone ran with

Stu is a good shout. Possibly Angels if we’re thinking someone that got let go and it never occurred to me Colt could have been stirring the pot himself. What a loser.
 

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I’ll give it a small plausibility, but I think in conjunction with the other stories, it just doesn’t feel disconnected.
well its because ppl heard whispers but didnt report it until AFTER Punk shot on hangman. so it was kind of a rumor the sheets were circling but it didnt get attention or traction until Punk himself brought it to attention. this isnt blaming punk btw, just a factual timeline of how these things went down
 

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Stu is a good shout. Possibly Angels if we’re thinking someone that got let go and it never occurred to me Colt could have been stirring the pot himself. What a loser.
i mean I personally think thats more plausible than a YB organized whisper campaign. simply because occams razor. now that doesnt mean colt isnt in hangmans ear either
 
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see I think it's more some nobodies being like "omg he was so mad, I heard he was ready to walk" . at least thats my take. then when they heard other ppl heard punk was mad, the sheets ran with "we heard some people said punk was so mad THEY BELIEVED he was ready to walk out.

the only other inflamatory thing that was reported was that things were at "a breaking point" between some ppl backstage but thatt was never directed at punk directly and again, the bucks would have no incentive in leaking that their having backstage issues, its still partly their company.

so tldr, I think some dirtsheets reported stuff with very specific wording thats pretty sneaky but technically accurate. obviously, just my take on it tho!

Like I said, I’m not even leaning on it being the Bucks, but I just don’t think that huge swirl of news that all came at once was all pure speculation from dirts. Just someone.
 

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This.

I mean this was why I thought so too. Whomever it was was definitely super close to Colt and Hangman.
yeah but as I said above too. they dont have to be related, like Bucks could have wanted Colt to stay and it had nothing to do with pissing Punk off. Thats also certainly well within their roles as EVPs, and they even suggested keeping them on seperate brands. the fact the bucks 'saved his job" should not be an issue by itself if TK approved it at the end of the day.
 
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Like I said, I’m not even leaning on it being the Bucks, but I just don’t think that huge swirl of news that all came at once was all pure speculation from dirts. Just someone.

Nah def not the summer leaks, I'm just talking about specifically the "Punk got Cabana demoted and almost fired" stuff I've been calling trash since March before Hangman even said it in a promo
 

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Like I said, I’m not even leaning on it being the Bucks, but I just don’t think that huge swirl of news that all came at once was all pure speculation from dirts. Just someone.
probably more like, they heard all that stuff before and after the punk hangman v2 promo went down, one of their more solid sources maybe said "yeah i heard that too" and thats enough. again not saying i know whats up lol, just offering avenues