Jim Cornette on CM Punk's Locker Room Incident With The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega 

I can't imagine the Bucks managed to kick the door without slapping their leg

The security team did turn up- all 20 of them. They just stood around the edge of the room and ran in one-by-one to take shitty bumps.

I'm picturing Kenny Omega walking up to Tony Khan with a clump of hair and claiming "this is a unsafe working environment!"

"CM Punk and Ace Steel locker room brawl with the AEW EVPs? Oh yeah... I was there." - Sean Waltman in a few years

There was a fight in a room with a dog, someone got bit and the dog had nothing to do with it. Loving all of this.

"Nobody saw this coming"-Meltzer & Alvarez. Jim Cornette 3yrs ago = literally everything happening right now.

"It's 2023. You can't just punch people randomly."

"I'm old, I'm tired, and I work with children" that is my new favorite line from Punk and it is just amazing

The issue is no one respects Tony Khan. From MJF to CM Punk to the Elite. None of these guys take the "boss" seriously. The wrestlers are too used to telling Tony what's going to happen instead of the other way around. Tony should strip the EVP titles, hire a booker and make it clear that what the booker says goes. And if anyone has a problem with that here is what you're owed and good luck in your future endeavors.

“Punk can be a dick but that doesn’t mean he is wrong”. Ladies and gentlemen, Brian Last made the absolute truest statement about this whole situation.

This has Darkside of the Ring written all over it 😂 can’t wait for this episode

The fact CM Punk wasn't medically clear before the match, and the EVPS already knew he was hurt after the match. And picked the time to confront him and got their asses kicked is even more funny. It's WILD! To see the truth come out amd CM Punk was treated that much unfairly 😮

Ace Steel got on national tv for the first time with his best friend, accidentally said ‘fuck’ live in one of the best promos in AEW history, knocked out Nick Jackson with a chair, bit Kenny Omega and might get fired from the company, all in the span of a single week.

I'll admit I laughed my ass off at the thought of The Young Bucks having a physical altercation with anyone.

CM Punk is the man not only did he address the bs rumors that these 3 clowns where spreading and made them all look like fools but he also whipped their assess when they tried to jump him in the locker room! My man!

I'm so glad someone else is talking about the fact that the Bucks are EVPs and need to be held to a higher standard. This isn't just some workplace dispute between coworkers, this is executives not behaving professionally with talent. No one else seems to be discussing this angle.

The most hilarious part of all This . Who would of thought the downfall of aew would be COLT FUCKING CABANA

"You're just lucky we didn't bring our trampoline!" -The Young Bucks, probably

Who’s here after the Ace Steel interview? 😂

CM Punk: if I fall, I know my friends will be there to catch me *enters Ace Steel with a steel chair* 😂😂

One can imagine Jericho backstage trying to hold everyone together and prevent them from tanking his meal ticket.

I don't always agree with everything Jim says but in hindsight, Jim Cornette was absolutely right about everything when it comes to The Young Bucks. I'll say it again. Jim Cornette was right about The Young Bucks.

Thank God for Cornette. He's the only one leaning on Punk being in the right, and I agree with him. If you kick in the door of my room, I'm immediately defending myself. You don't wait for someone else to 'throw the first punch.' Han shot first for a reason.

The guest artist for this clip absolutely knocked it out of the park. 😂

We are seeing more and more exactly why Cody left and why it was reported that Cody fell out with the Elite.

If you boil it down, Tony Khan chose Colt Cabana over CM Punk

Brian is right on the money about looking at the bucks and omega as evps rather than wrestlers. Physically confronting your employee 3 on 1...from a litigation standpoint, that's exactly where it would go.

To be fair, running a Target is hard. Everyone is an asshole: customers, employees, distract managers, and etc.

All I know is I’d like a guy like Ace Steel in my corner. What a maniac.

How, as an EVP, do you see what kind of mindset Punk is in during that scrum, and decide that the correct course of action is to immediately confront him right after the scrum instead of giving him some time to cool off?

There is no legal justification for a 3 on 1 physical assault regardless of what was said. And like Brian said, company executives should NEVER behave this way.

"Why isn't Punk selling our punches??" - The Young Bucks in a shoot fight

You know they just brought up a good point in this clip. Everyone says Punk is a problem. What about the Elite and their falling out with NJPW? What about them pretending to work the ROH MSG show and then not fulfilling that when every one bought tickets to see them there? What about the rumors of issues last year between Cody and the Elite? What about all this stuff?

Now that punks back in wwe can we please get the security cam footage of punks 2 fights in AEW 😂

AEW needs to hire Cornette to set people straight..lol. Also, imagining Punk wailing on Generation ME is kind of funny.

It brings me large amounts of glee to know that someone kicked the shit out of the Bucks.

Let's take a moment to remember that the bucks did this to JR (they publicly bashed him for saying he didn't really like their performances) the bucks talked shit about Cody when he left, and now they've done it to punk.. They should be fired or just removed from their evp positions

Everyone needs a friend like Ace Steel in a situation like this

Back here after last night’s Survivor Series debut. Thank you to the Young Cucks for getting the ball rolling.

You can tell Jim's absolutely loving getting 8x his usual viewership to laugh at Kenny and the Bucks getting their ass handed to them lmao

I don't care who's right and who's wrong but this is the funniest shit and the best thing to happen in aew since it started, the thought of Matt Jackson storming in to confront punk and getting clocked is a beautiful image.

“The Chairman” Ace Steele has had the most legendary week of wrestling.

Brian is exactly right. This is conduct detrimental to the company and an abuse of power. They should be stripped of any mantle of authority at the very least. For all the heat that Punk may have in the locker room none of those wrestlers should feel safe around Omega and the Bucks going forward.

This news is way better to follow with Jim and Brian. When these stories broke I went nuts waiting to hear their take on it. This is the right side of a wrestling revolution.

Jim going "who the fuck was that" about who got the cops involved shows Jim is OG

Sorry I’m on Punk’s side

Hopefully taking a chair shot for real taught Nick a little bit about how he should be selling a little more for big moves.

Team Punk. Not even a question.

I really want to hear Cody's brutally honest opinion about the "evp's"

08:51 this breakdown is perfect. Punk was unprofessional, absolutely. The EVPs though? Clowns. Whatever happens, they lose that title. Bare minimum.

I'm 100% behind Punk on this. Many AEW fans are saying fire him LOL its no wonder none of them nor the EVPS have a sense for business. Punk is by far the biggest draw in the company. Highest segments and google searched. Bucks arent even top 10 in the company for google searches. Segment wise, since Omega return all the the Elites segments lose 200k viewers. No joke they lose 20% of their audience when they're on tv. Idk if its because they dont like the style or just know they're winning so whats the point. Other thing is these are EVPs, why are you storming the locker room of an individual who is obviously HOT. Address it in the morning like pros, and have a sit down once everything has cooled down. You don't 3v1 a guy who just shit on you with no regard for 10 mins and expect a "good" outcome. Also for the company in general, Punk and a handful of others do all the PR for AEW. The Bucks do nothing. It is similar to when Cody was doing everything and again no Bucks anywhere. Kenny was doing video game stuff, so I will give him a pass. But if you're an EVP you gotta be at those comic cons and news stations doing PR to promote the company. These guys want to fuck around, buy shoes, and upload stuff on YT to draw the audience. That's the reason nobody searches them on google because they're not out there doing the work, and relying on word of mouth. Its why they were stagnant in ratings and house draws because 1 EVP was out there actually putting an effort into growing. Its pretty embarrassing when you look at Twitter or SM and everyone is pissed at Punk but doesn't see it for what it is. The Bucks rather than doing business and having a huge draw match with FTR, dropped the titles and then put different ones on themselves lol. And they didn't even get pinned while losing those belts. Can anyone see the issue here or they just blind? Think about why Cody left, connect dots, and it starts to make sense.

Punk Ace and his Wife won the Trios Tag Titles in a locker room Street Fight and will receive the belts on this week's Dynamite

I didn’t think it was possible to anticipate something more than Jim’s take on the media scrum. I was wrong…I was wrong.

I’ve never seen one episode of Dynamite. But I’ve read and watched so much of the backstage drama 😂😂😂

This is exactly why Tony Khan should NOT do a "media scrum" after a Pay-per-view. 🤦🏾‍♂️ What is the purpose of these things?? For a wrestling promotion?? It makes no sense to pull back the curtain and expose the business like this to "reporters". 🤷🏾‍♂️

I'd say the Bucks and Kenny are equally as toxic. They allegedly drove Cody out of AEW, have used BTE to bully and harass Seth Rollins, Corbin, and Roman for years, participated in the "fuck Roman Reigns" chants just like everyone else, and created the hate culture you see in wrestling now by painting themselves as underdogs of the big bad Vince. This is just two groups of toxic people having a pissing contest and also Hangman is there.

I love how Dave dances around the scenario where the Bucks start this incident. Jim and Brian at least explore all options and say everything they heard.

Hard to believe all this drama revolves around Colt Cabana: a comedy curtain jerker who has never drawn a dime.

Been going through a lot in my life lately, thank you Jim for your podcast, it means a lot to some of us who Badly need the escape and the pleasant distraction.

Well done Jim and Bryan for doing a South Park and reorganising your schedule to be on the ball for a red hot current topic, which of course will help massively!

Cody saw the writing on the wall and left at the right time. It's no coincidence AEW is falling apart since he's been gone. It also doesn't help that Tony Khan has absolutely no control over his locker room. Punk is walking all over him, there's fights going on, people want out of their contracts, etc. He needs to stop being everyone's friend, start being a Boss, and get his house in order. This is embarrassing.

Seems like everyone needs a friend like Ace Steel.

Even in 2024 this is gold. The downfall of AEW was when Cody left. Out of the 4 EVP’s that started the promotion, Cody seems line he is the most level headed and respected. When he left Tony Khan lost control of the locker room. If Cody didn’t leave I don’t think the all out brawl would have happened.

Loving the special guest artists for this week! This one might be the best!

Ace Steel: what a guy to have your back. Huge respect for him.

Punk could've instigated the entire thing, and I'd still side with him over the children.

Came back to listen to this saga again now that Punk is where he belongs, and REALLY want to know where Jim is going at 21:32

Cody Rhodes knew what he was doing when he ran to Connecticut. I get the feeling he was the one holding the whole thing together behind the curtain

Punk finally won a real fight by slapping one of the Bucks silly!! lol

It's amazing how the "Niche audience", the Twitter fans all hate Punk, with almost no one thinking the Bucks & Omega could've deserved this, brought this upon themselves, were the protagonists in this. It's truly insane and bizarre too me

Bret Hart punches Vince McMahon and no one knows about this, Vince McMahon turns heel to keep up the show and no police were called. These boys have a slap fight and they cry and the whole world knows. 🙄

"to be fair they've probably seen a lot of people in video games doing this kind of thing" AHAHAHAHAHA

Love the effort to pump out stuff when it's urgent news n developments like this. Appreciate you 2 🙏

They tried Punk because they felt they could because of his UFC debacle years ago. What they failed to realize is that Punk is a legit martial arts practitioner, the UFC thing wasn't handled properly-he should not have been in there against the opponent he had anyway(Props for commiting regardless of the outcome, most other people wouldn't have), and they don't live in reality thinking that they could throw their weight around as if they're gods and they're not. They tried to punk him (pun intended) and it backfired.

I feel like an expert on this story, despite watching none of the actual footage lol. Thank you Corny and Brian. All I was thinking this whole time was, if they’re executive vice president, aren’t they already CM punks bosses? This is just too much all the way around, thank you for the ongoing entertainment

I am starting to think there may have been more to Cody leaving, but he is very business savvy and still has career left. Pushing/provoking Punk at this stage in his career, is just dumb. He has enough money probably feels he accomplished what he wanted in his career that he gives zero %#$@! about playing politics or petty drama that he will air it out for everyone to hear because nothing can really be done to him

The elite gang “started” this company, and now it’s to the point where Tony can put a PPV on without any of them, none of them are needed for a show. When they built this little clubhouse they didn’t plan on big time builders coming in and turning it into something that could actually generate money and now it sounds like somebody has taken their precious toy away and well that simply won’t do

As well as being wildly entertaining, this is a very well constructed take on the situation from both men here. Especially the point Last makes about the Bucks and Omega not behaving as EVP's of a company should. If nothing else, this whole thing has led to some top-tier podcasting content!

I only just realized that the background animals were BUCKS! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The most disappointing part of this whole thing has been the (subtle) ways many members of the wrestling media have been portraying the events that come off as more favourable for the elite - leaking out certain bits of info piecemeal without qualifying whose camp it is coming from (either from punk, the EVPs or an independent third party), some people tweeting out the memes and jokes in favour of the bucks and omega and even tweeting their show releasing today. The “wrestling media” is neither objective nor ethical, and it shows.

Looking back at it. Cody Rhodes looks like a genius for stepping away when he did

I got out of work at Amazon at 5am and saw this when I got home, showered, and got into bed. Needless to say I stayed up and listened. Worth it! Thank you JC and BL!

How long ago was it that Meltzer said anyone who thought that anyone had a problem with the bucks was stupid?

Brian nailed it EVPs can not do what they did charging into a room and confronting an employee.

This picture is awesome! There definitely should be a comic book with Jim, Punk and FTR fighting the evil forces of crazy Ballett dancers who threaten to exterminate the world of wrestling.

I heard 3 referees ran in the room and started waving and shouting "no no don't do that!" and started counting to 5 on holds

The EVP's need to be William Regal, Mark Henry, Billy Gunn, men who actually have done this for 20 plus years, and have HOF careers, who are mature Men that know this wrestling business

Cornette is the only wrestling personality online (or anywhere else) who gets every single bit of this, from the beginning, for a LONG time now.

Ace Steel confirmed that Corny and Last were correct on this

I can’t tell you how much I need this comic to exist.

Now THIS is real actual entertainment in wrestling in 2022! Someone finally standing up to the EVP's Harpo and The Hardly Boys backstage BS is the real 6 star match in my eyes!

Jim raises an interesting point here; How many of the current wrestlers actually try to keep news and happenings in-house? How many of them are more than willing to go tell news outlets exactly what has transpired? Or is it the extras and stagehands that relay the information? Cause almost everything gets out these days.

Listening after Punk's return to WWE as this was the start of his downfall in AEW.

I hope someone tweeted this artwork to CM Punk. 🤙

Isn’t it crazy how with all the problems and drama AEW seem to have, it always seems to involve the bucks and omega….

Kenny and the Bucks are executives. They’re essentially an employer confronting an employee in a 3 on 1 situation. They’ve got to take the bulk of the blame in this, my ceo would never get in a fight with staff 😂

Someone please find this chair. Question it and let’s get to the bottom of this.

Welp, Punk was fired today... AEW just burried themselves

the bucks entering his locker room is the instigation itself

I just saw a report that The Bucks went to Punk's locker room door and started bagging on it. Punk did not answer. The Bucks then proceeded to kick the door in. If this is true, it puts a different context on the whole confrontation. And if this is true, the Circue De Elite should be relieved of their EVP titles, their Trios titles and their titles as pretend professional wrestlers.