It was reported on Thursday that KENTA has been discussed for a match with CM Punk at the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event, which takes place on June 25, 2023, at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Taking to Twitter, KENTA responded to the report, writing:
“Oh hell no
Tell Tony Khan
GIVE ME THE BAG”
KENTA and CM Punk have been involved in a lengthy online feud over Punk using KENTA’s finishing maneuver. The NJPW star also recently stated that he would definitely fight Punk if the money is right.
Oh hell no
Tell Tony Khan
GIVE ME THE BAG https://t.co/snGQYB87bK— KENTA aka Lil’K (@KENTAG2S) June 9, 2023
Dark Side Of The Ring made waves with the episode on the infamous “Plane Ride from Hell,” and composer Andrew Gordon MacPherson was astonished by the reaction it received.
The episode, which aired in September of 2021, featured the 2002 WWE flight from Great Britain to the United States and touched on several incidents involving intoxicated talent including an alleged sexual assault from Ric Flair, a fight between Curt Hennig & Brock Lesnar, and more.
After the episode aired, WWE removed Flair from their videos, The Nature Boy’s merchandise was pulled from the WWEShop.com, and an ad campaign was halted as well.
Moreover, Impact Wrestling suspended Tommy Dreamer for defending Flair and downplaying the incident.
MacPherson discussed the episode on “The Ten Count” podcast, and you can check out some highlights below:
On being surprised by the reaction to the episode: “When I saw it, I didn’t think there was going to be these repercussions, and people getting suspended, and people’s images getting taken off of billboards or off of title information. The information was all out there, but the effect was when you put somebody who went through something traumatic against, in the case of Tommy Dreamer, kind of like standing up for his friend, Ric, when he may not know the facts of what she went through, or never had seen her, never heard her speak.”
On Tommy Dreamer getting backlash over it: “The audience is just, you’re getting bombarded by the weight of something from one person, and then somebody’s attitude that is totally uninformed by what is being intercut with his perspective. I hope that everything has worked out for Tommy Dreamer. I mean … I don’t think anyone set out to harm him or his career. I think it was just … he ended up taking on the role of the voice of Ric Flair, because I’m sure they tried to get Ric Flair to talk about it, but he wouldn’t for whatever reason.”
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