Tony Khan: Airing CM Punk-Jack Perry Footage Was Important To Explain Where Jack Had Been

Tony Khan gives more insight to airing AEW All In footage. 

On the April 10 episode of AEW Dynamite, The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) presented backstage footage from AEW All In that showed the altercation between CM Punk and Jack Perry. The footage was used to explain why the Bucks lost to FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) at AEW All In as they built to their match with FTR at AEW Dynasty. 

In the ladder match at AEW Dynasty, Jack Perry made his return to AEW, helping the Bucks win the AEW Tag Team Titles against FTR. 

Speaking at the AEW Dynasty press scrum, Tony Khan explained how the footage helped explain Perry’s absence. 

“I think Jack Perry’s return got a lot of excitement and a huge reaction. We were in Chicago, it was a great night for the company when Jon Moxley became IWGP World Champion, and I got to watch Jack Perry’s return to American wrestling. He got a massive star reaction at New Japan’s Windy City show. I think he’s been doing great work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. When you go over, do an excursion, have a great run like he had in the New Japan Cup, and a great performance like he had against Shota [Shota Umino] in Chicago, I think that had a lot to do with it. I do think we made a bold call in the run up to this match. It heightened the circumstances and added to the presentation and moment of Jack Perry’s return. I think a lot of people felt like it was a great return. Also, I felt like it was important to explain, partially, where Jack has been. The last time we saw him on AEW television was at Wembley Stadium. He went through the curtain and we never saw him again since. I felt like some responsibility to the viewer given that I knew Jack was going to return to AEW, to explain where he has been,” said Khan. 

Perry was suspended for his role in the altercation. He showed up at NJPW Battle in the Valley in January, ripping up his AEW contract and dubbing himself “Scapegoat.” 

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