QT Marshall Clears Up ‘Misconception’ That He Didn’t Get Along With CM Punk, Says They Spoke Like Men

QT Marshall clears the air.

Earlier this year, QT Marshall talked about agreeing with CM Punk’s idea to take him off of AEW Collision, given the fact that he didn’t want to be a manager for Powerhouse Hobbs. A long standing rumor within the wrestling community was that this situation negatively affected Marshall’s relationship with Tony Khan.

While speaking to Gabby LaSpisa of the Gabby AF podcast for a new interview, Marshall dug deep into the misconception that he and Punk didn’t get along. Marshall also said that Punk did not ruin his relationship with Tony Khan.

“One, there was a huge misconception that him and I didn’t get along, that he put a wedge between Tony and I. I don’t think that was the case because we actually spoke in Newark at the Prudential Center and when I first heard about the fact that there was an issue, I went right to the source and I spoke to him like a man and he listened to me like a man. We had another person in there, just in case, just so we could talk because I always felt like it’s easier just to do that. We both realized like, oh, he doesn’t want me with Will Hobbs because he saw more for Will, and I didn’t want to be with Will as his manager because I didn’t want to be a manager. That was the end of it, right? Then of course, like a month later, he was kind of gone anyway, so there was that. Then, fast forward, he returns to WWE and I get a text from Cody saying — and this is like after I had left AEW so the rumor was that I left AEW because I wanted to be a big star and CM Punk ruined my relationship with Tony Khan, couldn’t be further from the truth, both sides. Would I love to be a big star? Of course. That’s not what I was going for though, right? Like I said, all of the stuff about Punk, I didn’t even know because I wasn’t there, I was in Mexico getting hit with light tubes by Penta just to prove to my boss that I can get over. It was wild.”

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