Britt Baker Calls AEW All Out Media Scrum "Heartbreaking" & “Embarrassing"

To say AEW All Out was one of the most talked about pro wrestling events in 2022 is an understatement, however it was talked about for all the wrong reasons due to an inflammatory post-show media scrum appearance by CM Punk that led to a backstage fight with The Elite.

The reverberations of the scrum are still being felt several months later, and AEW’s Britt Baker has given her thoughts on the scrum, saying the following to Barstool Rasslin’:

“I actually don't even think I've ever given my thoughts but just speaking solely on what I watched because that's all I can talk about is what I saw and the scrum and what I heard. And as someone who loves AEW more than anything in the world and has so much pride and at a time when it felt like we were really something special and we had some of the biggest names in professional wrestling all fighting for our same team, and especially after a huge pay-per-view, that pay-per-view was amazing, I think it was one of the biggest houses we ever had, that scrum was heartbreaking and it was embarrassing and it was disappointing.  

“It just felt like, and for a moment in time, that this felt like very much a disaster and you never want that to happen. That was definitely a time in AEW where I was like, 'Man, this sucks,’” said Baker.

Punk launched an r-rated tirade at The Elite, Hangman Page, and Colt Cabana during the scrum, and Baker said she feels the scrums are a good idea, but it’s better to use your time in them to promote the company rather than airing grievances:

“I think the scrums are really cool because it's after a pay-per-view and you get to speak to these wrestlers and there's a lot of emotion and they get to talk to you about what's going on in the ring, what they're feeling, their storylines, and it, in a way, kind of humanises these very larger-than-life wrestlers who you just saw wrestle for 30 minutes in the ring or whatever, but that time needs to be used proactively and responsibly.

“If I sit here and do nothing but tell you everybody I hate, everybody, everything that I'm mad at or let's go through all the Twitter lies about me and debunk them all, like, that's not proactive and that would be selfish of me to use your time and the world's time like that. 

“I would rather, let's put over this frickin' pay-per-view, or what else is going awesome in AEW. And is that other stuff there? Of course. Are there people here I don't like? Of course. Are there things I don't like? Of course but I'm still a soldier for AEW and I'm on the frontlines fighting for my team and I'm going to put it over as a soldier,” said Baker.

H/T: F4W Online