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SAMOA JOE COMMENTS ON HIS ROLE IN THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN CM PUNK AND JACK PERRY AT ALL IN WEMBLEY

ESPN interviewed Samoa Joe on a number of issues, including the CM Punk-Jack Perry altercation from the All In Wembley show, which led to Punk being fired by AEW (and more than landing on his feet with WWE.  The following is the exchange between ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi and Joe.

MR: You got a shout-out recently by DJ Whoo Kid. He was backstage at Wembley Stadium and saw the incident before your match against CM Punk (which led to his firing from AEW) at All In. What happened with CM Punk and Jack Perry?

SJ: There was a little bit of an incident. We got it broken up. We went out there and wrestled, man. That's the gist of it. Everybody wants it to be a lot more than what it is, but that's what it was. And to speak any more on it would be pointless unless you're trying to get a scorecard and stuff -- but trust me, it wasn't that type of a fight.

MR: It wasn't a big deal?

SJ: Not to me. I've seen fights break out. Stuff happens. But again, that's me. I've been in these situations, I've seen that. I'll find it funny when people are like, 'Oh, Joe's cool with it.' I mean, nah man, it was a high-stress situation. Sure. But I mean, it's one I've seen happen many times. We get it squashed out. We had a show to do. We had [81,035] fans waiting out there. And that was my focus, because that's what it was about at that moment. We're about to go out and have the best night of our lives.

MR: Many people were saying you were the voice of reason.

SJ: Hey, listen, we all understood that there was something to be done. There was a mission ahead of us and everybody just got focused. And hey, if I was a part of that, cool. But my intention was to get out there and get this show on the road.

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