Jack Perry made his wrestling return at NJPW Battle in the Valley.
Fans in attendance for the NJPW’s Battle in the Valley occasion obtained an enormous shock when former AEW World Tag Team Champion Jack Perry appeared and attacked Shota Umino.
Umino was celebrating his win, posing for photos with followers ringside when a masked man attacked him and jumped over the barricade. It was unveiled to be Perry, who continued his assault on Umino ringside. When he was completed, he ripped aside his AEW contract in the center of the ring. He was additionally sporting an armband studying “scapegoat.” Umino has many ties to AEW, having wrestled in the promotion’s AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-views and his alliance with the Blackpool Combat Club.
JACK PERRY simply assaulted Shota Umino at Battle in the Valley- and ‘the Scapegoat’ has torn up his @aew contract!
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) January 14, 2024
Perry hasn’t been seen in AEW since August when he competed at AEW All In London. After Perry antagonized CM Punk throughout his Zero Hour match with Hook, telling the digicam that the automobile was “real glass” and famously saying “cry me a river” it triggered the two to get into it backstage. Punk then opened the present, defending the “Real” Worlds Championship towards Samoa Joe, strolling out of the match throwing up a peace signal. AEW President Tony Khan confirmed an altercation befell throughout the present however declined to remark any additional. The two had been then suspended and per week later, Khan introduced that AEW had parted methods with Punk forward of the All Out pay-per-view in Chicago.
Although little has been stated about the state of affairs, new particulars emerged this week when DJ Whoo Kid mentioned the state of affairs from his perspective backstage. He would go on to sing Swerve Strickland to the ring for his match teaming with Christian Cage towards Sting and Darby Allin. “It was crazy. It was ongoing, they told me. This has been an ongoing. That was the last straw,” DJ Whoo Kid stated. “It was the biggest moment for AEW and I guess he was trying to sabotage that moment. [Punk] wasn’t trying to go out there. I’m in the middle. I’m the fly on the wall. It was very intense. I always thought it was fake and all this s–t. It’s more real.” He additionally admitted that Joe was instrumental in serving to restore order backstage. Earlier studies had indicated that Punk allegedly threatened to no-show the match.
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