>>12611436In this case, that means his comments about Hangman Adam Page that were captured by people in the crowd this past Saturday after AEW Collision went off the air. Among other things, Punk made fun of Page being a “peg warmer” (a term used by toy collectors to describe action figures that don’t sell) and implied he couldn’t sell merch or toys.
Was this Punk trying to set up an angle or reignite the tensions between himself and The Elite? As it turns out … it’s quite possible it was neither.
During the Monday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez said that Punk texted Page an apology after Collision, and that the message was confirmed “from both sides.” Dave Meltzer added that sources close to Punk said it was an attempt at a joke that simply flopped.
