Britt Baker describes AEW All Out media scrum as ‘heartbreaking’

Britt Baker has given her thoughts on the AEW All Out media scrum last September. 

The former AEW Women’s World Champion opened up about what happened in Chicago that night during a recent interview with Barstool Rasslin’. 

Baker said:

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.’

CM Punk’s comments at the All Out media scrum took aim at numerous members of AEW including Colt Cabana, Hangman Page, and the company’s EVPs. Shortly after this, an altercation between Punk, Ace Steel, and members of The Elite took place in Punk’s locker room leading to multiple suspensions. 

Baker would continue to say that she feels post-event media scrums are a good opportunity for fans to see their favorite wrestlers as “real people” but noted that the time needs to be used responsibly. She said that it would be selfish of her to spend time during an interview complaining about people or things she does not like, preferring instead to promote the company.  

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 humanizes 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. 

Britt Baker isn’t scheduled for a match on Sunday’s AEW Revolution pay-per-view from San Francisco but will likely be in champion Jamie Hayter’s corner for her title defense against Ruby Soho and Saraya. The 31-year-old has performed on nine AEW pay-per-views previously including five matches for the AEW Women’s World Championship and a victory in the finals of the inaugural Owen Hart Cup. Baker holds a 6-3 record overall on AEW pay-per-view, with a 5-2 record in singles matches and a 1-1 record in multi-person matches.