Details On CM Punk & Ace Steel’s AEW All Out Brawl NDAs Revealed

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A new interview has revealed details on former WWE and AEW World Champion CM Punk and Ace Steel’s AEW All Out brawl NDA’s.

The wrestling world is still reeling over a year later from the events and fallout of AEW All Out 2022 post-show press conference and subsequent backstage brawl between CM Punk and The Elite. The brawl also involved Punk’s close friend and then-AEW producer Ace Steel.

Everyone involved in what has later been referred to as “Brawl Out” was removed from TV, stripped of their titles and forced to sign an NDA about what transpired.

Appearing on Wrestling With Rip Rogers, Punk and Steel’s attorney Stephen P. New was asked if he could provide any details on the NDA the two men signed after All Out 2022. He answered:

“You’re never going to hear me or Ace or Punk comment on the particulars,”

“The only thing that I will say is that those are two of the most stand-up guys that I’ve ever met in any walk of life, let alone the sport of professional wrestling, and I’ll always be here for those guys. That’s really all that I can say.”

On Ace Steel’s wife being the only person involved in “Brawl Out” who did not sign an NDA, New said:

“Punk’s obviously happy; he’s in a good place,”

“Ace is happy; he’s in a good place. And I’ll always be here for those guys. And as Ace said, the only person, and granted she’s not completely objective and unbiased, but the only person not subject to an NDA, who’s not subject to confidentiality provisions is Ace’s wife, Lucy. And so you know, maybe one day she tells the story.”

On if Punk and Steel’s NDAs are for life, New simply responded, “Yes.”

CM Punk had his AEW contract terminated “with cause” following a backstage altercation with Jack Perry at AEW All In.

Punk later returned to WWE for the first time in nearly a decade at Survivor Series 2023. He has since declared himself for the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match.

Meanwhile, Ace Steel recently spoke about his time back working in the WWE Performance Center, which you can read here.

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