Bobby Fish Explains Why He Kicked Out Of CM Punk’s GTS At 3.1 During AEW Dynamite Match

Bobby Fish explains why he decided to kick out right after the pinfall loss to Punk.

Its been a hectic two weeks for Bobby Fish. In the last two weeks, Fish has left AEW and has been explicitly vocal about how he feels about former AEW World Champion CM Punk.

When the two wrestled in October of last year on AEW Dynamite, Punk would land his signature GTS for the win. However, right after the call, Fish would kick out. Speaking to Joey G of Wrestling Headlines, Fish explained why he kicked out when he did.

“The match that I had with Punk, where things go wonky at the end of that match with the kick out on the GTS, which isn’t even his move. That’s me giving into my desire to be a little bit petty in that regard. It’s KENTA’s move and you didn’t even have the decency to change the name. Regardless, the confusion at the end of our match was the fact that he did what’s called ‘the office’ or an ‘iggy.’ This is some inside baseball stuff here. He did that before the three count was over. Having been in the business for a long time, I recognize what that is and have done it myself to somebody to say, in our way, ‘whatever, good match.’ He did it before the three count was over. That’s also a way to alert your opponent that, ‘Hey, let’s change something.’ In that moment, I can liken it to what Tony Khan might have been feeling when he’s going off on the EVPs. You don’t know what to do. In that moment, I know for myself, I had to make a split-second decision, couldn’t weigh out this or that. I had to kick out or not kick out and lose the moment forveer. I kicked out. Being whatever it was,” 

Bobby Fish to Wrestling Headlines

Fish admitting to kicking out for petty reasons may effect his ability to be signed to other promotions but for now he is happy to be completely honest about his disdain for CM Punk.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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