Ken Anderson Said He Had Beef With CM Punk For Burying Him On Commentary, Paul Heyman Helped Them Become Friends Later

Ken Anderson said he had beef with CM Punk at one point.

Speaking with Joseph Bruen on the All Axxess podcast, Anderson recalled that one time CM Punk buried him and Austin Aries on commentary in IWA Mid-South. Anderson was working with Austin Aries that night, and stars like Punk, Ace Steel, and Dave Prazak were on the broadcasting team.

“Punk and Ace Steel and Dave Prazak were doing commentary, and I wrestled against Austin Aries in one of the opening contests. Those guys just buried us – from the time Aries came through the curtain to the time that we both left. They just buried us.”

Anderson called him Punk out on this years later, and The Cult of Personality apologized to him.

“Years later, I was on an independent show with him, and I just [asked], ‘Can I talk to you for a second?’ I pulled him into a different room, and I said, ‘Uh, do we have heat or something?’ He didn’t know where I was coming at it from. I laid out the scenario, and I said, ‘I’m waiting for this tape, right? I can’t wait to see this tape of my match, and then when I get it, I’m watching it, and you guys are just burying us the whole time. Is there a problem?’ He was like, ‘No.’ He gave me the deepest, most sincere… There was no ‘Yeah, but.’ He gave me a genuine apology. Then we squashed it, but I still held that grudge.

Later, Anderson said that Paul Heyman helped these two become good friends after they went out for sushi one day.

“He took us out for sushi one day, and we just sat and talked and [got to] know each other and just completely squashed everything, and we became good friends.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Anderson discussed the favorite wrestling match of his career. Fans can read his comments here.

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