CM Punk Recalls Brazilian Flag Incident With Chris Jericho, Says He Had A Gun Pointed Directly At Him
Things almost got dangerous for CM Punk and Chris Jericho in Brazil.
Back in 2012, WWE visited Sao Paulo, Brazil for a untelevised live event. The show was headlined by a WWE Championship match between CM Punk and Chris Jericho.
As most fans know by now, the match ended in turmoil, as Jericho disrespected a Brazilian flag. He was quickly forced to apologize to fans and was then suspended from WWE for 30 days.
Despite not referencing Jericho by name, Punk recalled the match/situation in a recent interview with The Long Run.
“I had machine guns pointed at me. You mention Brazil — the company went and did a show in Brazil one time, we haven’t been back. Brazil, I love you, I would like to come back. Let’s try to work on that. My opponent that night, he rolled out of the ring and snatched a Brazilian flag from somebody. You know where this is going, Brazil don’t play. In America, you get people who will get bent out of shape, but there’s no law against it. He rolled in the ring, I’m down looking at him going, ‘Hm.’ I can’t remember exactly if he just threw it down and stepped on it or if he maybe wiped his butt with it. The instant this happened, all of a sudden there’s a second referee in the ring and I’m going, ‘What’s going on?’ One referee’s talking to him, the other referee is talking to me trying to relay the information. Then, our head of talent relations is in the ring. This all happens lickety-split. I’m looking around like, ‘Okay, what?’ I turn and I look and the ring is surrounded by men in fatigues. One has his gun pointed directly at me. They were offended. The extra referee and the head of talent relations were like, ‘This match is over, we got to wrap this up.’ Homeboy who did the thing was like, Absolutely not, I refuse to do this.’ So, I had to roll him up for real. Stack him up and the ref counted to three. Crowd pops, I grab the flag, jump up on the turnbuckle, I’m showing it and kissing the flag. Then I got out of there. They tried to snatch dude up, grab his passport. We knew if he handed his passport over, he wasn’t coming home. So, by the cover of night, we got him out of there and then we continued on the tour. He went home.”
CM Punk has been away from WWE TV since April. When he makes his return, he is reportedly expected to be a part of the SmackDown brand.
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