Michelle Beadle appeared on Jim Ross’
podcast this week and talked about her run-in with AJ Lee at the Tribute to the
Troops taping last year, which made headlines. If you recall the incident, Lee
reportedly blew up at Beadle after she said something to CM Punk that AJ thought
was disrespectful.
Beadle says on the podcast that she
thought Punk was a friend but was apparently wrong. She recalls that she saw him
backstage at the show and said “What up F*** face?,” intending it in a humorous
way. She says he was alone at the time and she was with WWE’s PR people, but the
next thing she knew AJ was in front of her yelling in her face. Beadle said she
thought it was a rib and looked over to Punk to see what he though, but he kept
his back to her. She notes that WWE officials apologized to her and that she and
Punk stopped being friends that day.
She added, “Phil was one of those
cool guys that didn’t fall into a certain role and kind of did what he wanted
but to watch all of that happen and have someone tattle on me and have their
girlfriend get in my face is a little pathetic. It’s okay, I’ve moved
on.”
When asked whether she was surprised that
Punk left WWE she said no, but that she was shocked he hasn’t returned yet. She
expected him to appear at WrestleMania and as a WWE fan, she misses his TV
character.
You can listen to the whole podcast, which
touches in several other topics including the reveal that she’s had talks with
WWE about joining the company, below:
