There was talk of the mood decreasing backstage after the footage aired, but more towards of the dread of "social media bullshit" than anything else
Young Bucks were fine with doing the angle
FTR were given a heads up and signed off on it. Were in the line of thinking that if it adds to the storyline or buzz around it, that's fine.
Sapp has heard of no issues between Punk and FTR
The hope is that this benefits Jack Perry, whos wrestling in Chicago, and when time comes to bring back to AEW they can capitalize on the heat
People in AEW felt like they were in a no-win situation after CM Punk went to Helwani and the other "shots" coming from the WWE side during the last week
Talent laughs off the idea that this is "a company killer"
AEW expected the online discourse
So basically, yeah, all expected really
It's funny because so much of this shit was done throughout the 90's, Eric tried to fight Vince McMahon, DX in the DX Jeep invading WCW, this happens all the time!