Featured Columnist IVJuly 23, 2024
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CM Punk introduced on this week’s episode of Monday Evening Uncooked that he has been cleared to wrestle after struggling a torn triceps at Royal Rumble in January.
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CM Punk is BACK on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/HRtqTWiciO
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BREAKING NEWS: CM Punk is formally medically cleared for in-ring competitors!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/nEAoO5futF
Punk known as out Drew McIntyre and tried to battle him, however Uncooked normal supervisor Adam Pearce introduced that the 2 of them would face one another on the SummerSlam premium dwell occasion on Aug. 3. Pearce added that any contact between Punk and McIntyre earlier than the occasion would end result within the cancellation of the match. To make issues much more attention-grabbing, Seth Rollins was introduced because the particular visitor referee.
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BREAKING: CM Punk will get @DMcIntyreWWE one-on-one at #SummerSlam … with particular visitor referee @WWERollins! pic.twitter.com/2Fic2zoKFL
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CM Punk and @DMcIntyreWWE lastly conflict within the ring at #SummerSlam … with a VERY particular visitor referee in @WWERollins! 👀
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Punk not too long ago made his presence felt in a giant approach at Conflict on the Citadel in June, as he value McIntyre the prospect to win the World Heavyweight Championship in his dwelling nation of Scotland.
Whereas the referee was down and out, McIntyre coated Damian Priest, prompting one other ref to run right down to the ring. Nonetheless, the official turned out to be Punk, who stopped counting at two after which hit Drew with a low blow, which allowed Priest to retain.
Just some weeks later, McIntyre received the boys’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder match on the Cash within the Financial institution premium dwell occasion, and he tried to money in in the course of the World Heavyweight Championship match between Priest and Rollins.
McIntyre maybe wasn’t anticipating Punk to be there since he beat his rival to a bloody pulp on SmackDown just a few weeks earlier, however Punk confirmed up nonetheless and price McIntyre his Cash within the Financial institution contract.
The rivalry between Punk and McIntyre has been ongoing since earlier than Royal Rumble when McIntyre expressed his dislike for “The Finest within the World” following his return to WWE in November.
After it was introduced that Punk tore his triceps within the males’s Royal Rumble match and wouldn’t have the ability to compete at WrestleMania 40, McIntyre reveled in his misfortune, claiming that he prayed for Punk to get injured.
That proved to be a large mistake on his half, as Punk ruined McIntyre’s WrestleMania second in retaliation.
After McIntyre beat Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship on the Grandest Stage of Them All, Drew determined to taunt Punk, who was on commentary. Regardless of his damage, Punk attacked McIntyre, which allowed Priest to money in his Cash within the Financial institution contract and beat The Scottish Warrior for the title.
Within the weeks that adopted, McIntyre and Punk traded verbal barbs, however there was no vital physicality between them till Conflict on the Citadel when Punk kicked Drew under the belt and price him his title match.
At that time, it appeared apparent that WWE was going full steam forward towards a Punk vs. McIntyre match, and the one query was when Punk can be cleared to compete.
With Punk asserting that he has been medically cleared, followers will certainly be hyped to see him lastly return to the ring to tackle McIntyre at SummerSlam in August.
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