CM Punk knows that he needs to deliver something special at Bad Blood.
For the first time since WrestleMania 39 the Hell in a Cell match is back in WWE and will see Punk and Drew McIntyre step inside the unforgiving structure on October 5th. With the stipulation now being used much more sparingly as opposed to just being an annual tradition at some point in October, the match feels much more important than it has in years past. Additionally, with Punk and McIntyre having the most intense rivalry on all of WWE TV in the past few months, fans are expecting a memorable showdown in Atlanta.
While appearing on O’Shea Jackson Jr. and T.J. Jefferson’s No-Contest Wrestling podcast, the former World Champion noted that the structure lost its impact in the modern era and that it became more of “a toy” than the demonic structure it is advertised as:
“I feel like I have to deliver a classic. And I have to stay true to myself, my beliefs of what good wrestling is, and that cell that I feel like as a company we’ve gotten away from for so long. Where it just became a toy. Like, ‘We’re just going to have a pay-per-view, call it Hell in a Cell, and everyone’s going to go inside and have matches.’ When in reality that should be presented as the most dangerous, diabolical thing that any wrestler would ever want to do,”
“I Want To Have A Match That Needs The Cell”: CM Punk
“I want to bring it back to what it’s supposed to be. I don’t want to have a cell that needs a match, I want to have a match that needs the cell. And I feel like me and Drew have done that. Like, there’s no other way — there’s no other way to settle this.”
Also in the interview, CM Punk explained why his theme is a remixed version of the original.
In an interview of his own, Drew McIntyre has commented on a viral photo that got fans talking.
H/t to F4WOnline.