Monday night's RAW opened with CM Punk addressing his match with Drew McIntyre inside a Hell in a Cell at the Bad Blood PLE on October 5.
The Best in the World started by confirming he still has "way more" matches in him than most might believe but acknowledged that his loved ones have cautioned him against stepping inside that brutal structure with the Scottish Psychopath.
However, Punk knows he's too stubborn to back down and vowed to make McIntyre bleed. He finished by saying that, even if this is his last match in WWE, he'll drag the Scotsman to hell with him.
Elsewhere on the show, The Judgement Day and Terror Twins continued to butt heads, with Finn Balor doing his best to get inside Rhea Ripley's head. Jey Uso also got involved but was ultimately taken out by Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker, leaving Ripley and Damian Priest to deal with Balor, Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonaugh, Carlito, and Liv Morgan by themselves.
RAW also saw tension continue to rise between Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston of The New Day, another titanic clash between Braun Strowman and Bronson Reed, and World Heavyweight Champion Gunther once again refused to face Sami Zayn.
Earlier this month, McIntyre said this about his feud with Punk:
"I mean, in the end, it’s what the fans enjoy and what they have that connection with, so I’m cool with that. But I’d rather that I took him and he was out the company already, and I was world champion [Laughs]. But yeah, I mean, people are entertained by it, I’m fine kicking his arse constantly. I hate his stupid face. I hate everything about him. I hate that he’s poisoned people’s minds to believe that he’s this messiah."
"I said nostalgia’s a hell of a thing. We’re still living in the Punk nostalgia era. But seeing him up here [at Fanatics Fest NYC], in his little suit, toeing the line, in his little suit, giving crappy little answers, come on. Look at the way he’s evolved or devolved. He was the punk, he was the anti-superstar, he said whatever he wanted back in the day, and I admired that part of him, as much I didn’t like him."
"Now, he toes the company line, he kisses the company arse, tries to justify that big contract, when I, who tried to be more of a Cena-type when I was younger and do everything I possibly could, even smile when I didn’t want to smile and I just wanted to say, ‘Get lost, go screw yourself,’ and I’ve started saying, ‘Go screw yourself, you deserve it now.’ Now I have become more Punk than CM Punk, and he hates that."
Check out some highlights from RAW below.