CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will face each other after the rivalry they have had throughout the year, but their match at WWE SummerSlam 2024 will have a special ingredient: Seth Rollins as a special guest referee.
Finally CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre is official for WWE SummerSlam 2024 after seven months of an intense rivalry that has become quite personal. And the man in charge of refereeing all the chaos between both competitors in Cleveland will be a man who loathes both: Seth Freakin’ Rollins .
“The Scottish Warrior” has had an extensive rivalry with the Chicago native that dates back to the night after Royal Rumble 2024, when CM Punk announced to the WWE Universe an injury caused by an attack by McIntyre during the Battle Royal that left him out of The Road to WrestleMania XL . Since then, despite the fact that Punk was not medically cleared, both have exchanged blows that Adam Pearce has been able to control alone until he proposed to negotiate with both competitors to agree on a duel between them.
Adam Pearce makes CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre official for WWE SummerSlam: Cleveland
During WWE Money In The Bank 2024 , CM Punk reappeared , after a violent attack he received from the Scotsman, to ruin Drew McIntyre’s cashing in on the Money In The Bank Briefcase in the match between Damian Priest and Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship . Once again, Drew’s illusions were crushed by Punk, but this time, his actions also brought about a result against Rollins, wh
During WWE RAW ( July 8, 2024 ), Seth Rollins confronted CM Punk again to reproach him for that fact. Aware of the war that the Chicagoan has with McIntyre, “The Visionary” assured him that he would make sure that he could not complete his vendetta for having cost him the opportunity to recover the World Heavyweight Title that he proudly wore for 316 days. CM Punk left under Rollins’ warning and finally negotiated with Adam Pearce to leave to finish recovering so that he could be medically discharged.
The RAW General Manager appeared during WWE RAW ( July 15, 2024 ) ready to do business, and having Drew McIntyre in front of him, he bluntly proposed to face CM Punk at SummerSlam. The only thing Drew had to do was apologize to the referees he hit in the Money In The Bank post-show, Adam Pearce was no longer even asking for an apology for the elbow he received. However, McIntyre sensed that Pearce was now trying to humiliate him, and that is why he refused to apologize , something that resulted in maintaining his suspension for his out of control actions in Toronto. Rollins showed up to provoke McIntyre’s withdrawal when he lost control again.
CM Punk appeared on Monday Night RAW ( July 22, 2024 ) to announce that he had been medically cleared, while Adam Pearce announced that Drew McIntyre was no longer suspended after he finally decided to apologize for his actions. With both ready to compete, now only someone capable of partially containing the chaos between both superstars was missing, so the RAW General Manager announced Seth Rollins as the special guest referee for the match .
WWE SummerSlam 2024 will take place on Saturday, August 3, from Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The event will be broadcast live on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network anywhere in the world. Remember that on Mundo Lucha you can follow the coverage of the event completely live.