CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre Decided By Seth Rollins At WWE SummerSlam

CM Punk and Drew McIntyre went to war with Seth Rollins acting as the man in the middle as 8 months of turmoil came to a head at WWE SummerSlam.

CM Punk was recently cleared to return to the ring and after months of bad blood building, faced Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce finally made the match but given the chaos the pair have caused, he inserted Seth Rollins to be the special guest referee to try and maintain some control.

Before SummerSlam, Seth Rollins laid down the law to both men and seemed to indicate that anything could go at the biggest party of the summer, and that proved to be the case.

At SummerSlam, 8 months of personal insults and screwjobs finally came to a head as Drew McIntyre and CM Punk got their hands on each other.

Seth Rollins lived up to his promise as Punk and McIntyre tore each other apart with zero intervention from the referee who has no love lost with either man. The Bret Hart/Undertaker/Shawn Michaels spot from SummerSlam 1997 was teased and referenced on commentary as Rollins stopped McIntyre nailing Punk with a chair but stopped himself from inadvertently hitting Punk with it himself.

Seth Rollins Counts The Pin For Drew McIntyre

Punk locked McIntyre in the Anaconda Vice and managed to wrestle the bracelet baring his wife and dog’s name from McIntyre’s wrist. As that bracelet lay on the canvas, Seth Rollins put it on his wrist for safekeeping. Punk noticed that when he had McIntyre hoisted on his shoulders for the Go 2 Sleep and that proved enough to stop Punk in his tracks.

Rollins was knocked to the outside before Punk did hit the move and had McIntyre pinned but with Rollins not there to count the 3 the match continued. Seth Rollins told CM Punk it wasn’t all about him so Punk responded with a Go 2 Sleep to the referee. With Rollins floored and Punk retrieving the bracelet, McIntyre went low, kicking Punk below the belt before a Claymore secured the win for the Scottish star, who then took the offending bracelet back as his trophy.