On this week’s WWE RAW, CM Punk came out and thanked fans for a warm welcome for his wife, AJ Lee, at Wrestlepalooza. Punk said he started this year by beating Seth Rollins and he will end this year by defeating Rollins again to win back his World Heavyweight Championship because he’s better than Rollins.
LA Knight came out and said Punk is a great husband, but a trash champion. LA said Seth has never pinned him and he’s the last person to pin Seth, and he’s going to be the next person to pin Seth and become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Jey Uso then came out and said he never got his rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship, so he’s next in line. LA said it’s his time. LA said Jey thinks he lost the World Title because he’s not Roman Reigns and that’s right, but that’s a good thing. LA told The Usos to go after the Tag Team Titles and Jey superkicked Knight.
Punk then said the following to Jey: “I love Jey Uso. I don’t like little Roman.” Jey tried to attack Punk, but Jimmy Uso stopped Jey. Punk then punched Jey, which led to Jimmy superkicking Punk.
In the main event, Knight and Punk defeated The Usos. During the ending moments of the match, Punk hit Jey with the GTS. LA tagged in and stole the pin from Punk.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez noted that this angle will likely lead to a Triple Threat #1 Contender’s match between Punk, Knight, and Jey, or another Fatal 4-Way World Title match against Rollins.
They also noted that WWE doesn’t believe in booking clean babyfaces anymore.
Alvarez: “A 4-way feud with 4 babyfaces who are all a$$holes. It is certainly different.”
Meltzer: “They don’t believe in clean babyfaces anymore. Punk, LA Knight, Jey – they all have to have an edge or they don’t work in this era.”
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