With only some weeks to go earlier than “WWE Raw’s” Netflix debut, the promotion is doing every little thing in its energy to make the present really feel like a WrestleMania-esq occasion. They continued that pattern on Wednesday by saying what must be one of many larger essential occasions within the 30+ yr historical past of “Raw.”
At the “Raw on Netflix Kickoff Special” held on YouTube on Wednesday, WWE announcer Michael Cole introduced that CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins can be the primary occasion of “Raw’s” first Netflix present. The match had been one of many two beforehand confirmed bouts for the present, together with Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa, but it surely remained unclear which of the 2 marquee bouts can be closing the present.
Punk vs. Rollins has been a long-time coming, with the match first teased when Punk was a part of the quick lived “WWE Backstage” program in 2019. Upon his return to WWE at Survivor Series final yr, plans appeared to name for Punk to face Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, just for Punk to be placed on the sidelines with a torn biceps. Punk would then proceed to feud with Drew McIntyre, whom he feuded all through 2024 earlier than defeating McIntyre in Hell in a Cell to win the feud.
After coming back from a month off, Punk turned his consideration again to Rollins, who had been embroiled in a feud with Bronson Reed earlier than the latter injured himself at Survivor Series: WarGames. Over the previous few weeks, Punk and Rollins have had a number of confrontations on “Raw,” with issues lastly boiling over right into a pull-apart brawl this previous Monday night time.
