CM Punk and Drew McIntyre will engage in their third battle against each other on October 5 at Bad Blood inside Hell in a Cell. McIntyre picked up the first victory at SummerSlam following a distraction from special guest referee Seth Rollins. However at Bash In Berlin, Punk got his revenge by defeating “The Scottish Warrior” in a strap match. Ahead of his fifth Hell in a Cell match in his career, Punk appeared on “1035 KISSFM,” where he explained how he wants their rivalry to come to an end.  

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“I’m in a weird head space about it because there’s not a lot of more intimate situations you can be in with a human being. I guess the PG way of saying it is, there’s making love and I’m sure all the shippers out there on the internet are going to go wild with that one. There’s dancing — you know like you can dance super close with somebody — and then there’s fighting, and I don’t think you really get to know anybody more, so to speak, unless you do one of those three things. And the thing is, I absolutely don’t like Drew McIntyre. I want this to be all over with because it’s literally like all I think about. I’m almost borderline obsessed with it now.” 

Punk continued by explaining that he doesn’t like the person he needs to become in order to win at Bad Blood, and believes McIntyre is the best he’s ever been due to feuding with “The Best in the World.” McIntyre has also reflected on the feud with Punk, claiming that it’s personal between them.

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While Darby Allin initially established himself as a singles star in AEW and had one of his best runs with the TNT Championship, he also had a successful run as a tag team star when he was paired with Sting, with them even holding the AEW World Tag Team Championships before “The Icon” retired.

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During his partnership with the WWE Hall of Famer, he got to know the legend up close and personal and recently described him as a welcoming and down-to-earth person. He recalled “The Icon” praising his in-ring work, promos, and persona when they first met, which was important to him.

“It was kind of validation that I was doing something right,” Allin said during a recent appearance on “Busted Open Radio.”

The AEW star admitted that many wrestlers don’t understand his persona because he isn’t the prototypical pro wrestler, but Sting was supportive of him, which helped develop a bond between them. 

“I feel like our friendship out of the ring was stronger than our bond in the ring,” Allin boldly claimed. “People don’t get to see that and that’s the big thing now is, I’m training his son Steven to wrestle, and that’s like kind of me, kind of, saying thank you for everything he’s done for me.”

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The star stated that the biggest lesson he learned from Sting was to be humble, and pointed out that Sting often forgets that he’s a wrestling legend and had to be reminded about his legacy. “I feel like he has no ego whatsoever,” Allin added.

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Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland has signed a new contract with the company. The deal makes Strickland one of the highest paid wrestlers in the business, something that caught the attention of WWE, who reportedly thought that AEW paid above market value for him, which is bad for business. Strickland was asked about these comments during an appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” and believes that there is a very specific reason why WWE officials were so rattled by someone like him being given such a big contract.

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“They only complain when a black person gets paid, I will say that,” Strickland said. “That’s what, once again, we shake the foundation and things like that, because it’s like, ‘Oh snap, wait,’ and ‘It’s not what we would pay.’ I’m like, ‘Then why are you calling me? Why you asking me?’ Like if I’m not your concern, don’t worry about it, don’t worry about my pockets and our money, we’re good. You have got your talent.. Like you made your decision with me two years ago, no hard feelings from me, boom, I keep it moving, I’m going to figure my way out and I’m going to build myself up.”

Strickland was then asked about the rumor that WWE tried to re-sign him in 2022 once Triple H took over the creative direction of the company. The former AEW World Champion confirmed that WWE asked his representation about his availability, but that he is happy that the company never made direct contact with him as he likes to keep space between himself and those conversations as it helps him progress and get higher in the business.

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Former WCW President Eric Bischoff has discussed his contributions to the pro wrestling business and how, in a way, he helped WWE while leading WCW.

Bischoff helmed WCW and even captured the WCW Hardcore Championship, and later on became an on-screen authority figure in WWE, most notably the “RAW” General Manager. Recently, the veteran recalled his wrestling career during an episode of “83 Weeks” and shared his opinion on his impact on the industry. One of Bischoff’s viewers wrote in to tell him he had a galactic effect on pro wrestling, and while he seemed to appreciate the compliment, he had a more toned-down opinion on his achievements in wrestling. 

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“As much as anybody other than Vince McMahon, I have had a positive impact on the industry as we know it today, because of the things that we innovated at WCW,” he noted.

Bischoff also mentioned that he took risks with WCW because of his efforts to try and go head-on against WWE, which led to the promotion to, in turn, make changes to keep up with him. 

“In doing so, allowed WWE –- helped WWE position themselves as the juggernauts they are today,” he claimed. “I don’t think WWE would have gone public had it not been for ‘Nitro,’ had it not been for the Monday Night Wars.”

He further claimed that the competition with WCW ultimately led WWE to where it is today, as a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings. Bischoff’s contribution to the pro wrestling industry earned him a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame, which he was inducted into in 2021.

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