"You wanna be a statistic or do you wanna be a legend?"

Mick Foley: "Thank you. Thank you, that's very nice, but I come here to you tonight not as a hardcore legend, but as a card-carrying member of the WWE Universe. And as a member of the WWE Universe, I see things on RAW that occasionally move me, that inspire me, never more so that about a year ago when I saw the emergence of CM Punk. [Buhrufe, aber auch Jubel] You see, that reaction is very telling, there is no doubt about it. CM Punk inspired change, but more than a year later down the road, what kind of change did he really inspire? Bullying referees, blindly following Paul Heyman, you see, the CM Punk I knew taught people to stand up for themselves. He gave a voice to the voiceless, he wasn't the guy who..."

[CM Punks Musik ertönt und der WWE Champion macht sich auf den Weg zum Ring.]

CM Punk: "Do not ... Do not come out here and grandstand in front of these people. If you have something to say to me, you say it to my face, but do not come out here and attempt to remain relevant in front of these people. A little bit of respect, Mick, a little bit of honesty would be appreciated. Why don't you tell everybody why you're really here? You're selling a new kids book, are ya?"

Mick Foley: "As a matter of fact, that's not why I'm here. And to tell you the truth, you're hitting the nail in the head. I've struggled with the issues of relevancy, wondering if I'm mad until you personally cleared that issue up for me a little over a year ago. You see, Punk, after you shocked the world, after you inspired the world by becoming the WWE Champion, I sent you a text of congratulations like I'm assuming dozens, if not hundreds of your friends and associates did, am I right? Never expected an answer back, but I got one. I got one in two minutes. My text said: 'How does it feel to be the biggest star in the business?' And two minutes later, there was an answer that said: 'Thank you, Mick, that means a lot coming from you.' So unless I'm mistaken, unless CM Punk sat in the dressing room minutes after winning the biggest championship in the world, thanking everybody. Unless I'm mistaken, you responded to one or two people whose messages meant something to you, one of whom was me. So now, as a voice of one who is still relevant, let me tell you that I'm deeply disturbed, not only by your recent actions, but by your alignment with Paul Heyman."

CM Punk: "Excuse me one second. [an das Publikum gewandt] It goes both ways. Show a little bit of respect, you jerks. I don't need your help. [Laute Buhrufe] If you have something to say to me, be man enough to come over here and grab a microphone and I'll shove it down your throat! [Punk wendet sich wieder Foley zu.] And as always very typical of you, Mick, you have no idea what you're talking about."

Mick Foley: Oh don't I? Don't I? You see, Punk, I used to be a Paul Heyman guy. There is no doubt about it. Paul Heyman can get you a certain way and then you gotta make the journey yourself. You see, I didn't become somebody and mean something in this business until I stopped listening to Paul Heyman and learn to make decisions on my own. No, I'm not sure just how long Paul's been in your ear, but it certainly seems to me like it's been a lot more than a month."

[CM Punk-Chants werden laut]

CM Punk: I get it, I get it. Paul Heyman is slime, Paul Heyman is a liar, oh stay away from Paul Heyman, he'll steer you on the wrong side ..."

Mick Foley: No no no no no, that's not it at all. Now I was told a long time ago, twenty years or more, that Paul Heyman would rather climb a tree to tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth. Personally, I never saw that sign of him. Paul never lied to me. But you have to understand, at the end of the day, Paul Heyman is gonna do what's best for Paul Heyman, not for you. And here's the thing that baffles me: why would you, why would you, CM Punk, one of the most inspirational, thought-provoking, flat-out best talkers we've ever seen in this business, why would you need a mouthpiece? You need to side for yourself, Punk. What you gonna continue to be a inspiration in the WWE or whether you're just gonna be a Kool-Aid drinker?"

CM Punk: "Are we done? Are we done here? 'Cause I'm done."

Mick Foley: "I'm not done, Punk. 'Cause if you won't listen to me about Paul Heyman, maybe you will listen to me about a subject I am well informed about, and I'm talking about Hell in a Cell. [Lauter Jubel] That one match fourteen years ago, it made me who I am. It made me a legend in this business. No, it shortened my career, that's for sure because the Hell in a Cell will do that type of thing. Nobody understands this barbarity more than me. One thing's for sure, not one day, not one day in the last fourteen years did I have to ask people for respect. I earned it that night! Anybody who's endured Hell in a Cell and thrived in Hell in a Cell goes on to be respected for the entirety of their careers. You don't believe me? Ask Shawn Michaels, ask Triple H, ask the Undertaker."

CM Punk: "That was a brilliant speech, Mick. Is that what you want? You want the old CM Punk? You want the Voice of the Voiceless?"

Mick Foley: "I want CM Punk to step up and show that he's the best in the world by stepping inside the Hell in a Cell with John Cena."

[Jubel]

CM Punk: "Is that what we want, Albany? Well, then I'm a little bit more than confused because I heard the same speech from John Cena himself after I already beat him at SummerSlam. And then I heard, 'Oh CM Punk, to cement your legacy, if you walk into my hometown of Boston at Night of Champions, and you walk out the WWE Champion, well then you are the best in the world.' And look at me now! WWE Champion CM Punk. And then Bret Hart, who by the way I also have nothing in common with, yet what is it with you guys who want to try to latch onto me and say, 'Oh we see a lot of ourselves in you'. I'm not like you, and I'm not like Bret, and I listened to the same completely crappy speech from Cena and I listened to it from Bret who decided to disrespect me in his hometown, so I tried to put my hands on him and, yeah, you know what, he punched me in the face and he knocked me down and he embarrassed me and I'm sure everybody loved that. [Jubel] You know what would be more embarrassing? Is if I try to put my hands on you right now, Mick. You know why? Not because you'd knock me on my ass, not because I'd be embarrassed. Because I would not lower myself to try to put my hands on you because, like all of these people, you are beneath me. [Punk nimmt seinen Titelgürtel.] The only thing I've ever done was telling the truth and I don't know how many countless title shots John Cena needs and I don't know how many other people I need to beat, how many times I need to beat John Cena to prove that I'm the best in the world, but one thing I know I don't need to do is anything for them [zeigt ins Publikum]. Because they turned their back on me. See, you were the one who wanted these people to stand on their feet, so you jumped off the roof of your house like an idiot, and then you subject yourself to things like thumbtacks and broken glass and Barbed Wire Matches. You'd even set yourself on fire if you thought it would get the adulation of these people, and the only thing I want out of them is to bring them to their knees, and I'll do that. I'll do that with a microphone. I'm not gonna sacrifice myself. I'm not gonna put myself in harm's way in one of these car-crash, death-defying Hell in a Cell Matches. I've beaten John Cena. That's how you raised the bar, that's how you got your respect by putting yourself through hell. You know how I raised the bar? 309. And tomorrow it will be 310. And the day after that it'll be 311. And the day after that it'll be 312."

Mick Foley: "Hold on. As long as we are spouting statistics, can I lay one on you? Can I give you a number? 29. The total accumulative days I held the WWE Championship during my three title reigns. And guess what, Punk, all these years later, no one cares. YOU WANNA BE A STATISTIC OR DO YOU WANNA BE A LEGEND??? NO ONE CARES ABOUT DATES. WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT ARE THE MOMENTS THAT GO ON TO THE FINEST. THE MOMENTS OF GREATNESS, AND IN MY ESTIMATION, AS SOMEONE WHO IS STILL RELEVANT, YOU NEED ONE MORE. Now I talked to AJ before I came out here and she's understandably upset. So she allowed me to come out here to extend this opportunity to you. You see, John Cena just had elbow surgery, but he should be ready by Hell in a Cell. And John Cena is here tonight. Out of respect for you and the WWE Championship, AJ is allowing you to make the decision for yourself, and you're gonna make it face to face with John Cena. You walk in and you say Yes or No. Yes, I'm willing to have that moment of greatness or No, I'm gonna sell. All I ask, Punk, all I ask, all I'm begging, when you make that decision you think good and hard, and you make the right decision. Make it for you, make it for me, make it for them. Have a nice day."

[Foley verlässt den Ring]