"This fan, he's got more WrestleMania main events than you ever will"

CM Punk: "Careful, careful. Some people might get mad when you chant my name. [Crowd boos] Not to call attention to people that don't matter, but somebody that might get mad [points to a fan in the crowd] is the brave guy in the New York jersey over here. [Crowd boos] It takes a lot of balls to show up in Boston wearing a New York anything.

But hey, getting ahead of myself, is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Boston, or what? [Crowd cheers] I gotta be honest with you, Boston... [lowers hand to the ground] I'm feeling a little low... I'm in a bit of a bad mood. It's because, two weeks ago, in this ring, face-to-face, I told Seth Rollins after he... told me that he spends a lot of time thinking about me. I told him that I don't think about him at all. And over the course of the last two weeks, while every waking hour wasn't spent thinking about Seth Rollins, my mind wanders back to him from time to time. And it's put me in a bad mood, I'm mad because Seth is right.

Whatever this thing is between me and him, as much as I wanted to sidestep it, put it in the past, maybe completely avoid it. It's only a matter of time before we lock up here in this ring. [Crowd cheers and applauses] I'm also upset because something that I very much enjoy doing, which is coming to this ring, holding a microphone in my hand and talking to my people, [crowd cheers] I feel is always going to be overshadowed by the fact that every time I do it, I KNOW at some point... That stupid music is gonna hit. [Fans begin to sing Seth's theme song]

That's the one, yeah. [mockingly walks like Rollins] And he's gonna come tiptoeing out here in clogs like the Purple Pie Man from Porcupine Peak, [mockingly laughs like Rollins] dressed like Liberace, and NO! For all the sensitive people, calling him Liberace is not an insult. happen to think Liberace is cool as hell. [Mild cheers] The point I'm trying to make, Seth, if you want to interrupt me before I make it. Is that just because you wear Elton John sunglasses, it does not make you Elton John. And just because you grew up idolizing me, putting on a pair of wrestling boots, does not make you CM Punk! [Crowd cheers and chants CM Punk]

Seth came out here and with a straight face, he told the world that I ghosted him. It's true, but I'm not here to litigate the past, alright? I'm looking forward to the future and little brother Seth, I would love to say that that's not you, but it seems like me and you are on a bit of a collision course. But he wants to paint this picture that I'm bad. I'll go ahead and say, [raises hand] I'm the bad guy. Boston... Show of hands, you ever been a bad guy in your life? [Mild cheers]

Come on, Boston bad boys, Beantown, let's go. I'm the bad guy in this situation, 100%, and that's because there is no such thing... As a bad student, just bad teachers, okay? Seth Rollins is CM Punk's failure. So that 16-year-old kid who came to CM Punk and said, [imitates Seth's voice] 'Please train me, I'm absolutely ready to do it all over again. I'm ready to try again.' So Seth, if you want to interrupt me, I am willing to give you the wrestling lesson that you asked for years ago for free. [Mild cheers and applauses, crowd starts 'CM Punk' chants until Punk cuts them off.]

Hold on. Hold on. We're going to get there, ladies and gentlemen. Seth Rollins, you want to give me shoes to fill, I will gladly fill them. The bad news for you is the last guy who did that was Drew McIntyre. [Crowd boos] So ask yourself the question, Seth, are you tougher than Drew McIntyre? [Crowd says 'No!'] You might think you are, Boston knows that you're not. [Crowd cheers] And one thing I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, there's not enough staples in the world to put you back together when I'm done with you. That doesn't piss him off enough to come up and interrupt me, I know something that will. It's the same thing that has pissed him off for the seven years [see Note 1] I was gone from this company, and that's hearing, during his scheduled television time, the world chant my name." [Crowd chants for Punk]

Seth Rollins: "CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! Come on, Boston! [Crowd cheers] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! [Crowd chants 'CM Punk!']

Life is about perspective and I thought maybe if I came out here, I saw you the way these people see you, it might give me a new perspective. It might make me feel differently about who you are, so if you don't mind, let me take a good, hard look here, let me see. I... Nah, nah, even from way out here, you're still an asshole."

CM Punk: "While I'm overjoyed you didn't come out here with that stupid song of yours, for the first time in your life, you're actually coming from the right spot because you belong in the audience with the rest of the CM Punk fans."

Seth Rollins: "Oooh, you think that embarrasses me? It doesn't embarrass me to be out here with these people. [Crowd cheers] I'm a fan. I always will be. I love this place. When you abandon this place and you hope that it would die without you, I put it on my back. I made it stronger than it's ever been! [Crowd cheers] If anyone should be embarrassed, it's you. Because this [does scare quotes with his hands] 'fan,' he's got more WrestleMania main events than you ever will. That's a FACT, Phil!"

[CM Punk exits the ring and goes into the crowd, brawling with Rollins. Adam Pearce uses security, referees and extras to try to separate both men, but they continue to brawl in and out of the ring. Security finally separates Punk and Rollins, ending the segment.]

- Credit: Thanks to inmate JediSaiyanMaster1203 for transcribing this promo.

- Note 1: CM Punk was gone from the WWE from nine years (2014 to 2023), returning to wrestling after a seven-year hiatus in AEW.