Drew McIntyre isnt holding back when it comes to his Hell in a Cell war with CM Punk at WWE Bad Blood. Sitting down with Inside The Ropes Kenny McIntosh, The Scottish Warrior made it clearthis wasnt just another match.
To pay all this work off with a match that justifies how the story is built, McIntyre said. It literally is built to a blood match. I cant remember the last time that a story was built that way. I dont believe there are many stories ever of those real, intricate details and real feelings. You have to look at The Bloodline stuff to get that detailed storytelling and real emotion that had built from the first match to the second match and to the Cell match. Like, Wow, this is a real blood feud.
McIntyre admitted that both he and Punk knew the stakesthey had to restore the prestige of Hell in a Cell, which in recent years had lost some of its mystique.
We had all that aura around the Cell again instead of having to have two Cell matches randomly just because the name of the pay-per-view is Hell in a Cell, he explained. We really had a chance not just to have a great match, but to have a violent match. Thats what I was thinking.
There was no love lost between McIntyre and Punk, but once the cell door closed, they knew exactly what had to be done.
Im sure its what Punk was thinking, McIntyre continued. Were both very good at our job, no matter what we feel about each other, and we knew to just go in there and really go for it. Dont have to like each other, but happy with that, and the fans would think it was one of the craziest feuds and matches of all time, and restore the prestige and aura around the Hell in a Cell match so it doesnt feel like just another match again.
And according to McIntyre, it only took a few minutes inside the Cell to know they had achieved exactly that.
I felt that within three minutes it probably felt like wed done that. This is not the same. If you watch it with a trained eye, you can see were not in there just doing the first and the second thing weve planned backstage. No, were two professionals. Weve got certain feelings with each other. Well say sorry or not sorry later. We both get it. Lets go in and beat the absolute crap out of each other. And thats exactly what we did.
McIntyre vs. Punk wasnt just a matchit was a fight. And if McIntyres words are anything to go by, it may go down as one of the greatest Hell in a Cell matches of all time.
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