CM Punk and Drew McIntyre's match must not be the WWE Bad Blood main event, says veteran (Exclusive)

CM Punk and Drew McIntyre's rivalry in WWE has been engaging so far. Their next match is set for the Bad Blood PLE. While it promises to be one of the highlights of the night, a veteran thinks it should not be the main event.

The Second City Saint and Drew will face off in a Hell in a Cell match, which is expected to be an intense grudge match. Their rivalry only gets more entertaining with time, so it is still unsure if this will end their storyline. Nevertheless, former WWE SmackDown manager Dutch Mantell thinks that Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes teaming up against the Bloodline should be the headliner.

Speaking on Sportskeeda's SmackTalk, Dutch stated his reasons for his answer after being asked which match should close the night:

"Tag match. Totally, totally. Because I think that they need to close it on a high note, and I think that will close it on a high note. I think Cody and Roman, of course, have to go over; I mean, they don't have to. But I mean them getting beat at this point, it doesn't... The angle is shot, so just put them over, and everybody's happy, and now Roman and Cody can do their looking around and (mimics grunting) their nose twitching up thing."

The veteran added:

"And I think maybe right before that would be Drew McIntyre and CM Punk because I think they will have a barn burner." [1:57 onwards]

The WWE veteran has also made a prediction about CM Punk's match

According to Dutch Mantell, the only possible way of ending the feud is for CM Punk to win.

Speaking on another episode of SmackTalk, the WWE veteran stated that while it is certain that the outcome of the match is being heavily discussed, there was only one way to end things:

"I think CM Punk gets his hand raised, but they have been booking this match, CM Punk and his opponent [laughs]. I can't remember nobody's name, anyway. I bet they book this 30 times, back and forth, back and forth, late-night phone calls. 'What do you think about this, this, this, this?' But I think CM Punk wins it, and where else can they go with this [besides Punk winning]?"

As of now, it is reported that CM Punk's match may be opening the WWE PLE instead of closing it. It remains to be seen what the final card will look like.

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