For months now the feud between CM Punk and Kevin Owens has been boiling over. CM Punk managed to successfully defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens during the 8/21 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, but the rivalry has only escalated since then.
Owens and Punk have been building toward a big collision and the two stars finally clashed when they faced off in a No Holds Barred match on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
Early on in the match the action spilled to the outside and Kevin Owens pulled out a steel chair then used it to strike CM Punk in the back. He knocked CM Punk over the barricade and they brawled in the crowd for a while. When they got back to ringside, CM Punk picked up the steel ring steps and drove them into Kevin Owens. Punk tried for a piledriver, but KO pulled Punk’s legs out from under him which caused him to fall flat on his back below onto the steel steps.
As Punk was selling the pain, Kevin Owens set up two tables side by side. Punk hit KO with the steel chair again and threw him back into the ring. KO got the upper hand as he put a trash can on Punk’s head and placed him in the corner then connected with a cannonball.
They battled down the ramp and Kevin Owens smashed CM Punk into the video screen. Punk managed to hit the GTS on KO near the top of the ramp. Punk grabbed a dolly, placed Kevin Owens on it and slammed him into the ring.
Punk went to the top for an elbow drop and KO kicked out at two. CM Punk locked in the Anaconda Vice and KO gouged Punk’s eyes to break the hold. He then bit Punk’s head and placed a steel chair in the turnbuckle as he hit Punk with another steel chair. He tried to whip Punk into the chair in the corner, but Punk reversed it and hit KO with a DDT after his head bounced off the chair.
As Owens was laying on the mat, Punk threw several chairs into the ring then placed them on Owens. He went to the top rope for another elbow drop as Owens rolled to the outside. Punk hit KO with a chair to the back as he was trying to recover on the announce table. The Second City Saint jumped off the barricade and sent KO through the table with an elbow drop.
CM Punk went to the outside and pulled a steel chain from under the ring. He wrapped it around his knee then put KO up for the GTS. KO grabbed the knee and tried for the Stunner. Punk blocked it. KO hit a superkick and went to the top rope as he connected with a Swanton Bomb. Punk kicked out at two.
KO set up several chairs in the ring. He placed Punk on the top rope and Punk fought out. They went to the outside and KO threw Punk into the ring post then placed him on the tables set up outside the ring. Owens went to the top rope and Punk got back in the ring. Punk hit him with a kick then threw him onto the steel chairs KO set up earlier. Kevin kicked out at two.
Punk tried for the GTS on the apron, and KO countered with a Fisherman Buster through the tables on the outside. Back in the ring KO connected with the Stunner for a two count.
Kevin Owens wrapped a steel chair around his hand. He tried to hit Punk, but Punk reversed it into a GTS and connected. Due to the impact of the GTS, Owens bounced off the ropes, and he hit Punk with the chain wrapped around his fist as he rebounded. After he hit Punk with the chain, Owens fell on Punk and the referee counted the pin.