When Drew McIntyre opted to leave RAW literal seconds before CM Punk showed up to confront him at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, it sent WWE's “Straight Edged Superstar” into an absolute frenzy.

Marching to the ring to his “Cult of Personality” theme song with the approval of RAW GM Adam Pearce, Punk spent seven minutes shooting on his chief WWE rival, making AEW references left and right to a crowd that didn't understand them one bit, and ultimately leaving the ring after his fellow former WWE Champion failed to return and face him straight up in the ring man to man.

Was this segment borderline pointless? That depends on the fallout moving forward, as unless WWE plans to turn Punk heel and have him cut work/shoot promos weekly, the idea of having the “Second City Saint” demand a fight when neither man is medically cleared felt like a misstep. Still, that didn't stop Punk from continuing his conversation with Jackie Redmond after the show in a RAW Digital Exclusive segment, even if he threw a few jabs at the Toronto Maple Leafs fan for her team's repeated playoff ineptitude.

“It ends with me breaking his face. This isn't me being a nice guy anymore. This is about him taking time off my career,” CM Punk told Jackie Redmond on the RAW Digital Exclusive segment. “This is about him potentially ruining a WrestleMania moment for me, and me wanting to show him that he picked a very personal fight with the pettiest man on the roster that he can't possibly win. I've fought big guys before. I've been beaten up. Psychologically, he cannot hurt me, and I'm gonna break his heart… like how the Maple Leafs broke your heart.”

Is Punk a little too focused on ruining McIntyre's life when, again, he's currently a babyface who should be more focused on getting back in the ring for the fans, to fight for what's right and for the integrity of professional wrestling? Sure thing, but Punk's at his best when he's fighting authority, and in this particular case, I guess the authority is McIntyre, who seemingly can't catch a break as the most down-and-out bitter heel in the business. All in all, very confusing indeed.

Drew McIntyre doesn't want to take the easy way out with CM Punk.

In a recent appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Drew McIntyre was asked about his feud with CM Punk and why he doesn't, you know, attack him with his massive Claymore sword, effectively ending both men's careers on the spot. While McIntyre is down with that idea, he's more focused on long-term, long-lasting revenge instead of single-swipe Scottish justice.

“I love the sword idea, aside from going to jail. I just think that would be the easy way out. He doesn't deserve the easy way out. He deserves to be tortured and beaten over and over. Even the Claymore, I have to jump up and fall down myself, that hurts me. I just want to punch his stupid face. Actually, that hurts my knuckles. I want to forearm his stupid face once this bone heals, until he's unconscious, not quite finished yet, until he comes back around, and I can do it again,” Drew McIntyre declared via Fightful.

“He made my life h*ll when I was a kid. I was young, naive, new to America, and could barely figure out how to pay bills, never mind making it in WWE. He could have helped me and helped me navigate those waters instead of actively hurting me. I've figured it out. I'm one of the top dogs in WWE. I'm a big, giant, angry monster now, and I'm going to smack him around. He breaks so easily, I don't want to hit him so hard, he's made of glass. Every time I break him, he goes away, he rehabs, he keeps coming back to the Terminator, so I need to figure out a way to take him out for good.”

Alright, so this is the second time McIntyre has mentioned how Punk treated others back in the day, with another example coming on Night 2 of the WWE Draft, when he told Booker T that he was treated poorly by the “Second City Saint” back in the day. Could this actually be leading to the rare combination heel/face turn where McIntyre somehow ends up a babyface, and Punk returns to his heelish ways that have worked so well for him in the past? Either way, it's safe to say WWE has options they can go to over the next few months, even if neither performer is cleared to wrestle at King of the Ring or even Clash at the Castle in Glasgow, Scotland, this summer.