Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na August 28 nke "SmackDown", Punk kwubiri esemokwu ya na Hardy ma mezuo ihe mgbaru ọsọ ya nke iwepụ ya na WWE, na-emeri Hardy na steel cage match iji jigide World Heavyweight Championship ebe onye na-efunahụ kwetara ịhapụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. Na Septemba 13 na Breaking Point, Punk meriri The Undertaker na egwuregwu ntinye iji jigide World Heavyweight Championship. Undertaker meriri egwuregwu ahụ na ntinye aka ya "Hell's Gate", mana onye isi njikwa SmackDown bụ Theodore Long bidoro egwuregwu ahụ mgbe o kwusịrị na mmachibido iwu nke onye isi njikwa SmackDown bụ Vickie Guerrero tinyere na njem ahụ ka dị irè na Punk meriri egwuregwu ahụ na "Anaconda Vise" ya mgbe onye ọka ikpe Scott Armstrong kpọrọ maka mgbịrịgba ahụ n'agbanyeghị na Undertaker enyeghị akwụkwọ (na-echetara Montreal Screwjob, nke weere ọnọdụ n'otu ebe ahụ na
1997). Esemokwu dị n'etiti ha abụọ gara n'ihu na Ọktọba 4 na Hell in a Cell ọ tụfuru World Heavyweight Championship na The Undertaker na Hell in a Cell egwuregwu. Punk tụfuru egwuregwu abụọ ọzọ maka World Heavyweight Championship megide The Undertaker na Ọktọba 23 "SmackDown" na Ọktọba 25 na Bragging Rights na egwuregwu anọ na-egbu egbu Batista na Rey Mysterio.