Drew McIntyre feels he "elevated" CM Punk during their rivalry."He elevates everybody even though he was on his arse injured for half of the feud. Drew McIntyre elevated that feud, Drew McIntyre elevated Punk and put him in the position that he’s not been in since the last time he was in WWE. He was just playing CM Punk and he finally became CM Punk with me and every time I turned it on now, he looks like he’s playing CM Punk again so he looks like he misses Drew McIntyre but, you know, you gotta have the right opponent to elevate the feud and CM Punk was somebody that I have personal feelings about, his personal feelings about me, it all came from a real place."