John Cena had some things to get off his chest. In 2011, CM Punk famously dropped the "pipebomb" promo, a scathing speech targeting Cena, Vince McMahon and Paul Levesque. Cena had his own pipebomb to share 14 years later on WWE SmackDown.

In a subsequent promo, Cena suggested that he made the match for Night of Champions in an effort to expose Punk as a hypocrite of sorts. That was likely in reference to Punk speak