WATCH: CM Punk beats Seth Rollins after a banger on WWE Raw on Netflix

On January 6, WWE RAW had its major Netflix debut at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Anything was up for grabs on this enormous night. After all, WWE brought a few matches to WrestleMania that they had previously planned. Finally, CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins took place at the historic WWE RAW program on January 6.

The LA crowd responded quite well to CM Punk, who came out second.  When the bout started, the two men had a back-and-forth battle. When CM Punk caught Seth Rollins with his defenses down, he was able to change the tide for himself. Both contestants were injured when the Second City Savior executed a flying neckbreaker from the top rope. Seth Rollins and CM Punk chants caused a rift among the fans. The fact that this was Punk's first match on RAW in about 11 years further added to its significance. After catching it from the top rope, Seth Rollins turned CM Punk's crossbody block into a GTS during this bout.

CM Punk hit Rollins with a Stomp when they got back in the ring, but Rollins kicked out of a pinning attempt. As they went on, chants of "CM Punk" erupted across the building. Punk kicked out at two when Rollins blocked a GTS before he hit another one of his own. Punk rolled out of the ring, avoiding a stomp. After they were at the announcer's table, Rollins hit a Pedigree to it, but he injured his knee doing it.

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CM Punk defeated Seth Rollins by giving his finisher

Rollins nearly fell on CM Punk with another Pedigree when they returned to the ring. The two still had gas left in their tanks as the show edged closer to being overtaken. Both wrestlers fought on their knees and then stood up to exchange punches. Rollins then executed a Stomp on Punk and a buckle bomb flawlessly, but he managed to break up the pinfall by getting his foot on the rope. As CM Punk countered Seth Rollins into a GTS, fans began yelling, "This is awesome." However, CM Punk hauled Rollins up again for good measure and executed a second Go To Sleep to win the match handily. 

During the match, Rollins didn’t allow Punk to take a rest and was attacking him all the time. However, due to injury, CM Punk the match was going to take place in WrestleMania 41.