"This is NOT your home! This is MY home!"

[The general manager of Monday Night RAW, Adam Pearce is standing in the middle of the ring, preparing to invite CM Punk, who is supposed to select the brand he will be a part of - RAW, NXT or SmackDown.]

Adam Pearce: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time for a sales pitch is over. After going to SmackDown and talking to Nick Aldis, and going to NXT to talk to HBK [Shawn Michaels], the man I'm about to bring out here may not need an introduction, but he needs to make a decision. And after twenty five years of knowing him, I'm sure he's gonna make the right one. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... The man that calls himself 'The Best In The World,' CM Punk!"

[Punk comes out to "Cult Of Personality," walking to the ring as he greets fans along the way. After getting into the squared circle and shaking hands with Pearce. As G.M. Pearce hands Punk a microphone, his theme stops playing and the crowd begins to chant Punk's name.]

CM Punk: "I thought I was in a bit of a sullen mood and then I come out here, and I see all these signs, and I hear all these people... Truth is I have a huge decision to make. WE, if I may, have a huge decision to make and I've been thinking about it all week. And the reason I've been so consumed and worried about it is because I love you, guys. But the truth is, this town and this building specifically hasn't always historically been kind to CM Punk. I walk back here, through the hallways, there's a lot of ghosts, ladies and gentlemen. And I'm doing my best to face them head on. A lot of people might not know this, but I debuted in this building.

Yeah, was anybody there? I had Mickie James on my arm. True story -- we walked down that ramp, we got into this ring, and it was so good I went back and they said 'We're sending you to Louisville, Kentucky! Have fun in OVW [Ohio Valley Wrestling].' And gosh, I didn't wanna go, but while I was there, I embraced being uncomfortable and I learned how to love it. Exactly like when I came to the WWE for the first time and I didn't know what I was in for, but I embraced being uncomfortable and I learned to love it.

I triumphantly returned to this town, this same building, [as the] World Heavyweight Champion. I was ready to put on a show for everybody here... and then Randy Orton kicks me in the head backstage. And I wake up, and they tell me, 'By the way, we stripped you of the title, you couldn't compete. You're no longer the champion.' [see Note 1] And I was like, 'Cleveland! Again!' [Punk ironically shakes his fist.]

Was anybody here ten years ago? For the story that I'm about to tell? I'm not gonna bore you with details, cuz a lot of it is in my rear view mirror, I'm focused on the future, I'm focused on the now. I'm focused on everybody here in this building today. Ten years ago I had to take myself off the hamster wheel, I had to for better or for worse, make the hardest decision of my life. And I don't regret it. I don't look back. But there was always that part of me that wondered: if anybody paid to see CM Punk that day, I walked out Cleveland, if they were disappointed? Backstage, I saw a young lady by the name of Indy and she told me that she felt betrayed as that little kid. And I told her a story, when I saw 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper appear on WCW television, and as a young wrestling fan I felt the exact same way, so I understood. So if you're here now, if you're watching at home and you are disappointed that CM Punk walked out, I understand and hell, ladies and gentlemen, I apologize.

I've gone to SmackDown and I've listened to what Nick Aldis has to say, he put together a very substantial offer, you understand. I went down to NXT, I hung out with Shawn Michaels and there's a fifteen year old CM Punk somewhere in the universe, who is tickled to death that he got an offer from Shawn Michaels to go help mold the next generation of superstars. It's a great deal. Adam Pearce has put together a deal that honestly, is head and shoulders above both those other deals. But can I be very real and very honest with you folks, right now? My mind was probably already made up when I looked at the calendar and I saw Cleveland. I'm here to bury those ghosts, I'm here to right a few wrongs. My future starts now.

You couldn't write a better television show, ladies and gentlemen. Ten years, almost to the day CM Punk walked out, and regardless of how you feel about it, CM Punk walks right back in! And if you're happy about it, if you're mad about it, you better learn to love it, 'cause congratulations, Adam Pearce... The newest RAW superstar is named CM Punk!... And CM Punk is home!"

[Punk once again shakes hands with Pearce and then signs the RAW contract to an astounding ovation from the crowd. As 'The Second City Savior' climbs on the corner to celebrate with fans, it suddenly gets interrupted by Seth Rollins' theme song. The World Heavyweight Champion is marching to the ring, while keeping straight face, establishing his hatred towards Punk. After getting in between the ropes, Rollins confronts Punk in a dramatic stare down, sending the crowd into a frenzy for both men. After a while, Seth grabs the microphone.]

Seth Rollins: "Cleveland, Ohio! CM Punk... Welcome to Monday... Night... Rollins. I hope you know how incredibly fortunate you are to even be standing in this ring right now. But could you just do me just one, one little favor? Just one thing? One thing, please? Don't you dare call this place your home. You abandoned this place ten years ago. Not only did you abandon it, but you actively tried to tear it down. You spent ten years slandering me, slandering every single person back in that locker room and then you wanna walk back in here and call this place your home? This is NOT your home! This is MY home! [The crowd pops big for Seth, as they begin to sing his theme.]

I've been here. Everybody in the back? Those are my brothers and sisters. Everybody here! Everybody watching at home! That is my family and this is our home, and I will do everything within my power to protect it from people like you! Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I don't want there to be any confusion, I know I'm a bit worked up. I want everybody to understand, I'm going to say it plainly, with every fiber in my being: I hate you. But, if you're going to be a part of WWE again, then I want you on Monday Night RAW.

[Seth laughs hysterically, clearly getting more comfortable while standing across Punk.]

Because the truth always comes out, pal. The truth always comes out. I know, you know, everybody else knows: this is your last chance. And so, one of two things is gonna happen. Either you're gonna expose yourself. You're gonna self-destruct like you always do and I'll be the first person in the back to slam the door shut on your legacy... Or if by some miracle, you have changed... and if you've got any gas left in this old tank. Maybe one day you'll be lucky enough to stand across the ring from me, in a World Heavyweight Championship match... and then I will expose you for the fraud that you are. I will show you that there are levels to this, I will wrestle circles around you and I will let you understand in real time, what it means to be 'The Best In The World'." [CM Punk takes back the microphone from Rollins.]

CM Punk: "Are you done? That's your one pass to stand here and speak to me disrespectfully without me coming after you. I have never asked for anything to be handed to me and I've always done things stubbornly the hard way, and I'm here to do that. Adam Pearce, where you at? We're making things official, we might as well make it official. CM Punk is entering the Royal Rumble. And WHEN CM Punk WINS, maybe, Seth, it's YOU he's coming after."

[Punk drops the microphone and heads to the backstage, leaving both Rollins and Pearce in the ring to close out this segment.]

- Credit: Thanks to inmate KuczyPL for contributing this transcription.

- Note 1: Punk was mentioning the situation that occurred during Unforgiven in 2008. The main event of this pay-per-view was the Championship Scramble Match, which originally scheduled to feature then-champion Punk defending his title. However, he was replaced by Chris Jericho after getting attacked by Orton. Jericho won the match and became the new World Heavyweight Champion.