Pat McAfee responds to CM Punk, announces WWE WrestleMania 42 Saturday sale
Pat McAfee is not done talking.
McAfee took time on Friday’s SmackDown to address the response from his reveal last week, first taking aim at CM Punk, who called out the famed ESPN host on Monday. McAfee, upset about being called ‘Pat MAGAfee,’ highlighted Punk’s comments from Monday asking WWE to lower ticket prices so families could watch him defeat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania.
“When that TKO merch check comes through, which account does it go through? Does it go to the needy wrestling families that can’t afford WrestleMania tickets? Or….I have a sneaking suspicion that money from the TKO merch account goes right into the bank account titled ‘I’m sorry Saudi Arabia,” McAfee said. Punk, who had a history of critical comments regarding WWE’s relationship with Saudi Arabia before his return to the promotion, took time to apologize to the country prior to his match against John Cena last year.
McAfee then addressed WrestleMania’s high ticket prices. He announced he had talked to Ram, a sponsor for WrestleMania, and announced that a 25% off sale for WrestleMania Saturday would start on Friday and run through the end of Monday’s Raw.
“WrestleMania Sunday night? A**. I wouldn’t recommend anybody spend money on that,” he said.
Cody Rhodes came out and told McAfee that these people were not marks but customers, borrowing a line from famed promoter Paul Boesch. He told McAfee to go home. McAfee responded by calling him a fake and a cosplay champion. As Rhodes tried to leave, Randy Orton appeared on the screen, showing he had taken out Jelly Roll backstage. He dragged Jelly to the stage. This was a ploy for McAfee to cause a distraction, leading to a two-on-one beatdown. The segment ended with McAfee stealing Rhodes’ WWE Championship.
The next segment saw McAfee with the WWE Championship leaving the arena with Orton. But he had one last message for fans upset by his actions.
“Hey IWC and wrestling fans, marks if you will…you’re welcome,” he said before driving away.
Bryan Rose is an editor from California that has been covering professional wrestling for well over a decade. He officially joined F4WOnline as an editor in 2017.