"I need to be world heavyweight champion like I need air in my lungs," he said.

During Raw on Monday night, CM Punk and Jey Uso met in the ring ahead of their match for the vacant world heavyweight championship this weekend at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Punk won a triple threat match against Uso and LA Knight during the Oct. 13 episode of "Monday Night Raw."

WWE has been pretty good about spoiling California crowds, and Monday in Anaheim was no different — at least in the main event.

Overall, a positive show that built interest in short order for the World Heavyweight Championship match, and closed strong with a hot main event that also set up a future tag title match that will b...