10 Most Pointless WWE Title Wins

10. John Cena Defeats Rey Mysterio

A dream match under nightmarish circumstances, the WWE Title match between Rey Mysterio and John Cena was the climax to a perplexing creative mishandling of CM Punk's 2011 title-winning walk-out.

Defeating Cena at the monumental Money In The Bank pay-per-view, Punk left the company exactly as he'd promised to, and took the prestigious WWE Title with him.

Ahead of his return to television weeks later, an unravelling Vince McMahon announced that a tournament must take place to crown a 'new' champion, in a failing attempt to whitewash Punk from his organisation.

Setting out immediate brackets that lead to a Mysterio/Miz final the following week, McMahon wouldn't see the final himself, getting relieved of his duties later in the night by new authority figure Triple H via a 'Board of Directors' decision.

Winning the opening match of the following week's Raw, Mysterio was crowned new paper champion, then dodged a cash-in attempt from Alberto Del Rio.

However, his night wasn't over. Despite the babyface celebration, Rey was forced into defending the title against former champion John Cena.

It made no sense as to why Cena would want to take advantage of an exhausted Mysterio, but he did anyway, and claimed the disputed prize.

CM Punk's immediate return rendered the whole thing moot.