10 Times WWE Stipulations Meant Nothing

10. CM Punk Vs. John Cena (Money In The Bank 2011)

Ah yes, the match we will never stop talking about until the apocalypse claims us all. Money in the Bank 2011 was in many ways WWE at its quintessential best. The main event pitting a soon departing CM Punk against the champion and face of the company, Big Match Superman John Cena, was the most tantalizing of encounters.

Punk had just dropped his era defining Pipebomb promo and fans were still arguing over how much of it was actually a work. And when the match did come around, the stakes could not have been higher.

While the Punk side of this affair gets addressed later, it’s the Cena part that gets all the attention for now. Beforehand, good old Vinnie Mac had informed the champ, who had vehemently argued for Punk to be reinstated for this match, that if he lost and Punk left with the WWE Championship, then Cena himself would also be fired.

After their epic encounter had finished and Punk did in fact win, Vince strutted into Raw the next night to carry out the sentence. Except, it never happened. Interrupting Vince was none other than Triple H who told the boss that the board had grown distrustful of his policies and were relieving him of his duties. So all that build highlighting how Cena risked losing everything in this match was for nothing.