20 Greatest WWE SummerSlam Matches Ever

By Chad Matthews /

9. CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy - Tables, Ladders, Chairs Match For WWE World Title (2009)

Summerslam €™09 was best known for two things and each involved the competitors in the main-event for the World Heavyweight Championship. Perhaps the most internet friendly of the great memories of the event was it being the culmination of the first of two WWE €œSummers of Punk.€ CM Punk had long been a very good wrestler with a nice following of loyal supporters from his days in the indies, but some fans had been wondering if they were ever going to see this incredible all-around performer that they had been hearing about since his debut three years earlier. It was common to be disenchanted with Punk. He was awfully bland as a character that had been so hyped by several people whose opinions were respected. Then, he turned heel. That was all it took. From that point on, it was like a light bulb going off in the collective heads of all the doubting fans. €œOh, that€™s what they were talking about.€ Punk won the World title, lost it, and then got this rematch with TLC rules. His opponent was the other half of the best known aspect of Summerslam €™09: Jeff Hardy. The enigmatic superstar reached the pinnacle of his career with this main-event. Never before had he been a bigger star and never will he likely be again. Jeff Hardy€™s near two-year run as a headlining singles star culminated in his TLC match with Punk. A month later, he was gone.