10 Best WWE Pay-Per-Views Of The Past Decade
3. SummerSlam 2013
Ignoring a putrid 'Ring Of Fire' opener that foreshadowed the burning heap of sh*t that was Bray Wyatt's career, SummerSlam 2013 was an explosively fun show propped up by two matches featuring four bonafide stars.
Shortly before AJ Styles marginally bettered his battle with 'The Beast', CM Punk's spirited fight with Brock Lesnar represented the former UFC Champion's finest all-round effort since returning to WWE a year earlier. Enthused by a programme since his lengthy WWE Title run was punctuated earlier that year, Punk was a ball of a fury against his bigger foe and lost nothing in narrow defeat.
His spiritual brother fared marginally better in a main event that made for one of the best WWE matches of the decade. Hand-picked challenger Daniel Bryan defeated his future brother-in-law and WWE Champion John Cena before heartbreakingly surrendering the strap to opportunistic Money In The Bank winner (and secret Authority hitman) Randy Orton.
The sad scene drew the sympathy intended on night one, but begat an unstoppable snowball of adoration for the 'Yes Man' that rolled all the way to WrestleMania nearly eight months later.