10 CM Punk WWE Matches We'll Never Get To See

1. Stone Cold Steve Austin

At this point it goes without saying that this is the number one CM Punk dream match. I’d even go so far as to say that it is the biggest Stone Cold Steve Austin dream match, although Brock Lesnar might have a thing or two to say about that. If you ask the majority of fans, CM Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin would sit at the top of the list.

It isn’t going to happen, and that will forever be a wrestling tragedy. Steve Austin has said on a number of occasions that he won't be wrestling again, but the overriding feeling has always been that a WrestleMania match against Punk is the only hypothetical match that could drag him out of his now-14 year slumber. Now that Punk has also left wrestling, the reverse may be true of him too.

The characters and history of the two fit perfectly, Austin's beer-swilling redneck everyman going up against straight-edge, 'better than you' Punk. Both were outspoken, both were known for pulling a total of zero punches and the build would be worth the effort itself.

If anything was going to get CM Punk his WrestleMania main event, I feel that a battle against the Texas Rattlesnake would have been it. Alas, it won't happen now. Although this is professional wrestling, so never say never…