10 Devastating Times Wrestling Champions Had Their Titles Taken Away From Them
7. CM Punk (WWE Championship)
What exactly happened to "The Summer Of Punk"?. I mean, his legendary 434-day championship reign began at Survivor Series, and he spent a lot of the actual summer being beaten up by Kevin Nash and Triple H.
Ignoring the questionable origins of CM Punk's legendary reign, him winning the championship for the first time at Money In The Bank 2011 is one of the most iconic moments in WWE history. If WWE had attempted to run with the angle, we could have seen Punk taunt the company with its most prized possession, while they desperately tried to sign him to a new deal.
They put the belt on Cena eight days later.
Not only did Cena ruin the mystique of Punk's win, he also ruined Rey Mysterio's only WWE Championship reign. Punk ended up having to wait two whole months to face Cena and win his Championship back, and by then the whole angle was a mess, with Alberto Del Rio somehow getting himself involved.