10 Forgotten WWE Matches That Came Right Before Iconic Moments
7. R-Truth Vs John Cena - CM Punk's Pipe Bomb (Raw, June 27 2011)
CM Punk famously celebrated John Cena's pain as he began the rant that would change his life, but the triviality of how he came to endure that has been somewhat lost to the power of the 'Pipe Bomb'.
'The Champ' had just been defeated by R-Truth. No wonder the former 24/7 stalwart is such a fan.
The result was meaningless before Punk picked up a microphone, but the tables match that concluded a Las Vegas edition of the flagship show was actually the singles payoff to what had grown into one of the weirdest rivalries of the year.
R-Truth had lost a WWE Championship match at the prior month's Capitol Punishment because...well because he's R-Truth and John Cena was still about five years away from even semi-retirement, but the decision was made to give him this out from the feud as a way to kickstart the Champion's feud with 'The Voice Of The Voiceless'.
It was a pretty nothing match with a pretty nothing finish - Punk interfered to cost Cena an easy win then baited him into position to be speared for the loss - but it did actually keep Truth on or near the top table for the remainder of the year.