10 Worst Simultaneous WWE Heavyweight Champions
9. CM Punk (WWE) & Sheamus (World) - 2012
In stark contrast to the catharsis of Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins topping the card, mid-2012's versions of CM Punk and Sheamus were babyfaces the audiences could have adored had they not been given reasons to rapidly lose faith.
CM Punk's needlessly complicated programme with Chris Jericho had made a Sports Entertainment oaf out of the 'Voice Of The Voiceless'. F*cking around in booze-based banter with 'Y2J' on Raw appeared to be the price they paid for putting forth a disappointing WrestleMania match that had initially been focussed on just who exactly was the "Best In The World". The contest delivered the answer - neither of them.
It took Daniel Bryan to rehabilitate Punk's run, after he'd inadvertently hijacked Sheamus' World Title Win by virtue of his relationship with the crowd. Audiences couldn't forgive or forget the booking of the infamous 18-second switch at the 'Show Of Shows', and vented their frustration in subsequent scuffles between the 'YES Man' and the 'Great White'.
An outstanding Extreme Rules rematch didn't linger as long in the memory as the original squash, and - like Punk's own feud with Bryan later that year - wasn't remotely considered worthy of going on last.