10 Wrestlers That Bled The Hard Way
6. CM Punk (WWE Money In The Bank 2013)
Another ladder headshot from depths of hell in a match forcing the participants to make the long climb towards supposed heaven, CM Punk's clattering at the hands of Paul Heyman served their own narrative well even if it wasn't exactly something WWE wanted to lean into in the aftermath. But 'The Voice Of The Voiceless' was probably used to that.
The moment was at least artfully achieved by the two. A brief post-WrestleMania exit for Punk in 2013 turned him babyface after a lengthy heel run with Heyman by his side, but the month between his Chicago return and this dark twist saw the two pulled in separate directions by increasingly divided loyalties.
WWE allowed Punk to remain the smartest guy in the room too - he felt something was up until Heyman, magnificently, swore on his kids' lives that he was with him. Like a depraved rat of a man, he went back on his word in grisly fashion.
Smashing his charge in the back with a ladder at the climax of the 2013 showpiece, he waited for Punk to turn around so he could obliterate his face too. He did so in brutal fashion, drawing a wide cut that required too much work for the cameras to truly assess the important post-match pathos.