10 Wrestlers Who Got A WrestleMania Singles Match Before Dolph Ziggler
4. CM Punk
Things you might know about CM Punk if you came to find him (or indeed, wrestling) after his acrimonious exit in 2014:
- He was never given the WrestleMania Main Event slot he felt that, with some objective evidence, he deserved.
- He was burned enough by the experiences so wait over five years before making any kind of return.
- He only returned as a co-host of WWE magazine show Backstage, and is constantly at pains to remind fans that he works for Fox and not Vince McMahon.
These are all things that might have led one to believe that 'The Straight Edge Superstar' wasn't overly thrilled with how he'd been serviced by a company that he'd broken his body for during a similar timeframe to 'The Show Off'. And yet.
Punk's understandable thirst for the main event slot went unquenched because of a fundamental distaste all the important people had for his act, but he managed to catch a few more crumbs than his back-cracking contemporary. Two Money In The Bank wins and singles matches against Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and The Undertaker speak to a solid resumé on the 'Show Of Shows' - a far cry from some of Dolph Zigglers less-than-inspiring tasks undertaken on 'The Grandest Stage'.