10 Wrestling Moments That Made You Mark Out

You often wonder if, backstage behind the curtain, ink still wet on the contract they had just signed together, CM Punk and Vince McMahon realised precisely how big a moment they were about to create. While bell-to-bell the main event of Money in the Bank 2011 was short, the quasi-shoot, want-away, 'everything wrong with this company' storyline was immortalised that night and feels still relevant even today.

Of course, despite all the disgruntled WWE fans anointing Punk a saviour of the industry, his guardrail leaping antics were carefully storied by the very company he was allegedly rebelling against. The genius was, that by leaning into the legitimate gripes of those in the audience, Vince had given them the babyface hero they'd point blank refused to accept John Cena as.

The bottom line here is that everybody in the crowd had positioned themselves as too smart to be worked by a company that had lost its edge in recent years. Yet still, every man, woman and child lost their collective minds when that same company gave them the one thing they actually wanted. WWE, they told themselves, didn't listen to the fans and couldn't possibly surprise them anymore, making it all the more incredible when they actually did.