6 Devastating WWE Defeats John Cena Suffered At SummerSlam

3. CM Punk Defeats John Cena To Become The True WWE Champion At SummerSlam 2011

Any time John Cena had a singles match with CM Punk it was usually great. This one had the story surrounding it with both guys claiming to be the WWE Champion while Triple H was a babyface in the role as the referee of the match. There are times when face vs. face style matches don't work. The crowd usually wants to hate one guy and cheer another. Of course we know Cena gets booed from time to time, but he's not acting like a heel. With these guys face vs. face wasn't a problem. They busted their asses for 25 minutes, they had so many dramatic moments and then it came down to a controversial finish. After each guy had hit their finishing move and the other guy had kicked out of it, Punk hit another GTS. Hunter went down to count the pin while Cena had his foot on the bottom rope. Hunter still counted it, so Punk was declared the winner even though it shouldn't have ended like that. It was a big deal for Punk to win to become the only WWE Champion, but it didn't last long because he was attacked by Kevin Nash and then Alberto Del Rio cashed in the Money in the Bank briefcase on Punk to become the new WWE Champion. A lot of people forget the quality of work in the match because of how the show ended with the cash-in, but Punk & Cena deserve a lot of praise for having an excellent main event match.