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5. Best In The Battle Royal
Twenty-nine men are in the ring waiting for the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal to begin, and they constitute a who's who of WWE's best former champions like The Big Show, Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio, Christian, and Dolph Ziggler are present, as well as future stars like Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Big E, and Kofi Kingston. The trained eye, though, will realize that there's still one spot left in the ring. For those who don't, Lillian Garcia spells it out. "And please welcome the final entrant in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal... CM Punk!" It's a triumphant return for Punk, who slides in the ring and immediately starts beating up whomever he can get his hands on. The carnage gets underway, and Punk is on fire in the first ninety seconds, he single-handedly eliminates Fandango and all of 3MB. He follows up by tossing out Goldust and Titus O'Neal, and before long, we're down to our final four: Punk, Sheamus, Big Show, and Alberto Del Rio. The four go at, but Del Rio eliminates Sheamus after a low blow while Punk low-bridges a charging Big Show, sending him over the top. Del Rio attacks Punk, working him over with kicks and backing him into the corner. Del Rio attempts his springboard enzuigiri, but Punk ducks, sending the Mexican aristocrat tumbling to the canvas. CM Punk yanks him up, nails him with the GTS, then tosses him over the top rope to claim the victory, the trophy, and some big momentum in his WWE return.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013