This could have been called the "best in the world" feud when their rivalry began in 2012. Jericho came back to WWE as a guy that called everybody a wannabe and he targeted CM Punk, who was the WWE Champion, because Punk called himself the "best in the world" just like Jericho was known to do. It was a feud that had a lot of anticipation because Jericho was one of the best performers in WWE from about 2008 to 2010 and then when he left, Punk stepped to forefront as the best performer. They did a long build to their matchup at WrestleMania 28 with each man stating why they felt they were the best. They made a lot of great points. It led to an entertaining match at WrestleMania that Punk ended up winning clean. What was great about their match at Extreme Rules was that it was a completely different kind of match compared to WrestleMania. They had a brawl with weapons where they put their bodies on the line and put on a match that I enjoyed more than the WrestleMania one. Punk, the babyface, won that one too. Both of their major matches were really good, but perhaps the hype was a little too high because they didn't completely live up to it.
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