Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Entrance Every Year 1990-2021

11. 2011 - CM Punk, WWE Money In The Bank

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In which a deafening, volleying cacophony - one of the loudest and earnestly-felt crowd reactions ever - doubled as something profound.

Those Chicago natives weren't just very much behind their local super-worker hero in the match of his life: they actually believed in his ability to change an inflexible, oppressive system. It was a stripped-back entrance that required no theatre to get over: only Punk's rallying cry of bravado.

The atmosphere even felt dangerous. As 'This Fire Burns' mutated into its nastiest riff, and Punk frantically raised his arms to elicit even more of a noise, it genuinely felt, for a brief, unforgettable moment, that if John Cena won they would have rioted.

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