1. CM Punk vs John Cena - WWE Championship - Money In The Bank 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peMpm_HPewQ While the match on Raw last year that was arguably a Match of the Year was brilliant and contained all sorts of wonderful manoeuvres from both men, the Money In The Bank Match just edges it out due to the fact that it created a moment in WWE history where the landscape of the WWE seemed to have shifted. Of course, the WWE universe would soon see that no such thing had happened but in Chicago CM Punk and John Cena had the whole of the wrestling world captivated by a match that saw both men kick out of each others finishers, and refuse to tap to each others' submissions. It was a match that once again established that given the right set of circumstances John Cena could put on a great wrestling match and more importantly it was a sign that the WWE were willing to recognise that they had one of the hottest talents in world wrestling and it was time to legitimise him. Although some may complain that the finish was not as clean as it could have been, there is no doubt that the way that both men expanded their move sets to make this a special event more than compensates for it, with John Cena inflicting picture perfect suplexes and Punk uses all sorts of submissions to try and get the job done. Finally, yet again the Chicago crowd also contributes to making this an awesome moment in Punk's career, with the whole crowd raucously being behind CM Punk every step of the way and celebrating with him when he finally takes home the crown. But not all of Punk's career has been full of brilliant matches. Here's 5 bad ones...
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