CM Punk’s Top 10 WWE Matches
By Tim Sherry
10. Money in the Bank Match – Wrestlemania 24
Going into Wrestlemania 24, Punk was seen as a rising prospect. Competing on the ECW brand and shortly after dropping the ECW title a few months prior, Punk won a MITB qualifying match and made it into the briefcase match for the second straight year. After coming up short a year earlier, he made his 2008 inclusion count, snatching the briefcase in a match that also featured Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, Mr. Kennedy, Carlito, and MVP. Some pretty good names there, huh?
This match is what everyone expects out of the MITB match, a violent spot-fest, but this one pulled it off with grace. This match, which opened one of the better Wrestlemania’s of all time, featured non-stop savagery and set the tone for the rest of this historic card. If you could turn a train wreck into a piece of art, that’s what the MITB match was at ‘Mania 2008.
Punk would make the most out of the briefcase win, as he was drafted to RAW 3 months later and wasted little time cashing it in on Edge on his first appearance after the draft. This wasn’t just a major win for Punk, it was the win that put him on the map and firmly entrench him as a main event, World Champion, type of player.
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