CM Punk’s Top 10 WWE Matches
By Tim Sherry
Photo Credit: WWE.com
6. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan – Money in the Bank 2012
Right in the middle of Punk’s historic WWE Championship reign, he ran into the buzz saw known as Daniel Bryan. These guys were no strangers to each other when they met up again in the WWE. They had tangled in three different indy organizations as younger wrestlers and were both highly touted prospects. The summer months of 2012 featured a lot of the Bryan-Punk-AJ Lee feud and it was arguably the best thing going in the company. The in-ring work, there was no question as to whether that was the best or not.
Their match at Money In The Bank was the blow off to this underrated feud and it was the most violent of everything they’d done up to that point. The match, billed as a no DQ match was 28 minutes of pure mayhem between two guys who very clearly mat wrestlers first, brawlers second. Building off that theme, the two almost seemed uncomfortable wielding weapons early on but that changed rather quickly as the two wore out a kendo stick on each other. The stiff shots with the stick and with a chair echoed through US Airways Center in Phoenix.
The only downside to the match was the inclusion of AJ Lee as the guest referee. Her antics were just completely pointless and she once again proved that she’s a far better wrestler than lackey. This is a feud that at present day would make a wrestling fan’s mouth water and even then was pretty close.
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