Rating The Champ: CM Punk

Apr 30, 2020
5 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF/E & World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk.

2006

W/ Team DX vs. Team Rated-RKO (Survivor Series) ***1/4
Extreme Elimination Chamber Match – ECW Championship (December to Dismember) **

2007

Money in the Bank Ladder Match (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
Vs. Elijah Burke (Judgment Day) **3/4
Tables: W/ Sandman & Dreamer vs. The New Breed (One Night Stand) **
Vs. Johnny Nitro – ECW Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) **1/2
Vs. John Morrison – ECW Championship (The Great American Bash) **1/2
Vs. John Morrison – ECW Championship (SummerSlam) **3/4
Vs. Elijah Burke – ECW Championship (Unforgiven) ***
Vs. Big Daddy V – ECW Championship (No Mercy) DUD
Vs. The Miz – ECW Championship (Cyber Sunday) **
Vs. John Morrison vs. The Miz – ECW Championship (Survivor Series) ***
W/ Kane vs. Mark Henry & Big Daddy V (Armageddon) *1/2

2008

Vs. Chavo Guerrero – ECW Championship (No Way Out) **3/4
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXIV) ***3/4
W/ Kane vs. John Morrison & The Miz – WWE Tag Team Championship (Judgment Day) **1/2
Singapore Cane: Vs. Show vs. Morrison vs. Chavo vs. Dreamer (One Night Stand) **1/2
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (The Great American Bash) **3/4
Vs. JBL – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ***
W/ Team Batista vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. Rey Mysterio (Armageddon) ***1/2

2009

MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Vs. Kane (Backlash) **1/2
Vs. Umaga (Judgment Day) ***
Samoan Strap: Vs. Umaga (Extreme Rules) **3/4
Vs. Jeff Hardy – World Heavyweight Championship (The Bash) **1/2
Vs. Jeff Hardy – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/2
TLC: Vs. Jeff Hardy – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/2
Submission: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Breaking Point) **
HIAC: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. The Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
W/ Team Orton vs. Team Kofi (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2010

Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
SES Pledge: Vs. Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania XXVI) ***1/4
Hair: Vs. Rey Mysterio (Extreme Rules) ***1/2
Hair vs. SES Pledge: Vs. Rey Mysterio (Over the Limit) ****
Vs. Swagger vs. Rey vs. Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Fatal 4 Way) **1/2
Handicap: W/ The Straight Edge Society vs. Big Show (SummerSlam) *1/2
Vs. Big Show (Night of Champions) *
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) **1/4

2011

RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. Randy Orton (WrestleMania XXVII) ***1/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Randy Orton (Extreme Rules) ***1/2
W/ Mason Ryan vs. Kane & Big Show – WWE Tag Team Championship (Over the Limit) **
Vs. Rey Mysterio (Capitol Punishment) ***1/2
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) *****
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4
No DQ: Vs. Triple H (Night of Champions) ***1/4
HIAC: Vs. John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***
W/ Triple H vs. The Awesome Truth (Vengeance) ***
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***1/2
TLC: Vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. The Miz – WWE Championship (TLC) ****1/4

2012

Vs. Dolph Ziggler – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Championship (WrestleMania XXVIII) ***1/2
Chicago Street Fight: Vs. Chris Jericho – WWE Championship (Extreme Rules) ****
Vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE Championship (Over the Limit) ****3/4
Vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane – WWE Championship (No Way Out) ***1/4
No DQ: Vs. Daniel Bryan – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Big Show – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ****3/4
HIAC: Vs. Ryback – WWE Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Ryback – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) ***

2013

Vs. The Rock – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ****1/4
Vs. The Rock – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 29) ****1/2
Vs. Chris Jericho (Payback) ****1/4
RAW’s MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/2
No DQ: Vs. Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam) *****
Handicap No DQ: Vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman (Night of Champions) ***
Vs. Ryback (Battleground) **
Handicap HIAC: Vs. Ryback & Paul Heyman (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Handicap: W/ Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family (Survivor Series) ***1/2
Handicap: Vs. The Shield (TLC) ***

TOP FIVE

5. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 29)

4. John Cena (Night of Champions 2012)

3. Daniel Bryan (Over the Limit 2012)

2. Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam 2013)

1. John Cena (Money in the Bank 2011)

Average rating per year

2006 – 2.63
2007 – 2.39
2008 – 2.97
2009 – 3.05
2010 – 2.72
2011 – 3.46
2012 – 3.68
2013 – 3.66

Overall average rating

3.07/5

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former World Heavyweight Champion, Mark Henry.