Rating The Champ: CM Punk

May 1, 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) ***