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#4 CM Punk vs Chris Jericho (2012 - Chicago Street Fight):

Jericho poured beer on the Straight Edge CM Punk

Chicago is a special city when it comes to hosting bouts which feature CM Punk. In front of his home-town crowd, CM Punk took on Chris Jericho in 2012.

The two of them had met previously at WrestleMania, delivering one of the best performances of the night, but in their match at Extreme Rules, the duo held nothing back.

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The feud had taken a turn after WrestleMania when Chris Jericho talked about Punk's father's alcoholism. He had poured beer on Punk and made fun of Punk's straight-edge lifestyle. He had even shattered a bottle of whiskey on Punk's head on Raw.

The hometown crowd was firmly behind Punk, as the two men faced each other in 'street' clothing instead of their usual ring attire. Punk's sister was present in the crowd and slapped Jericho.

You can see clips from the match here:

The bout was brutal and personal, telling the story of the feud perfectly. Punk won when he hit Jericho with the GTS.

You can see Jericho smash the bottle on Punk's head here:

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Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

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