5 WWE Title Changes That Were Forced Because of Real Life Events

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#3 CM Punk Wins the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011

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The best storyline in the world?

This storyline between CM Punk & John Cena might be the best one in the last decade. CM Punk VS John Cena was booked for Money in the Bank 2011 in Punk's hometown of Chicago. WWE had everyone believe that CM Punk was going to leave the company after his famous "Pipe Bomb" promo. The interesting thing was that CM Punk's contract was actually coming to an end. Fans were predicting that Punk would either lose to Cena or Del Rio would cash in even if he wins.

But WWE swerved everyone that night. CM Punk defeated John Cena and also managed to defeat Del Rio after he tried to cash in on Vince McMahon's command. CM Punk eventually ended up re-signing with the company.

So WWE did a great job of turning this real-life situation of Punk's contract into an amazing storyline that helped Punk win the WWE Championship.

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