5 of CM Punk's best rivalries

#2 CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy

Punk relentlessly mocked Jeff during this feud

The ultimate clash of lifestyles – CM Punk, the clean Straight Edge heel vs Jeff Hardy, the lovable party animal. Things got very personal very quickly between the two and they ended up having one of the best feuds of 2009.

It was a nasty rivalry which had a lot of shoot elements involved but it was most noteworthy for being the feud that propelled CM Punk into the main event scene for good. They clashed multiple times for the World Title, putting on some great matches, the best of which was a TLC match at Summerslam 2009.

It was exactly what Punk required to elevate his game into elite territory.