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CM Punk and long-time friend Colt Cabana recently survived WWE Dr. Chris Amann's attempts to cash in for comments made on Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast.
A Cook County judge ruled in favor of the duo, ending Amann's little over three year lawsuit which could have cost the pair millions.
Amann should have known that no one cashes in better than CM Punk, and if there is a proverbial briefcase filled with opportunity, the former WWE Superstar has a long history of success in making the grab before anyone else.
As WWE's Money in the Bank event looms around the corner, the entire event is shadowed by one of its all time greatest competitors. We look at CM Punk's Top 5 WWE Money in the Bank moments.
#5 CM Punk's almost moment
He almost had it. CM Punk climbed the ladder and with the 2013 MITB briefcase within his grasp, the cold reality of betrayal hit the Straight Edge superstar like a ton of bricks.
CM Punk, a self-described Paul Heyman guy was betrayed by his former mentor who callously knocked Punk off the ladder.
This cruelly dashed all hopes of Punk's third run with the Money in the Bank briefcase. While some may call the moment a low light, Punk stood atop the ladder, the obvious superior talent and proverbial King of the Steel Jungle.
Punk was inches away from accomplishing a feat no one has come close to matching; a third MITB ladder match victory. No other wrestler in history has more than one.
The match's controversial ending set up a feud between Punk and Heyman's other famous protege, Brock Lesnar. The two tangled at SummerSlam 2013 in what was one of the most heated feuds of the year.
#4 A classic victory over the up and coming Daniel Bryan
Before the Yes movement and before WrestleMania 30, there was Money in the Bank 2012. Daniel Bryan was a disgruntled heel who often found himself playing second fiddle to his mentally disturbed on-screen love interest, AJ Lee.
Long before she and Punk would famously fall in love and wed, Lee was named special guest referee for this No disqualification match.
Punk & Bryan battled in a back and forth affair for the ages and performed in a classic bout that stands as their finest WWE pay-per-view match.
Punk survived Daniel Bryan's devastating Yes Lock and inevitably went on to super-plex Bryan through a table before pinning him for the victory.
#3 CM Punk wins his first Money in the Bank briefcase
WrestleMania XXIV can arguably take credit for creating the legend of CM Punk. This was the first major WrestleMania moment in a Hall of Fame worthy career.
It was at the vaunted Super Bowl of Wrestling where CM Punk survived six other competitors including future Hall of Famer and nemesis, Chris Jericho.
Despite facing seemingly insurmountable odds, Punk would go on to capture his very first Money in the Bank briefcase.
Although the post-show accolades went to the likes of Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Big Show, Floyd Mayweather, Edge, and The Undertaker, Punk was reborn anew at the event.
The metamorphosis was complete. Punk was no longer just an indie darling beloved by a fringe fan base, but a serious WWE Championship contender.
#2 Punk becomes the only wrestler to win MITB twice
It was the 25th Anniversary edition of professional wrestling's greatest show on earth and CM Punk did not disappoint.
Outlasting seven other competitors, Punk would go on to become the only wrestler in history to win more than one Money in the Bank briefcase.
Defeating behemoths like Kane and Mark Henry only added to CM Punk's Money in the Bank lore.
Punk successfully cashed in both of his Money in the Bank briefcases to become the Word Champion and the WWE Champion within a 365 day time span.
#1 CM Punk vs John Cena
In what may arguably be the greatest wrestling match of all time, CM Punk shocked the world by defeating John Cena. Punk left his hometown's AllState arena with the WWE Championship in tow, much to the chagrin of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
Coming off his pipe bomb promo, CM Punk was the hottest commodity in wrestling. He won over the hearts of many when he tore down wrestling's fourth wall and verbally assaulted the entire McMahon family.
Although WWE Creative would fail to admit as much an increasingly growing percentage of the wrestling world considered John Cena to be a contrived McMahon invention, a marionette pulled by his corporate puppet master's strings.
Although Cena was technically the baby face in this epic 2011 Money in the Bank match, the enthusiastic Chicago crowd was in rebellion. Cena received deafening boos and CM Punk uproarious applause in what was a world turned upside down.
The electric enthusiasm of the Chicago crowd only added to the intensity of the match, which was arguably unparalleled in wrestling history.
The two men battled valiantly to put on a classic, a rare five star gem with Punk ultimately victorious over John Cena. The result shook the wrestling world to its core.
John Cena had been dethroned by the anti-corporate wrestler's wrestler. CM Punk had just become the new face of professional wrestling. Wrestling would be forever changed.
