5 top matches in WWE Monday Night RAW history.

#1 CM Punk vs John Cena, February 2013.

CM Punk busting out the banned Piledriver!

The February 25 edition of Monday Night Raw featured CM Punk vs. John Cena in a #1 contenders matche for a shot against The Rock's WWE Title. While there was little question of what the outcome would be, few expected the two to deliver a performance that would be remembered for years to come. Both wrestlers were at the top of their game and created magic in the ring whenever they met.

The crowd was hot for the match to begin with. This was neither a gimmick match nor was there any kind of special stipulation set. It was just a regular old one-on-one wrestling match. The build was truly only a week old but everything fell together perfectly when these two were face to face in the ring.

The match started at a great pace right from the get-go with tremendous back and forth action. Each man busted out everything in his arsenal to put away the other guy but neither man was willing to give up. The desperation was so high that it led to John Cena busting out the sit-out Powerbomb, a move he had never used before which happens to be the finishing maneuver of Dave Batista and in response CM Punk busted out the piledriver which was banned by the WWE for safety reasons but none of those moves were able to get the job done.

As confident as Punk was after hitting the piledriver, John Cena kicked out leading to Punk showing great frustrations as he tried to cover Cena a few more times but to no avail.

The finishing sequence saw CM Punk missing the Flying Elbow off the top rope and Cena hitting a hurricanrana and the Attitude Adjustment for the win.

The fact that two guys basically in their primes got near 30 minutes to tear the house down helped the match. The fact that Cena and Punk have tremendous chemistry together also elevated this to exceptional heights. To truly get a sense of how good these two are together, check out their match for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank pay per view in 2011.