WWE: Top 5 Money in the Bank moments

3. CM Punk wins the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania 24

CM Punk was an ‘indy darling’, one of those wrestlers who made a name for themselves not in the WWE, but in the independent scene. With WWE not generally behind the idea of pushing someone who isn’t made by the corporate machine, most of the fans said Punk wouldn’t be anything in the WWE. So when Punk participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania, no one gave him a shot to win the briefcase, but in the end, Punk won the match and successfully cashed it on Edge to win the World Heavyweight title for the first time in his career. Punk would also win the next edition of the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania 25, but this WrestleMania set him up as a legitimate main eventer, and was responsible for his main event status.