5 of CM Punk's best WWE matches

#4 Daniel Bryan - Over The Limit 2012

At Over The Limit, Punk and Bryan battled for nearly 25 minutes in a technical masterclass

You often hear the phrase ‘Indy Darling’ used to describe wrestlers who made a name for themselves outside of WWE, and in 2012, there were arguably no two Superstars who epitomised this phrase more than CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.

So when Bryan won a Beat The Clock challenge to earn a shot at Punk’s WWE Championship, fans were understandably excited.

The pair’s last meeting had come in Ring of Honor eight years prior, so this match highlighted just how far both had come in that period.

At Over The Limit, Punk and Bryan battled for nearly 25 minutes in a technical masterclass. Both men dug deep into their arsenal as they traded off moves not seen by many others in the company at that time.

There were no flashy gimmicks or pomp and circumstance in this one, just two of the absolute best trying to prove that they were better than the other.

In the end, Punk rolled up Bryan to pick up the victory and extend his record-breaking title run. This was the first in a series of three PPV matches involving the two in a feud that would later involve Bryan’s future tag team partner Kane and Punk’s now real-life wife AJ Lee.