5 of CM Punk's unique achievements in WWE

#2 Three time World Champion

CM Punk

When CM Punk defeated John Cena at Money in the Bank 2011 to win his first WWE Championship, he became the second WWE Superstar after Kane to have reigned as the World Heavyweight Champion (WWE’s version), WWE Champion, and ECW Champion (WWE’s version).

Although Big Show won these 3 titles as well, he didn’t win WWE’s version of the World Heavyweight Championship until 2012, and only reigned as the WCW World Champion in the 1990’s.

CM Punk, on the other hand, won all these World Championships in WWE in under 4 years, but it took Kane 12 years to achieve this feat.

CM Punk won the ECW Championship from John Morrison in August 2007, won his first World Heavyweight Championship in June 2008, and dethroned John Cena to claim his first WWE Championship in July 2011.

This is a rare feat, only achieved by 3 superstars, CM Punk, Kane and Big Show. Big Show defeated Sheamus in October 2012 to win WWE’s version of World Heavyweight Championship.

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Ali Siddiqui is a listicle and feature writer for Sportskeeda Wrestling since 2018. After completing his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, he decided to write for Sportskeeda Wrestling after learning about it through a friend. He briefly worked for The Sportster as well.

Ali's love for pro wrestling dates back to when Randy Orton won a Battle Royal to become the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 2004. His current favorite wrestler is Cody Rhodes because he's the ultimate throwback babyface. He believes Rhodes has the Surfer Sting's passion, Bret Hart's prop-gifting schtick, a catchy theme like Hogan's, and a kid-friendly demeanor akin to John Cena's.

When he is not doing research for his articles on Google or catching up with the latest in pro wrestling, Ali can be found honing his Data Science and AI skills as he strives to get back into tech in the near future.

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Edited by Anthony Akatugba Jr.