#1 CM Punk (vs. Triple H, WWE Night of Champions 2011)
CM Punk walked out of WWE one day after he was eliminated by a member of The Authority, Kane, at the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble.
Having already worked with The New Age Outlaws in the weeks leading up to the Rumble, it became clear that Punk was being booked in storylines with allies of Triple H to build towards a one-on-one match with “The Game” at WrestleMania 30.
As Punk recalled on Colt Cabana’s podcast, he said in his final meeting with Triple H and Vince McMahon that he did not want to face the man who previously defeated him at WWE Night of Champions 2011.
“I turned to Hunter [Triple H] and I said, ‘All due respect, I do not need to wrestle you, you need to wrestle me. I do not want to wrestle you. I seriously resent you for not putting me over three years ago [Night of Champions 2011] when you should have. That would have been best for business but you had to ****ing come in and squash it.’” [H/T Cageside Seats]
At the time of the Night of Champions match, Punk had established himself as one of the most popular Superstars on the WWE roster following his ‘Pipebomb’ promo earlier in the summer.
Triple H defeated “The Best in the World” in the main event of the pay-per-view, which involved interferences from The Miz, R-Truth, and Kevin Nash.