#2 CM Punk def. The Miz & Alberto Del Rio - TLC Match, TLC 2011
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This was the first title defence of CM Punk’s historic 434-day reign as WWE Champion. He was already embroiled in a feud with Alberto Del Rio, and The Miz found himself involved after essentially complaining about not being in the title match and getting lucky by defeating Randy Orton by count-out in a qualifying match.
He was coming off the end of a successful run with R-Truth as his tag team partner, which essentially ended when they were sacrificed to The Rock and John Cena a month earlier at Survivor Series.
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The bad guys spent a lot of time teaming up on the WWE Champion, including keeping him handcuffed to a ladder and later the turnbuckle, both of which Punk had to destroy in order to free himself and continue defending his title.
This was a very creative match, with the men using all three of the weapons all over the ring and ringside area, and even Del Rio’s personal ring announcer got involved. Not only was he the man who handcuffed Punk to the ladder originally, but he also got his comeuppance by being pushed off a ladder inside the ring and through a table on the outside.
The champion eventually prevailed to continue the early days of his long title reign.
