Bonus Episode: CM Punk Leaves With the Belt

This week on Grapple City Rewind, Bradley and Aaron head back to Money in the Bank 2011 for one of the most electric WWE matches of the modern era: CM Punk vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship.With Punk’s contract set to expire at midnight, Chicago fully behind him, and Vince McMahon desperate to stop him from leaving with the title, this match becomes more than just Cena vs. Punk — it becomes a full-blown WWE crisis. The guys talk about the legendary crowd, the fallout from the pipe bomb, Cena trying to win “the right way,” Vince and Laurinaitis attempting a screwjob, Alberto Del Rio’s failed cash-in, and Punk’s iconic escape through the crowd with the championship.Was it really a five-star classic? Is this Cena’s best match? And how much did Chicago make this thing feel bigger than wrestling?Bradley and Aaron rewind one of the defining matches of the 2010s. (626) 657-SLAMEmail: [email protected]: @grapplecitypodX:  @grapplecitypodTikTok: @grapplecitypodThreads: @grapplecitypodMusic by Bradley Palermo & The Shadow Queens.Created by  Bradley Palermo & Aaron Fink.