{"id":9930,"date":"2018-08-17T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2018-08-16T21:49:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T21:49:22","slug":"summerslam-memories-2013-cm-punk-vs-brock-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/17\/summerslam-memories-2013-cm-punk-vs-brock-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Summerslam Memories \u2013 2013, CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CiaranJames@TheCiaranJames<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Build<\/b><\/p>\n

After a long deliberation I finally settled with this modern classic from 2013, taking place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, CM Punk and Brock\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0went to war. Rumoured since\u00a0Lesnar’s\u00a0WWE return the previous year and Punk’s\u00a0history making WWE title reign, this had dream match written all over it. The seeds\u00a0leading to this match were sown at\u00a0WWE Payback\u00a0two months prior with Punk’s triumphant return, he returned in his hometown of Chicago to the behest of Paul Heyman. He\u00a0successfully\u00a0defeated Chris Jericho, at Payback\u00a0the following night on Raw he informed his friend and trusted ally Paul Heyman that he would be going it alone from. Heyman was at first courteous to the demand of Punk, however over the next two months his feelings towards Punk changed when his\u00a0offers of help\u00a0were\u00a0rebuffed. In July at Money\u00a0in the\u00a0Bank events truly went south as Heyman cost Punk his opportunity at winning the briefcase, the following night on Raw Heyman had his ‘Beast’ Brock\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0savagely attack Punk. This act set in motion the match at\u00a0Summerslam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Match<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This match was worthy of being the main event, however alongside John Cena and Daniel Bryan’s WWE Title\u00a0match\u00a0this was a superb\u00a0semi-final. There was a great anticipation before the\u00a0contestants\u00a0made their way to the ring; the audience were at fever pitch as two of WWE’s biggest acts got ready to collide. Brock received a full heel response from the crowd, looking back now this may be the last time\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0was given that kind of treatment from a live audience. In contrast Punk received a hero’s welcome, as “Cult\u00a0of\u00a0Personality” filled the arena the fans rose to their feet, it truly was clobbering time. Once the bell the action was fast and furious, Brock muscled himself into the lead, but Punk battled back as he\u00a0attempted\u00a0to out\u00a0manoeuvre\u00a0the bigger, stronger\u00a0Lesnar. In my honest\u00a0opinion, this was Brock\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0last great\u00a0competitive\u00a0wrestling match; there was no\u00a0multiple\u00a0Suplexes, no full domination, just a great wrestling match. Paul Heyman\u00a0provided\u00a0the distraction outside, representing Brock\u00a0Lesnar, he made his job to try and take Punk’s\u00a0attention away from the ‘Beast’.\u00a0After Brock’s strong start Punk rallied and\u00a0managed to get his opponent reeling, however the former UFC Heavyweight Champion\u00a0flattened\u00a0Punk with a solid lariat which just looked painful. On the outside\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0rag-dolled\u00a0Punk all over the place, cleaning throwing him over both announce tables; Punk really sold for the art of wrestling in this contest. Back in the ring there was a lovely sequence where Brock countered the GTS into the Kimura Lock, Punk then\u00a0revered\u00a0into an Armbar before\u00a0transferring\u00a0into a Triangle Choke,\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0feigned tapping out but finally powered out\u00a0into a huge Running Powerbomb. Momentum shifted again as CM Punk battered\u00a0Lesnar\u00a0with a chair, Brock hit back with three\u00a0Suplexes\u00a0before Punk caught him with a low blow, Heyman was irate at ringside. Punk hoisted up Brock for the GTS,\u00a01, 2….Paul\u00a0Heyman jumped the ropes and broke the pin; the audience were convinced Punk had this won. Brock recovered and lifted up Punk, another reversal into a DDT and Brock was grounded, Punk applied the Anaconda Vice but\u00a0again,\u00a0Heyman interfered. Punk then applied it to\u00a0Heyman, a thunderous chair shot came down on Punk as\u00a0Brock wielded the steel\u00a0object, and he again struck Punk before lifting him onto his shoulders. Brock signalled it was the end as he dropped Punk with the F5 on the chair for the big win. This was simply a\u00a0twenty-five-minute\u00a0modern classic, quite an underrated contest in my opinion and worth checking out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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