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Seth Rollins made it clear when CM Punk returned to WWE almost two years ago that he would do everything he could to make sure Punk never had a world’s title again.
For a few moments, Rollins couldn’t keep this promise. Cm punk defeated Gunther to win the World Heavyweight Championship in a classic pro wrestling match. It was his first WWE title of 12 years, but as soon as the celebration began, it ended.
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Seth Rollins makes his entrance before paying his money into the banking contract to take on CM PUNK I WWE World Heavyweight Championship under WWE 2025 Summer slam at Metlife Stadium on August 2, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Rollins’ music hit, and the fans at Metlife Stadium exploded. Paul Heyman held the money in the bank shortage, and Rollins was in a stag and crutch seemingly signaling that he was still injured from his Saturday night’s main event accident against La Knight. He hobby on the ramp and then turned around, only to throw his crutches down and take off his stag.
He rushed down to the ring with the briefcase, hit Punk a few times and caught his opportunity. Rollins hit Stomp on punk and attached him to win the championship.
Rollins pulled off summer’s Heist.
He also buried an absolutely classic match between punk and Gunther. They all pulled out on Saturday night into the main event in the first night of SummerSlam.
It was a dog fight in the beginning. The self-proclaimed “Best in the World” hoped to leave the Garden State with the World Cup in Tongue Weight, while Gunther once again tried to prove that he is the best of this generation of WWE superstars.
Seth Rollins celebrates after winning WWE World Heavyweight Championship after paiding his money into the banking contract to take on CM PUNK under WWE 2025 Summer slam at Metlife Stadium on August 2, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)
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The two competitors were blowing to chop. Gunther took a slow but brutal approach to punk throughout the match. He put him in team after troll after attitude as he wore the veteran WWE superstar.
As the match went on, Gunther hit Punk with all the clothes lines he could handle. Punk tried to hit Gunther with a go to sleep, but Gunther got out of it. Still, Punk would not disappear. The punk’s resilience soon became a major factor in the fight as he continued to kick out of Powerbombs and Dropkicks in the last stages of the match.
Putting punk away would get harder than Gunther thought. The audience, clearly behind Punk, was waiting for Chicago -natives to get back on their feet. Gunther met him with a chop and then added more damage to the outside of the ring.
But Gunther decided to take the eye off the ball for a few seconds. While celebrating the Spanish advertising table, Punk stumbled him up. When Gunther came back up his feet, fans got to see something they’ve never seen before – Gunther was busted open.
Punk took advantage of for a moment, but Gunther put him in a sleeping team. Punk fought out of it and hit go asleep, not even, but twice in a row.
Seth Rollins spends his money in the banking contract to take on CM PUNK for WWE World Heavyweight Championship under WWE 2025 Summerslam at Metlife Stadium on August 2, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Punk attached Gunther to win the World Heavyweight Championship. But it was all for nothing. Rollins is now a two-time world’s heavy weight master.
