A report on Edge (wrestler), The Undertaker and CM Punk
It was the first match in North America to receive a five-star rating in seven years, the last one being the Hell in a Cell match between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker at Badd Blood: In Your House in 1997.
- CM PunkThe Brood was later abducted and converted into The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness.
- Edge (wrestler)At Survivor Series, Punk had his first pay-per-view match when he teamed with D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) (D-X) and the Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt) in their Survivor Series match against Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton), Knox, Johnny Nitro and Gregory Helms, a match in which all the participants on D-X's side survived elimination.
- CM PunkThe completed Ministry of Darkness consisted of The Brood (Christian, Edge and Gangrel), The Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq), Mideon and Viscera.
- The UndertakerEdge also formed an alliance with Chavo Guerrero, nephew of Vickie Guerrero, and on the January 22, 2008 broadcast of ECW, he assisted Chavo in winning the ECW Championship from CM Punk.
- Edge (wrestler)After a four-month hiatus, The Undertaker returned at SummerSlam in August by attacking CM Punk, who had just won the World Heavyweight Championship from Jeff Hardy in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
- The Undertaker48 related topics with Alpha
John Cena
39 linksAmerican professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper, currently signed to WWE.
American professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper, currently signed to WWE.
After the match, he was congratulated by Billy Kidman, Faarooq, Rikishi, and The Undertaker.
Immediately after Cena won, Mr. McMahon announced Edge was cashing in his Money in the Bank contract—a "guaranteed title match against the WWE Champion at a time and place of the owner's choosing".
Shortly after, Cena was named one of four contenders for CM Punk's World Heavyweight Championship in the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven, but he was replaced by Rey Mysterio after suffering a herniated disc in his neck in his match at SummerSlam, which required surgery.
Randy Orton
37 linksAmerican professional wrestler and actor.
American professional wrestler and actor.
In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO.
Orton then produced a copy of SmackDown! magazine, which featured The Undertaker on the cover.
They achieved this at Unforgiven when, with new stablemate Manu, they assaulted World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, forcing him to vacate his title before his scheduled defense that night.
Kane (wrestler)
36 linksAmerican politician, actor, and semi-retired professional wrestler.
American politician, actor, and semi-retired professional wrestler.
Jacobs played various characters until 1997, when he was repackaged as Kane, a horror-themed personification of fire and juggernaut younger half-brother of The Undertaker and son of Paul Bearer.
Lita later turned on Kane and started an on-screen relationship with her real-life boyfriend at the time Edge.
Kane then made an appearance on the October 16 episode of ECW as the hand-chosen partner of ECW Champion CM Punk, helping him defeat John Morrison, The Miz, and Big Daddy V in a three-on-two handicap match.
Triple H
31 linksAmerican business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler serving as the executive vice president for Talent Relations and head of creative for WWE.
American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler serving as the executive vice president for Talent Relations and head of creative for WWE.
In 2001, Triple H also feuded with The Undertaker, who defeated him at WrestleMania X-Seven.
At Taboo Tuesday, Shawn Michaels was voted by the fans to challenge Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship, but Triple H retained after Edge interfered.
On the February 8 episode of Raw, D-X lost the Unified Tag Team Championship to ShoMiz (The Miz and Big Show) in a triple threat elimination tag match, also involving The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows).
Professional wrestling match types
26 linksMany types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling.
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling.
At SummerSlam 1996, The Undertaker faced Mankind in a "Boiler Room Brawl" that was largely pre-taped, incorporating props and unorthodox camera angles.
Following this, cinematic matches occurred at Money in the Bank in May, which was the event's eponymous ladder matches that occurred at WWE's headquarters, a Backlot Brawl between Adam Cole and Velveteen Dream in the parking lot of Full Sail University at NXT TakeOver: In Your House in June, a cinematically produced singles match between Edge and Randy Orton at Backlash also in June, and a Wyatt Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules in July.
This match was only done once, where CM Punk faced Chavo Guerrero during an ECW show in Corpus Christi, Texas (which is located right on the Gulf of Mexico) in February 2008.
Big Show
31 linksAmerican professional wrestler and actor.
American professional wrestler and actor.
On the October 17 episode of Raw, Big Show defeated Edge and was thus entered in an online opinion poll, with the winner of the poll facing John Cena and Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship at Taboo Tuesday.
At One Night Stand, Big Show defeated CM Punk, John Morrison, Chavo Guerrero Jr., and Tommy Dreamer in a Singapore Cane match.
Big Show turned heel once again by siding with Vickie Guerrero in her ongoing feud with The Undertaker by attacking him at Unforgiven and later interfering in many of Undertaker's matches on SmackDown.
Shawn Michaels
27 linksAmerican retired professional wrestler.
American retired professional wrestler.
At SummerSlam, Michaels officiated the WWF Championship match between WWF Champion The Undertaker and Bret Hart.
Four months later, he lost a World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H, after Edge interfered at Taboo Tuesday, when the fans voted for him ahead of Edge and Chris Benoit to face Triple H one more time.
Later that night, Jericho replaced CM Punk in the World Heavyweight Championship scramble match, and won the title.
Money in the Bank ladder match
23 linksMulti-person ladder match held by the professional wrestling promotion WWE.
Multi-person ladder match held by the professional wrestling promotion WWE.
At the time, it was exclusive to wrestlers of the Raw brand, and Edge won the inaugural match.
Cena was also involved in the first three instances where the championship failed to change hands after cashing in the contract: once as the challenger, which he won by disqualification against CM Punk, the second time as champion by defeating Sandow clean, and lastly as a distraction causing Corbin to lose to champion Jinder Mahal.
The following night at the taping for the May 11, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker and Batista fought to a draw in a steel cage match, after which a returning Mark Henry assaulted Undertaker and left him injured in the ring.
The Miz
30 linksAmerican professional wrestler, actor, and television personality.
American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality.
He was nominated at Cyber Sunday to face CM Punk for the ECW Championship.
On January 29, Miz entered the 2017 Royal Rumble match at number 15 and lasted 32 minutes until he was eliminated by The Undertaker.
Miz, along with Maryse, returned on the November 29 episode of Raw, where he confronted Edge.
Dave Bautista
26 linksAmerican actor and retired professional wrestler.
American actor and retired professional wrestler.
They later defeated Booker and Van Dam on the March 22 episode of Raw to regain the titles before losing them to Chris Benoit and Edge on the April 19 episode of Raw.
Batista's next challenger was The Undertaker, the winner of the Royal Rumble match.
After failing to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Edge at Night of Champions, Batista attacked Edge the following night on Raw, allowing CM Punk to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on Edge.