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CM Punk presently stands as a 7 times world champion in WWE and also one of the biggest attractions of the promotion. He won his latest and 7th world title at the previous Saturday Night's Main Event show, and he is holding the Championship strongly. The last champion Seth Rollins was forced to vacate the Championship after he suffered an injury.
WWE organised a one on one match between CM Punk and Jey Uso at the Saturday Night's Main Event show on November 1 to determine the new World Heavyweight Champion. Punk defeated Jey Uso in this match to successfully win his 7th World title in WWE. It is his second world championship win in WWE since returning to the promotion back in November 2023.
CM Punk compares his present and first world title runs
CM Punk won his first World title back in June 2008 when he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Edge in an episode of RAW. Edge defeated Batista on the previous night at the Night of Champions event to retain the title. Batista took his revenge on Edge by beating him down on RAW. Punk took advantage of the situation by cashing in his contract.
CM Punk won its first ever WWE World title back in 2007
It has been 17 years since Punk won his first world title in WWE, and he remains one of the biggest attractions of the promotion with his 7th World title on his shoulders. The Best in the World recently compared his first and the present world title run while speaking on WGN TV in Chicago. Here is what he had to say;
He defeated Edge to win his first World Championship
“Oh gosh. I definitely think when I won the belt the first time, it was just like, ‘I need to hold onto this thing, And I need to prove to everybody like why I’m the champion.’ It’s like almost this unhealthy obsession with it, and not living in the moment, always thinking ahead. Like, ‘What’s coming next? How can I further, you know, raise my stock and prove to people that I belong here.’
“And there’s absolutely none of that. Now I’m pretty secure and like, you know who I am. I have the empirical data to prove that I am exactly everything I’ve ever said I was to back it up. So this time I’m just kind of in the moment. I’m just loving it, just staying present.” said the present World Heavyweight Champion.
