On July 17 at WWE Money in the Bank, CM Punk defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship. That same night he walked away from the WWE and took the Championship with him. The following night on Monday Night Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon stripped Punk of the championship and arranged an 8-man single elimination tournament to crown a new champion. The results would be Rey Mysterio and the Miz in finals which was then set to take place the following Raw, as Mr. McMahon was forced to resign as chairman with his son-in-law, Triple H taking over.
A week later on this most recent Monday Night Raw of July 25th, Rey Mysterio successfully defeat the Miz in the tournament finals to become WWE Champion. Eventually later on that night the new WWE COO Triple H would go on to make another championship match with Rey defending the title against John Cena who rightfully had a re-match cause that became nullified when Punk left the WWE. The match was actually a great match to remember going a full 20-mins, and had some memorable moments like when Rey locked Cena in his own STF, or the several finisher reversals each man made. The end result thou was John Cena defeating Rey Mysterio to become a 9-time WWE Champion.
But immediately following Cena's title win, Punk returned to WWE TV and held his belt up in defiance of Cena's win. Also debuting his new enterance theme back from his ROH days, "The Cult of Personality." The following night at the SmackDown! tapings, WWE COO Triple H announced that both men had legitimate claims to the title and the situation would be rectified the following Monday on RAW.
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