CM Punk defeated Finn Balor and GUNTHER in a Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match on WWE SmackDown. He joins Source Breaker, Je’Von Evans, Penta and Trick Williamswith one more contestant to be decided and he will be looking for a record third time winning the bag and the next title.
Gunther wrestled both Balor and Punk on separate occasions, incapacitating one before returning to the other. In one such exchange, GUNTER returned to the ring for a back-and-forth with Balor, this time Balor got the better of a Pele Kick but was left on the mat with the Ring General.
Punk connected with his signature elbow drop and followed with a running bulldog to Balor and a lariat to GUNTER at the same time. He then looked for a GTS on GUNTHER, but Gunther dodged Punk’s eyes. Balor and Punk then worked together to apply a Boston Crab to Gunther in the middle of the ring. GUNTER reached for the ropes and Balor broke the hold to gut Punk and Punk jumped out and looked for the GTS to no avail.
Balor sent a slingshot and a shotgun to send Punk into the corner, delivering the Coup de Grace and going for the cover. But GUNTER threw him out of the ring for breaking the count.
Punk hits a GTS on Balor and Gunther hits a dropkick on Punk who follows up with a powerbomb for another nearfall. GUNTER chokes Punk in the back and lands on his back, Balor then hits the Coup de Grace on his back. But Punk turned around and stole the pin before Balor could capitalize, securing the win by disqualification.