CM Punk had an emotionally charged World Heavyweight Championship victory cut perilously short by Seth Rollins at night one of WWE SummerSlam 2025. And Rhea Ripley is struggling to cope with it. Punk heroically defeated a bloody Gunther in a main event for the ages to win his first World Title since returning to WWE just under two years ago.

The main event of tonight’s (Sat., Aug. 2, 2025) SummerSlam premium live event at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, featured GUNTHER putting the world heavyweight championship on the line against CM Punk. There was a ton of intrigue going into this one, even if the story was a tad vanilla.

CM Punk's first WWE world title reign in 12 years lasted only five minutes. Punk overcame a fantastic, grueling match with Gunther at WWE SummerSlam on Saturday only for Seth Rollins to spoil the evening.