WWE Night Of Champions 2025 Results As John Cena Plays Babyface, Beats CM Punk

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In CM Punk’s case, Punk faced the “hypocrisy” of criticizing Saudi Arabia’s human rights issues while still competing in a Saudi Arabian PLE

That doesn’t seem any more hypocritical with an American criticizing the United States for the human rights violations that built this country, only to continue living in America

CM Punk apologized to a Saudi fan for an old tweet after being booed during Friday’s kickoff event, and it seemed to work as Punk was massively over with fans at Night of Champions

Cena seemed to join CM Punk in turning babyface for this crowd

First, Cena declined using the belt as a weapon after fans begged him not to with chants of “No. ” Then Cena stopped a Money in the Bank cash-in, only to be attacked by Seth Rollins’ goons

Both Cena and Punk fought them off

The match ending, however, suggested otherwise

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CM Punk Fans unanimously cheered CM Punk and sang his theme music

He received a mixed reaction during the ring introductions

Saudi chanted “John Cena sucks. ” as Cena marched toward the ring

Fans said Cena’s intro, line for line, along with Mark Nash and he was cheered

There was a lot of posturing early on with Cena and Punk exchanging holds

Fans broke into “Ole” chants, which seems to be a chant in appreciation for a main event-level match

This was the case during the opener between Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes

Punk enveloped Cena in a Black Widow hold, shades of AJ Lee, who was mentioned on ary

The pace quickened a bit as Cena hit his signature comeback, punctuated by a Five Knuckle Shuffle

Punk cut Cena off before he could hit an AA and hit a comeback of his own with a running knee and a flying elbow

Cena fought out of the GTS and locked in an STF

Punk fought out of the Attitude Adjustment but ate a GTS for his troubles

Punk kicked out, planted Cena with a DDT and slapped on an STF of his own

After a second running knee, Cena countered the bulldog with a side slam and a second AA for a nearfall

Cena countered a cross body from Punk and hit a third AA for another nearfall

A desperate John Cena grabbed the WWE Championship belt in a familiar scene

Cena prepared to strike CM Punk with the belt as fans chanted “No. ” Cena tossed the belt to the side and went for the AA

Punk countered with a GTS for the nearall

Heel Cena going babyface for Saudi Arabia and almost losing because of it was certainly a choice

Michael Cole suggested Cena allowed the fans to get to him

Cena and Punk went back and forth with strikes, and Riyadh cheered for both

Cena accidentally took out the referee Dan Engler, leading to a GTS and a visual pinfall by Punk

Punk called for another referee, but he got Seth Rollins and his unnamed faction

Rollins sicced Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman against CM Punk

The pair hit an ugly double-spinebuster on the Arabic announce table

Fans chanted “OTC" as Rollins called for an official

As Robinson sed down the ramp, he was pounced by John Cena, who continued to act a babyface and was cheered for it

Cena hit the AA on Rollins as Breakker and Reed attacked John

This brought out Penta and Sami Zayn to even the odds

Both Cena and Punk fought off Rollins’ goons as they had no choice but to attack the heels to prevent Rollins from cashing in

Cena was basically a full babyface at this point

Cena and Punk embraced in the ring, but Cena reverted to his heel ways and kicked Punk in the groin

Rollins hit the ring with a Stomp and Cena stole the pin for the win

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