WWE Flashback: CM Punk Shockingly Knocked Out Chris Jericho in His Last Elimination Chamber Appearance; Y2J's Comments Following the Episode Sparked Massive Controversy

CM Punk and Chris Jericho have had a famous feud back in the day. The back and forth between the two mesmerized the WWE Universe and their in-ring chemistry always had the crowd on edge. Despite delivering classics inside the squared circle, the two seemingly did not get along. The instance that occurred during the 2012 Elimination Chamber match might have something to do with their differences.

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CM Punk Knocked Out Chris Jericho

The WWE Champion CM Punk was up against The Miz, R Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston and Chris Jericho in the Elimination Chamber of 2012. CM Punk pinned The Miz, who was the last man standing along with him and retained his championship, but his victory was marred with controversy. It was revealed that Punk left Y2J incapacitated following a brutal kick to his head, leaving him unable to continue. The AEW star divulged that he did not regain consciousness until he got backstage.

It was CM Punk's last Elimination Chamber appearance and more than a decade later he will be making his return to the event this year at the WWE Elimination Chamber PPV show. However, the noise that emerged from his last Elimination Chamber appearance still echoes and gets recalled due to the comments made by Chris Jericho afterwards.

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Chris Jericho On Taking the Heavy Blow from CM Punk

Speaking to WWE’s YouTube channel, Jericho said: “I eliminated Dolph Ziggler, I eliminated Kofi Kingston, and then I wake up in the locker room being tended to by physicians. I was not eliminated from that Chamber.

“What kind of a champion is CM Punk to take a victory like that? To allow himself to be called the Champion when he never beat me.

“I proved, once again, that I am the best in the world at everything I do and that has not changed. CM Punk proved nothing.”

A reinvigoration of the Punk vs Jericho rivalry is what the fans yearn for and considering the wrestlers have a real-life heat, a future face-off would be nothing less than epic.