- Born
- Birth namePhillip Jack Brooks
- Nicknames
- C.M. Punk
- Cookie Master
- Phil
- PJ
- The Best in the World
- The Voice of the Voiceless
- Chick Magnet Punk
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestler, comic book writer and former mixed martial artist.
Punk began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH) until 2005, when he signed with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He went on to become world champion throughout multiple organizations. Punk won the WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship three times and the ECW and ROH World Championships once each. In WWE, he was also a one-time World Tag Team Champion (with Kofi Kingston) and one-time Intercontinental Champion, making him the 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest man in WWE history to achieve this feat, doing so in 203 days. In addition, he was the 2011 WWE Superstar of the Year and the first two-time Money in the Bank winner. During the peak of his career, Punk was considered by many as the best professional wrestler in the world. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him Wrestler of the Year in both 2011 and 2012 during which he had one of the longest WWE Championship title reigns in history at 434 days.
Brooks used the CM Punk moniker his entire career in every organization he worked. Punk consistently portrayed the character of an outspoken, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge iconoclast. Most of the straight edge principles he portrayed, such as not drinking alcohol or not taking recreational drugs, are his real life views. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, he emphasized different aspects of the straight edge culture to garner the desired audience reaction.
After becoming disgruntled in WWE, Punk retired from professional wrestling in 2014. He then pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA) and was signed by the UFC in December of that year. On August 20, Punk made his debut for AEW at The First Dance event on Rampage, marking his return to professional wrestling after a seven-year retirement. On May 29th, 2022 Punk won AEW World title which makes him the first man in history to hold the WWE, AEW and Ring of Honor World Championships.
- IMDb mini biography by: AB THE BOSS
- SpouseA.J. Mendez(June 13, 2014 - present)
- The Pepsi Plunge
- Finishing Move: GTS (Go To Sleep)
- Finishing Move: The Anaconda Vise
- Ring entry music: Killswitch Engage's "This Fire Burns"
- Many tattoos, most notable the Pepsi globe logo on right shoulder
- Appeared at Wrestlemania 22, as one of the gangsters leaving the car as John Cena made his entrance for the main event and as one of the druids during The Undertaker's entrance.
- Held the WWE Title from November 2011 to January 2013, making him the longest reigning WWE champion in 25 years.
- Has stated that the "CM" in his wrestling name has no real meaning. It originally stood for "Chick Magnet", which was the name of a tag team he was thrown into at the last minute. He likes to make up a different name each time he is asked about it. Some he has used are. "Cookie Monster", "Chicago Made", "Charles Manson", "Charles Montgomery", "Crooked Moonsault", among others.
- Got a tattoo of a modified Pepsi logo on his arm when many of his college classmates were getting beer logo tattoos. He thought it was amusing and tattooed the Pepsi logo because of his straight-edge lifestyle in which he does not consume alcohol.
- Revealed that he was terminated for breach of contract on his wedding day on Colt Cabana's Art Of Wrestling podcast in November of 2014.
- Straightedge means that I am better than you.
- Straight Edge isn't a gimmick! It's a way of life.
- Haters are my favorite. I've built an empire with the bricks they've thrown at me. Keep on hating.
- If you give me the ball, you'll never see it again. Because I'll knock it out of the fucking park.
- I don't want to sound egotistical, but I'm egotistical to an extent.
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