Phil Brooks
Biography
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a wrestler and to Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) as a commentator. In wrestling, he is best known for his time in WWE, where his 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the sixth-longest in title history. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once. He signed WWE in 2005, and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once each. Brooks also won the World Tag Team Championship, becoming WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion; the fastest wrestler to achieve this feat, in 203 days. He is also the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, has headlined several WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was voted Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, Brooks acrimoniously departed the company and retired from professional wrestling in the wrestling 2014 year. Brooks has used the CM Punk moniker for his entire professional wrestling career, and his character has been consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic, most of which are inspired by his real-life views and personality. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, Brooks has emphasized different aspects of the straight edge lifestyle to garner the desired audience reaction. After retiring from professional wrestling, Brooks pursued a career as a mixed martial artist, and he signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A welterweight, he had his first professional fight at UFC 203 in 2016, losing via submission to Mickey Gall. He then lost his second fight to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision at UFC 225 in 2018 (later overturned to a no contest), and was subsequently released. Brooks then began appearing as a commentator with Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC), and as an analyst on the Fox Sports 1 program WWE Backstage. Brooks had his first leading acting role in the animated film The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015), and has since starred in the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), and in the drama television series Heels (2021–present). As of January of 2024 CM Punk works for the World Wrestling Entertainment and WWE Network.
Known For
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
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AEW Full Gear 2021
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FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
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WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
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WWE Night of Champions 2010
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WWE WrestleMania XXVII
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WWE Extreme Rules 2011
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WWE Over The Limit 2011
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Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
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WWE Bragging Rights 2010
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WWE Money in the Bank 2011
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
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WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
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WWE SummerSlam 2010
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WWE SummerSlam 2009
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WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
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WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
WWE RAW 1000
CM Punk
FIP Florida Rumble
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WWE SummerSlam 2011
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WWE Royal Rumble 2011
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WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
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UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
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ROH: Final Battle 2021
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GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
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WWE Vengeance 2011
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AEW Revolution 2022
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WWE WrestleMania 23
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WWE Royal Rumble 2012
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AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
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WWE Survivor Series 2011
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WWE Extreme Rules 2012
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WWE Royal Rumble 2008
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WWE Royal Rumble 2009
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WWE Royal Rumble 2010
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WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
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WWE Money In The Bank 2012
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WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
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WWE Royal Rumble 2007
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WWE SummerSlam 2008
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WWE Over The Limit 2012
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WWE SummerSlam 2012
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AEW Awards
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WWE Survivor Series 2012
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WWE Night of Champions 2012
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WWE No Way Out 2012
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
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AEW Grand Slam
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CM Punk: Best in the World
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WWE WrestleMania XXV
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WWE WrestleMania 29
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WWE Royal Rumble 2013
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
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AEW Double or Nothing 2022
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AEW Beach Break 2022
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AEW All In 2023: London
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WWE Payback 2013
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WWE Survivor Series 2006
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WWE WrestleMania XXIV
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WWE Battleground 2013
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WWE Survivor Series 2013
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WWE Over the Limit 2010
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ECW December to Dismember
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WWE Night of Champions 2013
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WWE Judgment Day 2007
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WWE One Night Stand 2007
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WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
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WWE The Great American Bash 2007
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WWE SummerSlam 2007
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WWE Unforgiven 2007
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WWE No Mercy 2007
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WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
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WWE Survivor Series 2007
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WWE No Way Out 2008
CM Punk (Preshow)
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
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WWE Judgment Day 2008
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WWE One Night Stand 2008
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WWE The Great American Bash 2008
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WWE Survivor Series 2008
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WWE Armageddon 2008
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WWE Backlash 2009
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WWE Judgment Day 2009
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WWE Extreme Rules 2009
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WWE The Bash 2009
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WWE Night of Champions 2009
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WWE Breaking Point 2009
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WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
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WWE Bragging Rights 2009
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WWE Survivor Series 2009
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WWE Extreme Rules 2010
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WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
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WWE Money in the Bank 2013
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WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
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FIP New Year's Classic 2005
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WWE Armageddon 2007
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FIP The Usual Suspects
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FIP Violence is the Answer
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FIP In Full Force
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FIP Unstoppable
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FIP Sold Out
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FIP Payback
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Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
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FIP Emergence - Tag 1
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FIP Emergence - Tag 2
CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
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WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
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FIP New Dawn Rising
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ROH: The Summer of Punk
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NXT Deadline 2023
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AEW All Out 2022
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STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk
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ROH: Final Battle 2002
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IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
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IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
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WWE Royal Rumble 2024
CM Punk (archive footage)
The Firefly Funhouse Match
CM Punkrock (voice)
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
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PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
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PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
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WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
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The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
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Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
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FIP Dangerous Intentions
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FIP With Malice
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PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
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PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
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PWG: Rocktoberfest
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PWG: The Reason For The Season
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PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
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PWG: 2nd Annual Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night Two
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FIP Bring the Pain
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WrestleMania XL Saturday
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WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
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WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday
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WrestleMania XL Sunday
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ROH: Reborn - Completion
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ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
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Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024
CM Punk in AEW: The End
CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven 2008
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WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
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ROH: WrestleRave '03
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ROH: Empire State Showdown
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ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
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ROH: The Last Stand
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ROH: Reborn - Stage One
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ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
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ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
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ROH: Generation Next
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ROH: World Title Classic
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011
Cm Punk
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
CM Punk (Appearance)
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
Self
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
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ROH: Survival of The Fittest
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Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
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WWE SummerSlam 2024
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WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff
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Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
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WWE: The True Story of The Royal Rumble
Himself
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
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WWE Bash in Berlin
Robbie
Let's Start a Cult
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Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin
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Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024
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FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1
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WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
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WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
Self
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
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ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
Billy (as C.M. Punk)
Rabid
Don Koch
Girl on the Third Floor
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Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Cena Gangster
WWE WrestleMania 22
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ROH: Escape From New York
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor
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IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
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IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
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ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
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ROH: Joe vs Punk II
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ROH: The Homecoming
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ROH: Redemption
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor III
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ROH: Fate of An Angel
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ROH: The Final Showdown
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ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
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ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
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ROH: Sign of Dishonor
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WWE: The New & Improved DX
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WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
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John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
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WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
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WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
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ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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ROH: Year Two
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Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
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Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
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ROH: Year Three
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ROH: Year Four
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AJ Styles: Styles Clash
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ROH: Year 5
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Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
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ROH: Best In The World
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Bloodstained Honor
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CM Punk: Icon
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CM Punk: The Second City Saint
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Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son
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ROH: Creating Excellence
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ROH: Greatest Rivalries
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ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
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Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
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Samoa Joe: Total Domination
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ROH: Stars of Honor
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
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TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
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The Essential AJ Styles Collection
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
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PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
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Straight Shootin' Series with Samoa Joe & CM Punk
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The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
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WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
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The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
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NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
CM Punk
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
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WWE Night of Champions 2011
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WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
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MLW War Games
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The True Story of WrestleMania
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MLW Revolutions
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MLW Rise of The Renegades
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ROH: Final Battle 2003
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ROH: The Conclusion
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ROH: Night of The Grudges
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ROH: Main Event Spectacles
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ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
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ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II
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ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
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ROH: Expect The Unexpected
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ROH: The Epic Encounter
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ROH: Night of Champions
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ROH: Glory By Honor II
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ROH: Do or Die
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ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
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ROH: Beating The Odds
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ROH: Night of The Butcher
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ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
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ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
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ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
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ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
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ROH: Final Battle 2004
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ROH: Testing The Limit
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ROH: At Our Best
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ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge
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ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You
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ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 3 - The Legacy Continues
Deputy Colton
Jakob's Wife
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ROH: Tradition Continues
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ROH: Gold
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ROH: War of the Wire
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ROH: 2nd Anniversary
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ROH: Glory By Honor III
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ROH: Collision Course
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Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
CM Punk
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
C.M. Punk (archive footage)
The John Cena Experience
CM Punk
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
CM Punk
WWE SummerSlam 2013
CM Punk
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
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AEW All Out 2021
CM Punk
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2
CM Punk
WWE Bad Blood 2024
Deputy
Night Patrol
self
قصة CM Punk في AEW : من عودة تاريخية إلى خروج صادم
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WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
CM Punk
Raw on Netflix Kickoff
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MLW Hybrid Hell
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WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
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WWE Royal Rumble 2025
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WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
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WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
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WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff
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WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
CM Punk
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff
CM Punk
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
CM Punk
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
C M Punk
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
CM Punk
WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show
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The 2025 Slammys
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WWE WrestleMania 41: Saturday
CM Punk
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
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Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX
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WWE Night of Champions 2025
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WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff
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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
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WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
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WWE Clash in Paris 2025
CM Punk
WWE Wrestlepalooza
Hard Knocks
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Saturday Night's Main Event XLI
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WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2025
Zebro Zebrowski (voice)
Zootopia 2
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WWE Survivor Series: Wargames 2025
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
313
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-10-26
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
C.M. Punk