![]() ![]() He had his debut match on March 13, 1999. Professional wrestling career Early career and IWA Mid-South (1999–2005) Punk (front) in a match against Danny Dominion at an NWA Midwest event in November 2002īrooks' first venture into wrestling was a stint in a backyard wrestling federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his brother Mike and their friends in the mid-late 1990s. His father struggled with alcoholism, which inspired Brooks to follow a straight edge lifestyle from an early age his mother had bipolar disorder, causing him to become estranged from her. ![]() He grew up in nearby Lockport, where he attended Lockport Township High School. Phillip Jack Brooks was born in Chicago on October 26, 1978, the son of a housewife and an engineer. Brooks has also appeared as a color commentator for Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) and was an analyst on WWE Backstage.īrooks had his first lead 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). 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. A welterweight, he had his first professional fight at UFC 203 in 2016, losing via submission to Mickey Gall. Īfter his initial retirement from professional wrestling, Brooks pursued a career as a mixed martial artist and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2014. 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 much speculation, he joined AEW in 2021 and has since become a two-time AEW World Champion.īrooks 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. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, Brooks acrimoniously departed the company and retired from professional wrestling in 2014. 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 20 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Brooks also won the World Tag Team Championship, becoming WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion the fastest wrestler to do so, in 203 days. ![]() He signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (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. Best known for his time in WWE, Brooks' 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the seventh longest in the championship's history.īrooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once. Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Daniel Wanderley īlue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Daniel Wanderley ![]()
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