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. Since joining the newly revived ECW on Sci-Fi in July, , he had an undefeated winning streak until in ended on January 9, when he was defeated by Bob Howard.
Has stated that the 'C. In PWI magazine named his one hour classic with Samoa Joe the first five star match in seven years. Punk won the first ever "Gulf of Mexico" match on Feb. He defeated Chavo Guererro by throwing him into the Gulf of Mexico. 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. 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. Became the first man ever to win the 'Money In The Bank' ladder match two years in a row. Has been offered a WWE contract. After a hard fought match with the man who calls himself the "Guru of Greatness" John Morrison. Made scathing remarks in June live on national television on the WWE's flagship "Raw" program, wherein he decried the direction the WWE was taking, especially in relation to story lines, the usage of its on-air talent, and the way the company treated the fans in general.
There is still fierce debate among many fans to this day as to whether Punk had any prior permission or approval to say what he said, if this was scripted in any way by them, or if this was CM Punk doing a shoot making unscripted, off the cuff and often negative remarks on the WWE.
This was also widely considered to be his first "pipe bomb" promo, or a promo in which he says something as explosive as it was creative. His wrestling character displays various aspects of Punk's real-life involvement with the Straight Edge movement complete abstinence from drugs, alcohol and promiscuous sex.
As a good guy, Punk's character is effective his real-life personality, in which he doesn't personally partake in drugs or alcohol, but is largely indifferent to others doing so. As a heel however, he's quite militant about his involvement in the movement, and constantly tries to show how it makes him better than everyone.
Regardless of alignment, Punk is regarded as one of the best technical wrestlers in the business, and his skills on the microphone are highly lauded by fans and fellow wrestlers alike. Revealed that he was terminated for breach of contract on his wedding day on Colt Cabana's Art Of Wrestling podcast in November of His mother was born in Breitenfelde, Germany, to Polish parents.
She moved to the U. On August 20, , C. Haters are my favorite. I've built an empire with the bricks they've thrown at me. The former World Champion was then traded to Raw for Edge on October 11, , and he replaced Wade Barrett as the leader of the once-promising Nexus faction. In June , Punk stated that his WWE contract would expire at Money in the Bank and vowed to leave with the company's top prize, which was then held by John Cena.
He then unleashed a vicious, scathing promo, on WWE and its majority owner, Vince McMahon, that almost instantly made him the most popular performer on the roster. Two weeks later, the Voice of the Voiceless defeated Cena to capture the WWE title in what is now regarded one of the finest matches in modern professional wrestling history. Even though he dropped the strap to Alberto Del Rio at Summerslam , Punk won it back at Survivor Series and embarked on day reign as champion that ended when he lost to The Rock at Royal Rumble After an unsuccessful attempt at ending The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania 29, the Chicago native was largely embroiled in a series of mid-card feuds before eventually leaving WWE in January after a dispute with management.
After Punk lasted until the final four, Kane, who had already been eliminated earlier in the match by Punk, illegally eliminated The Straight Edge Superstar from the outside and proceeded to chokeslam him through the announce table. With verbal skills that matched his in-ring abilities, Punk cemented himself as one of the most prolific and influential WWE Champions of all time, and his historic career can be enjoyed on WWE Network.
CM Punk. Superstar Stats CM Punk. Weight lbs. The first match, on June 12, at World Title Classic in Dayton, Ohio, resulted in a minute time limit draw when neither Punk nor Joe could pin or cause the other to submit in the 60 minutes. At Joe vs. Punk II on [[ October 16 ]], they wrestled to a second minute draw. In addition to Joe vs. Joe ended the series by defeating Punk in the third and final match on December 4, at All-Star Extravaganza 2 in which there was a no time limit stipulation.
During the storyline, Mick Foley made several ROH appearances, attempting to convince Punk to do the right thing and defend the title on his way out. Punk's final scheduled match in Ring of Honor took place at Punk: The Final Chapter on August 13, against long-time friend Colt Cabana in a two out of three falls match , which he lost. In his last match, Punk was visibly crying and was showered with streamers when he posed in the middle of the ring. In addition, most of the ROH roster contracted to TNA were pulled from the show because of a snowstorm that TNA officials thought might prevent performers from reaching a pay-per-view scheduled the next day.
On September 26, in his OVW television debut, Punk suffered a ruptured eardrum and broken nose after Danny Inferno hit him with an overly stiff right hand. Despite the injury, Punk finished the match and quickly recovered. On November 9, , Punk became the OVW Television Champion after defeating Ken Doane , which immediately led to a feud between Punk and Brent Albright , who had previously been feuding with Doane for the Television Championship and had lost his chance to wrestle Doane after Punk hit him with a chair so he himself could wrestle Doane.
They wrestled in series of matches, including one that ended in overtime with Albright having Punk submit to Albright's finisher , the Crowbar, but Punk was able to keep the championship, as he had not agreed to the extra time. Doane was injured halfway through the match and was replaced by Aaron "The Idol" Stevens. Punk submitted to Albright's Crowbar and was eliminated, but he returned later in the match to distract Albright allowing Stevens to pin Albright and become the new OVW Television Champion.
The feud continued after a short period in which Albright and Punk were a tag team, but they became opponents again after Albright wanted the respect of Punk, who would never give it to him, and instead proceeded to "punk out" get the better of Albright repeatedly.
This feud continued for weeks with Punk always getting the better of Albright until a double turn occurred on February 1, when Albright became a villain during a tag match, allowing the Spirit Squad to beat Punk and, in doing so, making Punk a crowd favorite. During this time, Punk had a minor appearance at WrestleMania 22 on April 2, as one of the gangsters who rode a s era car to the ring before John Cena 's entrance.
After Matt Cappotelli vacated the OVW Heavyweight Championship because of a brain tumor in February , a tournament was held to crown a new champion. Punk and Albright continued their feud, with Albright becoming more unstable and paranoid about maintaining his championship after several close call matches against Punk, resulting in acts such as threatening Maria.
This altercation led to a feud between Punk and Skyfire after a rematch for the Tag Team Championship on August 7, in which a healthy Punk purposefully tagged in an injured Skyfire to be beaten by Shade and Compton. As Punk no longer possessed the championship, OVW no longer required him.
He was removed from the roster and brought up to the WWE roster full-time. He continued to make sporadic appearances for the company, such as at the th episode of OVW on television, up until WWE announced it was ending its developmental territory agreement with OVW on February 7, He made his TV debut on the July 4 episode of ECW on Sci Fi , cutting a brief pre-taped promo about his straight edge lifestyle emphasizing the disciplinary aspects of being drug and alcohol free.
Although he had retained the straight edge gimmick, he now had a Muay Thai training background. Anderson, Stevie Richards and Shannon Moore. Punk defeated Knox in their first singles match qualifying for the Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember in the process as well as the rematch, after which Kelly Kelly celebrated CM Punk's victory over her boyfriend.
Following the pay-per-view, Punk entered into a feud with Hardcore Holly , who ended Punk's six-month unbeaten streak in singles competition on January 9, At WrestleMania 23, Punk competed in, but did not win, the Money in the Bank ladder match, being knocked off the ladder just seconds before the winner, Mr.
Kennedy , claimed the briefcase. After the match, Punk proceeded to deliver his finisher, the Go To Sleep, on Burke and sarcastically apologized before leaving the ring alone, becoming a fan favorite again. At Judgement Day , Punk wrestled and defeated Burke in his first singles match on a pay-per-view. Benoit, however, was hastily replaced by Johnny Nitro when Benoit no-showed the event due to what was described on-air as "personal reasons". Nitro subsequently defeated Punk at Vengeance for the vacant championship.
Punk won another shot at the title at The Great American Bash against Nitro, who had changed his moniker to John Morrison by this point; however, Punk was defeated again by Morrison. The next week, Punk challenged Elijah Burke and Tommy Dreamer in a triple threat match to determine the next competitor in Morrison's 15 Minutes of Fame Challenge, in which Punk came out victorious.
At SummerSlam, however, Punk lost the match when Morrison used the ropes for leverage. Kennedy and Carlito. In the period after the draft, Punk feuded with Umaga over Umaga's repeated surprise attacks while Punk was attempting to cash in his Money in the Bank Contract.
This ultimately resulted in a Samoan strap match at Extreme Rules which was won by Punk. Punk retained his title in a Triple Threat match against both Edge and Hardy eight days later on the June 15 episode of Raw.
At The Bash in Sacramento, California, Punk lost to Hardy by disqualification after kicking the referee after being afflicted with a storyline eye injury, claiming he could not see the referee, but because titles do not change hands on a disqualification, Punk retained the championship. Hardy called Punk into question about his eye injury, believing he had been feigning it, leading Punk to turn heel , claiming to be the moral superior of those who support Hardy due to his drug-free lifestyle.
At Night of Champions , Punk lost the championship to Hardy. On the August 28 edition of Friday Night SmackDown , Punk concluded his program with Hardy and achieved his booked goal of excising him from the WWE, defeating Hardy in a steel cage match wherein the loser agreed to leave the company.
This act would earn Punk a second Slammy that December as he was named winner for 's "Shocker of the Year". Undertaker originally won the match with his Hell's Gate submission hold. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long re-started the match after stating that the ban that former General Manager Vickie Guerrero had placed on the move was still in effect. Punk would win the match with his Anaconda vise when referee Scott Armstrong called for the bell despite Undertaker never submitting reminiscent to the Montreal Screwjob , which took place in the same venue in His character took on a more sinister dimension on the November 27 episode of SmackDown when he revealed that he had converted Luke Gallows , who had previously been portrayed as mentally incompetent, to the straight-edge lifestyle which had rid him of his mental troubles.
Continuing to espouse his straight-edge philosophy, Punk began to present himself as a cult-like savior to the crowd, growing his hair, beard and chest hair long in an allusion to Jesus. Through January Punk began to convert planted members of the audience to a straight-edge lifestyle, making them take a pledge of allegiance to him and shaving their head as a sign of renewal and devotion.
The third convert, Serena , from thereafter accompanied Punk and ran interference in his matches, acting with Gallows as Punk's Straight Edge Society. Over the weeks, however, Young became fascinated with Punk's straight-edge lifestyle and Punk became impressed at Young's skills. Luke Gallows, however, showed signs of jealousy towards Young. In the weeks to follow, tensions between the two increased, especially after Mysterio interfered in a Money in the Bank qualifier, causing Punk to lose.
During the on-screen celebration of Rey Mysterio's daughter's ninth birthday the Straight Edge Society showed up, taunting Mysterio and challenging him to a match at WrestleMania XXVI and also a match then and there, a challenge Mysterio declined to answer as he escorted his family away from the arena to the sound of CM Punk declaring that Rey was a coward.
Later in the night, during Luke Gallows' match against Kane, Mysterio returned to the ring and proceeded to attack Punk after the latter interfered in the match. This caused Punk to run from the arena. The following week, Mysterio accepted the challenge at a match at WrestleMania, albeit in a street fight.
Punk told Mysterio he would have to beat Luke Gallows for him to accept the challenge as a street fight.
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