CM Punk

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WC's Sexy Beast

Phillip (Phil) Brooks (born 26 October 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler. His straight edge gimmick reflects his lifestyle, taken to a more extreme level in the ring. As CM Punk says to his opponents, "Straight Edge means I'm drug-free, alcohol-free, and better than you!" He is currently the reigning OVW Heavyweight Champion.
As an inside joke to Punk's fans, asking him what "C.M." stands for yields a different answer each time. The most widely-believed theory is that Brooks was in a tag team early in his backyard wrestling years called the Chick Magnets ([1]), although Dave Prazak has once said it stood for Chuck Mosley for those playing at home. Another common belief is that the C.M stands for "Clean Made" due to his straight-edge gimmick and actual lifestyle mixed with the typicial stereotype of a "punk".

Career




IWA Mid-South

Following a stint in a backyard wrestling federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation in the mid-late 90's, Brooks trained as a wrestler at the Steel Domain. He was mostly trained by Ace Steel. It was in the Steel Domain that he met Scott Colton, who later adopted the stage name Colt Cabana. Brooks befriended Colton and spent most of the time working in the same independent promotions as opponents or allies. Punk's home promotion for his early career could be considered IWA Mid-South. He, along with Colt Cabana, Paul/Chuck E. Smoothe, and manager Dave Prazak, formed the Gold Bond Mafia. Punk, Cabana, and Smoothe (along with Chris Hero, among others) became some of IWA Mid-South's hottest young wrestlers. CM Punk also feuded with both Cabana and Hero. Punk's matches with Cabana led him to getting a job in Ring of Honor. Punk's matches in IWA Mid-South are not only considered to have given Punk recognition, but are also credited for putting IWA Mid-South on the map. In his last match in IWA Mid-South, Punk faced Delirous in a 60-minute draw. Half-way through the match, Punk exposed his butt in memory of Chris Candido.



Cracked skull

Punk cracked his skull when he attempted one of his signature moves at that time, a twisting springboard moonsault to a flying neckbreaker. He refused pain medication due to his Straight Edge lifestyle. Doctors told him not to strain himself for a year. However, Punk returned to wrestling only a few months later.



Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor

Punk joined Ring of Honor and started climbing the ranks. Punk also joined NWA:Total Nonstop Action, where he was soon paired with Julio Dinero as sidekicks for Raven. Punk's feud with Raven in RoH was a big success, and soon they were feuding in TNA. Raven and Punk were originally slated to face off in a hair versus hair match in RoH. TNA objected and insisted the match to be had in their promotion with Raven facing Shane Douglas instead of Punk. ROH ended up arranging a steel cage match between them instead. Punk's time in TNA ended when he had a scuffle with Teddy Hart outside of a restaurant shortly after a TNA show. Punk was still under contract, but was not used, though, according to Punk, TNA was intending to use him again. However, when TNA wanted him to stop working ROH shows, he refused, and thus never returned. The contract ran out almost a year later.



Samoa Joe

For an unpublished reason, TNA forbid their main stars from working in ROH at the beginning of 2004. Around the same time the Rob Feinstein controversy hit, causing some workers to leave, and ROH found itself without most of its top stars (including, most notably, Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles). Punk decided to stay. Some months later, Punk and Samoa Joe faced off in a three match series for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.
The first match, on June 12, 2004 in Dayton, Ohio, resulted in a 60 minute time-limit draw. The show was named World Title Classic. The second encounter was scheduled for Punk's hometown of Chicago, Illinois. At Joe vs. Punk II on October 16, they wrestled to a second 60 minute draw once again. In addition to becoming Ring of Honor's best selling DVD at that point, the match received the first 5-star rating by Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer newsletter for a match in North America since 1997. Joe finally won the series in the third match that December. Those matches were very highly rated, and resulted in much stir and raise in ROH's publicity. It is generally thought that the company would not have survived its slump without Punk.
Punk had been laid off from his previous full-time job as a laboratory technician for Underwriters Laboratories. Soon after the lay off, he became the head trainer for ROH's wrestling school. Punk has stated that he never had the credentials for the laboratory work, and only worked there so he could afford wrestling.



Jimmy Rave, WWE deal and ROH Championship




On February 26, 2005 Punk began a heated feud with Jimmy Rave of The Embassy after Rave pinned Punk using flyspray to blind him while Prince Nana distracted the referee. After the match, Rave proceeded to give Punk's valet, Traci Brooks, the Rave Clash. Later, after a tag match with Colt Cabana against Rave and Fast Eddie Vegas, which they lost after significant interference on the part of the Embassy, The Embassy held down Punk and Rave attempted to remove Punk's straight edge tattoo on his stomach with a cheese grater. Following that, Rave defeated Punk for a third time in a dog collar match at Manhattan Mayhem. Punk finally defeated Rave in a steel cage match after a suplex off the top of the cage.
In June of 2005, CM Punk accepted a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment, after wrestling try-out matches on its Sunday Night HEAT show. Even though he had accepted the deal, CM Punk went on to beat Austin Aries to win the ROH World Heavyweight Championship at Death Before Dishonor III.
This started a critically acclaimed angle where Punk threatened to bring the ROH title to the WWE with him. For weeks, Punk teased the ROH locker room and the ROH fans, proving his great versatility as a performer by garnering a great amount of heel heat for a popular wrestler. At each ROH show, it seemed like Punk was set to lose the title, but would continue to hold on to the belt for the next show. A notable part of this angle was Mick Foley making several ROH appearances, attempting to convince Punk to do the right thing and defend the title on his way out.
On August 12, 2005 CM Punk lost his ROH World Title to James Gibson in Dayton, Ohio in a four corner elimination match consisting of himself, Gibson, Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels. Austin Aries replaced Punk as head trainer at the ROH Wrestling School, leaving him no commitments and making him available to leave ROH. His final match in Ring of Honor took place on August 13, 2005 against his good friend Colt Cabana at Punk:The Final Chapter.
He reappeared on February 11, 2006, due to a severe snowstorm which prevented several ROH wrestlers from attending. Punk asked for permission from WWE official Tommy Dreamer to appear so he could help out ROH. Dreamer approved and Punk appeared during the night to fill gaps where others were supposed to appear. In the main event, he teamed with Bryan Danielson as a replacement for Low Ki to wrestle Jimmy Rave and Adam Pearce.



Ohio Valley Wrestling




Punk was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling, a WWE developmental territory. On September 26, 2005 in his OVW television debut, Punk suffered a ruptured eardrum and broken nose at the hands of Danny Inferno, after he was hit by a overly stiff right hand. Despite the injury, Punk finished the match and quickly recovered.
On November 9, 2005, Punk became the OVW Television Champion after defeating Ken Doane. This led immediately 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 because Punk had hit him with a chair so he himself could wrestle Doane. This led to a series of matches, including one which ended in overtime with Albright having Punk submit to the Crowbar. However, Punk was able to keep the title as he didn't agree to the extra time. On January 4, 2006, Punk lost the TV Title in a rematch during a three way dance between him, Albright and Doane. Doane was injured halfway through the match and could not continue. Aaron Stevens then came in the match to replace Doane. Punk then submitted to Albright's Crowbar, and after interference by Punk, Stevens was able to get the pin on Albright to become the new OVW Television Champion.
The feud continued after a short lapse where Albright and Punk became a tag team, but that all changed when Albright wanted the respect of Punk who would never give it to him and instead proceeded to "punk out" Albright repeatedly. This continued for weeks with Punk always getting the better of Albright until a double turn occurred on February 1, 2006 when Albright turned heel during a tag match allowing The Spirit Squad to destroy Punk and, in doing so, turning Punk face.
When Matt Cappotelli vacated the OVW Heavyweight Championship due to brain cancer, a tournament was held to crown a new champion. The finals were Brent Albright vs CM Punk with Albright defeating Punk to become the new champion. Punk and Albright continued their feud with Albright becoming more and more unstable and paranoid about maintaining his championship after several close call matches against Punk, resulting in acts such as threatening Maria. On May 3, 2006, Punk finally defeated Brent Albright in a strap match to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship. Punk also had some minor feuds, retaining the title in matches against Shad Gaspard & Ken Kennedy.



In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves

• Pepsi Plunge (Top rope double underhook facebuster)
• Anaconda Vice (Arm triangle choke sometimes preceeded by an arm triangle facebuster)

• Formerly anaconda vice

• Pepsi Twist (Jumping hammerlock short-arm lariat)
• Shining Wizard
• .45 Special (Modified bow and arrow hold)
• Devil Lock (Modified sharpshooter)
• Devil Lock DDT (Hammerlock legsweep DDT)
• Mule Kick (Arm wrench mule kick)
• Snapmare followed by a dropkick to the back of the head
• Springboard corkscrew flying neckbreaker
• The Jackie Chan (While in a corner holds onto ropes, when opponent attempts to pull Punk off ropes by his legs Punk performs a backflip landing on his feet)
• Welcome to Chicago, Motherfucker (Double underhook backbreaker)

• Managers

• Tracy Brooks
• Lucy Furr
• Bobby Heenan
• Alexis Laree
• Dave Prazak

• Stables

• The Gold Bond Mafia
• The Goon Squad
• The Gathering (NWA:TNA)
• The New Dawn (FIP)
• Second City Saints (ROH)
• The Superheroes

Championships and accomplishments

• IWA Mid-South

• 5-time IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Champion

• NWA Cyberspace

• 1-time NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Champion with Julio Dinero

• NWA Revolution

• 1-time NWA Revolution Heavyweight Champion

• Ohio Valley Wrestling

• 1-time OVW Heavyweight Champion (current)
• 1-time OVW Television Champion

• Ring of Honor

• 1-time ROH World Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time ROH Tag Team Champion with Colt Cabana

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 5 Star Match: vs Samoa Joe (ROH Joe vs Punk 2, October 16, 2004)

• Others

• 1-time HPW Tag Team Champion
• 1-time IWC Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time MAW Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time SDW Television Champion
• 1-time SPCW Northern States Light Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time RCW Heavyweight Champion

Championship succession

OVW Heavyweight Championship
Preceded by: Brent Albright	First	Succeeded by: Current
OVW Television Championship
Preceded by: Ken Doane	First	Succeeded by: Aaron Stevens
ROH World Heavyweight Championship
Preceded by: Austin Aries	First	Succeeded by: James Gibson
ROH Tag Team Championship
Preceded by: Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe	First, with Colt Cabana	Succeeded by: Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer
Preceded by: Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe	Second, with Colt Cabana	Succeeded by: Havana Pitbulls
IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
Preceded by: Suicide Kid	First	Succeeded by: Eddie Guerrero
Preceded by: Eddie Guerrero	Second	Succeeded by: Colt Cabana
Preceded by: M-Dogg 20	Third	Succeeded by: BJ Whitmer
Preceded by: BJ Whitmer	Fourth	Succeeded by: Chris Hero
Preceded by: AJ Styles	Fifth	Succeeded by: Danny Daniels
IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
Preceded by: Mark Wolf	First	Succeeded by: Tarek the Great
Preceded by: Tarek the Great	Second	Succeeded by: Kurt Krueger
NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship
Preceded by: Papadon and Havok	First, with Julio Dinero	Succeeded by: Kayotic Kid and Luda Kash

Personal Life

He is currently dating WWE Diva Maria, which she confirmed in an interview with The Sun after pictures of the two kissing surfaced on the Internet.
He has previously been romantically linked to Shannon Spruill and Tracy Brookshaw.

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

that is a good idea for a tattoo. I like coke.

Chewy

The guy looks like a walkin nascar because of all the advertisements on him.