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CM Punk
|CM Punk
CM Punk at the 2011 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards
|Ring name(s)
|CM Punk
|Billed height
|6 ft. 2 in. (188 cm)[1]
|Billed weight
|218 lb (99 kg)
|October 26, 1978 [2]
Chicago, Illinois[2]
|Billed from
|Chicago, Illinois[1]
|Trained by
|Ace Steel[3]
Danny Dominion[4]
Kevin Quinn[4]
Dave Taylor[5]
Dave Finlay[5]
William Regal[5]
Phillip Jack Brooks[8] (born on October 26, 1978),[2] better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the WWE where he worked for them from 2005 until his abrupt walk out from the company on January 27, 2014. During his time there, he was credited as being "the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the modern era" and held the championship for 434 days.[9] He is also recognized as the sixth-longest reigning champion of all time.[10] He was also a one-time ECW Champion, three-time World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WWE Champion, one-time World Tag Team Champion with Kofi Kingston, one-time Intercontinental Champion, Mr. Money in the Bank in 2008 and 2009 (the only wrestler to win the match twice), and won the Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year in 2011.
Punk is Straight edge and is an Atheist[11]
- 1 Career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 In wrestling
- 4 Championships
- 5 References
- 6 Other Websites
Career[change | change source]
Early career[change | change source]
He started out wrestling in a backyard wrestling federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation along with his friends and his brother Mike Brooks in the mid-late 1990s and used the ring name CM Punk as a member of the Chick Magnets with his tag team partner CM Venom after another wrestler had skipped out on the card.[4] He actually wanted to become a professional wrestler unlike his friends and thought of it more than just simple fun.[4] Punk distanced himself from his brother Mike and has not spoke to him since after he found out that Mike was stealing thousands of dollars from the company.[12]
He left LWF to be trained to become a professional wrestler by Ace Steel, Danny Dominion and Kevin Quinn at the "Steel Dominion" wrestling school in Chicago.[3] He also competed at Steel Domain Wrestling in St. Paul, Minnesota and met Scott Colton, later known by the ring name Colt Cabana. Punk and Colton would later become best friends.[13]
Punk began competing for the promotion Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South.[4] He won the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship 2 times and the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship five time, defeating the likes of A.J. Styles, Colt Cabana and Eddie Guerrero. He feuded with wrestlers like Colt Cabana and Chris Hero. During his feud with Hero, they competed in a 55-minute TLC match,[4] a 93-minute two out of three falls match,[5] and many 60-minute time limit draws.[14] During the feud with Cabana, Punk wrestled him in many different matches. The matches he had with Cabana would lead Punk to being hired by Ring of Honor.[5] He chose not to compete for Mid-South anymore from February 2003 until May 2004 because he said that he was protesting the mistreatment of Chris Hero from Ian Rotten.[4] Punk returned to the company and performed as both a wrestler and commentator. He stayed with the company until 2005 when he was signed by the World Wrestling Entertainment. His last match in the company was against Delirious which ended in a 60-minute time limit draw[15]
Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling[change | change source]
In 2002, Punk joined Ring of Honor.[4] He feuded with Raven and their feud was considered to be one of the best feuds of ROH in 2003.[16] Their feud ended when Punk defeated Raven in a steel cage match at The Conclusion.[17] During that time, Punk joined NWA Nonstop Action Wrestling and was a member of Raven's stable, The Gathering along with Julio Dinero.[4]
World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE[change | change source]
Ohio Valley Wrestling[change | change source]
Punk started in the WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling and debuted on September 8, 2005 in a six-man tag team dark match where he teamed with Nigel McGuinness and Paul Burchill in a losing effort to the team of Deuce Shade, Elijah Burke and Seth Skyfire.[18] On November 9, 2005, Punk defeated Ken Doane to become the OVW Television Champion.[19] Brent Albright was suppose to face Doane but lost his chance when Punk hit him with a steel chair. This led to Punk feuding with Albright. On January 4, 2006, Punk was involved in a Three-Way Dance match with both Doane and Albright. He lost the championship when Punk submitted to Albright's finishing move, the Crowbar. The feud ended on February 1, 2006 when a double turn occurred. Albright turned heel by allowing the Spirit Squad to beat Punk which turned Punk face. During John Cena's WrestleMania 22 entrance, Punk made a small appearance as a gangster and rode on the side of a 1930s era car to the ring.[20]
Matt Cappotelli, the OVW Heavyweight Champion at the time, vacated the championship in February 2006 after he found out that he had a brain tumor.[21] After Cappotelli vacated the title, OVW held a tournament to crown a new champion. Punk was able to reach the finals and faced Brent Albright. Albright defeated Punk in the finals to become the new champion.[22] Punk and Albright feuded again and Punk was able to defeat Albright in a strap match on May 3, 2006 to become the champion.[22] He also became one-half of the Southern Tag Team Champions when he teamed with Seth Skyfire and defeated Shad Gaspard and the Neighborhoodie at a house show on July 28, 2006.[23] They lost the championships to Deuce Shade and "Domino" Cliff Compton on July 28, 2006 and Punk feuded with Skyfire.[24] Skyfire was suppose to face Punk in a match for the OVW Heavyweight Championship but he was attacked before the match by Charles "The Hammer" Evans. Chet Jablonski replaced Skyfire in the match and defeated Punk to win the championship.[25] After Punk lost the championship, he was called up to WWE's main roster full-time.
Main roster[change | change source]
ECW[change | change source]
Punk debuted in the WWE on the ECW brand in a match against Stevie Richards on June 24, 2006.[26] He made his televised debut on the July 4 episode of ECW on Sci Fi. During his debut, he cut a short pre-taped promo where he talked about his straight edge lifestyle.[27] His first televised match was on August 1, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom where he defeated Justin Credible.[28] During his time there, he started a winning streak. He started a feud with Mike Knox over Knox's girlfriend, Kelly Kelly.[29] Punk was able to qualify for the Extreme Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember after he defeated Knox in their first match.[30] He competed in the Survivor Series match where he teamed with D-Generation X and the Hardy Boyz to defeat Rated-RKO, Knox, John Morrison and Gregory Helms.[31] During the Chamber match, Punk was the first person eliminated by Rob Van Dam.[32]
He then began a feud with Hardcore Holly. On January 9, 2007, Holly was able to snap Punk's six-month unbeaten streak after he defeated him.[33] When his feud with Holly was over, Punk started a feud with Matt Striker. Striker defeated Punk which gave Punk a second loss on his record.[34] Punk defeated Johnny Nitro and earned a chance to compete in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23.[35] Punk didn't win the match though as it was won by Mr. Kennedy.[36]
Punk turned heel by joining the New Breed alliance on the April 10, 2007 ECW on Sci Fi.[37] He turned face again two weeks later when he kicked the New Breed's leader Elijah Burke in the head and cost them a four on four elimination match. Punk delivered his finishing move, the Go To Sleep, to Burke and sarcastically apologized before he left the ring.[38] Punk would defeat Burke in a singles match at Judgment Day[39] and teamed with The ECW Originals (Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman) to defeat The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Matt Striker and Marcus Cor Von) in a six-man tag team tables match at One Night Stand.[40]
When then-ECW Champion Bobby Lashley was drafted to Raw, he was stripped of the championship and ECW held a tournament to decide the new champion. Punk defeated Marcus Cor Von on the June 19 episode of ECW on Sci Fi.[41] Punk was suppose to face Chris Benoit at Vengeance: Night of Champions next but Benoit legitimately no-showed the event after he killed his family and himself.[42] He was replaced by Johnny Nitro and Nitro defeated Punk for the vacant championship.[43]
Punk was able to challenge for the title again at The Great American Bash against Nitro (who changed his ring name to John Morrison at this point) but was again defeated by Morrison.[44] Punk challenged Elijah Burke and Tommy Dreamer in a triple threat match. The match was to determine who the next competitor in Morrison's 15 Minutes of Fame Challenge, in which Punk won.[45] Punk was able to defeat Morrison a week later for a ECW Championship title match at SummerSlam. Morrison defeated Punk at SummerSlam when Morrison used the ropes for a leverage pin.[46]
During the September 1, 2007 (aired September 4) ECW taping, Punk was able to defeat Morrison in a "last chance" title match to win the ECW Championship.[47] Punk successfully defended his championship against Elijah Burke at Unforgiven,[48] Big Daddy V via disqualification at No Mercy,[49] The Miz at Cyber Sunday,[50] John Morrison on the November 6, 2007 episode of ECW,[51] and in a triple threat match against The Miz and John Morrison at Survivor Series.[52] On the January 22, 2008 episode of ECW, Punk was defeated by Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship in a No Disqualification match after Edge ran in and speared Punk.[53] At WrestleMania XXIV, he competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match and defeated Chris Jericho, Montel Vontavious Porter, Shelton Benjamin, John Morrison, Mr. Kennedy and Carlito.[54]
Raw & World Heavyweight Champion[change | change source]
On the June 23, 2008 episode of Raw, Punk was drafted to the Raw brand during the 2008 WWE Draft.[55] During his first night on Raw, Batista beat down the World Heavyweight Champion Edge and left him lying in the ring. Punk then ran down the ramp to the ring with referee Mike Chioda. He then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract, hit Edge with the Go to Sleep and pinned him to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. Punk defended the title for the first time later in the night against JBL.[56] Punk was able to hold the championship until Unforgiven on September 7, 2008. Before Punk was able to compete in the Championship Scramble match, he was attacked by The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase with Manu). Orton ended the attack by punting Punk in the head.[57] This led to Punk being unable to compete in the match and having to forfeit the title. In the match, Punk was replaced by Chris Jericho, who was able to win the match and the title.[58] Punk had a rematch against Jericho eight days later on the September 15 episode of Raw but he was unable to regain the title in a steel cage match.[59]
On the October 27, 2008 episode of Raw, Punk and Kofi Kingston were able to defeat Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to win the World Tag Team Championship.[60] Punk and Kofi were also members of Team Batista at Survivor Series where they lost to Team Orton.[61] After Survivor Series, Punk entered the number one contender Intercontinental Championship Tournament. Punk was able to defeat Snitsky and John Morrison in the first two rounds.[62] On December 13, 2008, John Morrison and The Miz defeated Punk and Kingston for the World Tag Team Championship at a live event.[63] Punk defeated Rey Mysterio the next day at Armageddon to win the tournament.
On the January 5 episode of Raw, he received an Intercontinental Championship title match against William Regal. The match ended in a disqualification, when Regal grabbed the referee's shirt.[64] Due to this, Stephanie McMahon gave Punk a rematch the next week. The rematch ended in a disqualification but this time it was Punk that got disqualified.[65] He was awarded another rematch on the January 19 episode of Raw but this time it was a No Disqualification match. Punk was able to win the match and the championship.[66] When he won the championship, Punk became the nineteenth Triple Crown Champion. He also became the person to accomplish the Triple Crown in the fastest amount of time, which broke Kevin Nash's old record.[67] On the March 9 episode of Raw, Punk was defeated for the championship by John "Bradshaw" Layfield.[68] Punk was able to win the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXV and became the first person to win the match twice.[69] At the 2009 WWE Draft on April 13, 2009, he was drafted from Raw to SmackDown.[70] He began a feud with Umaga because of Umaga's multiple surprise attacks when Punk was attempting to cash in his Money in the Bank Contract. The feud resulted in a Samoan strap match at Extreme Rules. The match was won by Punk.[71]
When the pay-per-view was about to end, Punk ran down to the ring, cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[72] On the June 15 episode of Raw, Punk defended his championship in a Triple Threat match against Edge and Hardy.[73] At The Bash, Punk lost to Hardy by disqualification when Punk kicked the referee after he was affected with a storyline eye injury and claimed that he could not see the referee, but because the titles do not change hands from disqualification, Punk retained the championship. When Hardy believed that Punk was faking his eye injury, he called him out on it. This led Punk to turn heel and said that he was the moral superior to fans of Hardy because of his drug-free lifestyle.[74] Punk lost the championship to Hardy at Night of Champions.[75] Punk and Hardy had a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at SummerSlam where Punk won the championship back. After the match, Punk was attacked by The Undertaker.[76] Punk's feud with Hardy ended on the August 28 episode of Friday Night SmackDown when Punk defeated Hardy in a steel cage match where the loser of the match would have to leave the company.[77] The match earned a Slammy Award for "Shocker of the Year" in 2009.
At Breaking Point in Montreal, Punk competed in a submission match against The Undertaker. Punk defeated The Undertaker in the match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. The Undertaker originally won the match with his Hell's Gate submission hold. The SmackDown general manager Theodore Long restarted the match after announcing that the ban that the former general manager Vickie Guerrero set on his move was still in effect. Punk won the match with the Anaconda Vise when the referee Scott Armstrong called for the bell even though the Undertaker did not submit (similar to the Montreal Screwjob which happened in the same arena in 1997).[78] Punk was defeated by The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Hell in a Cell.[79] Punk had a rematch against The Undertaker on Smackdown and had another rematch at Bragging Rights in a Fatal Four Way match which also involved Batista and Rey Mysterio but he lost both matches.[80][81]
The Straight Edge Society & New Nexus[change | change source]
He changed his character in a more menacing direction on the November 27 episode of SmackDown when he revealed that he had converted Luke Gallows, who had the former gimmick of the mentally incompetent wrestler Festus, to the straight-edge lifestyle which had got rid of his mental problems.[82] He continued to support his straight-edge philosophy, he began to present himself as a cult-like savior to the crowd. He also grew out the hair on his head, face and chest in an allusion to Jesus.[83] Through the month of January, he began to convert planted members of the audience to the straight-edge lifestyle by making them take a pledge of allegiance to him and then shaving their head as a sign of renewal and devotion.[84] After he converted multiple people who were not seen again, one of the converts Serena began accompanying Punk and Gallows and they later formed the Straight Edge Society.[85] While leading the stable, he was also the mentor of WWE NXT rookie Darren Young. At one point, Young was going to join the Straight Edge Society but he chose not to join before he was about to have his head shaved.[86]
Punk would occasionally give sermons and even gave sermon while competing in both the Royal Rumble[87] and Elimination Chamber matches.[88] During the Chamber match, Punk was eliminated by Rey Mysterio, who he was feuding with going into the PPV. This raised tensions between the two as Mysterio prevented him from winning a Money in the Bank qualifying match which then lead to Punk interrupting Mysterio's celebration of his daughter's ninth birthday and singing his own version of "Happy Birthday to You" to her.[89] Mysterio challenged Punk to a Street Fight at WrestleMania XXVI but he lost to Gallows. A stipulation was added by Punk that if Mysterio lost, he would have to join the Society. Mysterio defeated Punk at WrestleMania[90] and a rematch took place at Extreme Rules where if Punk lost, he would have to have his head shaved like his disciples. Punk was able to win the match after outside interference from a fourth member of the Society who kept his face covered.[91] A third and final match was held at Over The Limit with both of the previous stipulations put on. At the event, Punk was defeated by Mysterio and had his head shaved bald.[92]
Punk felt embarrassed by having his head shaved and he considered himself to be always pure unlike his followers, Punk appeared under a mask to cover his bald head on the May 29 episode of SmackDown.[93] At Fatal 4-Way, Punk challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship against Mysterio, The Big Show and the champion Jack Swagger but lost when Kane attacked Punk after Kane accused Punk of being the person who attacked The Undertaker.[94] Punk was unmasked by Big Show on the July 16 episode of SmackDown while Punk was healing from an arm injury.[95] On the July 23 episode of SmackDown, Big Show unmasked the fourth member of the Straight Edge Society and it was revealed to be Joey Mercury.[96] This incident led to a handicap match at SummerSlam. In the match, Big Show defeated the Straight Edge Society when Punk abandoned them.[97] Punk was defeated in a singles match against Big Show at Night of Champions.[98] A little while after, Serena was released from her WWE contract after she reportedly did not "live out" her straight edge persona in public.[99] Mercury had also suffered an injury which caused the group to shorten.[100] Gallows showed signs of dissent and Punk defeated Gallows in a match on the September 24 episode of SmackDown.[101] The ended the group.
Punk was traded back to Raw when he was swapped with Edge. Punk competed in a interbrand tag team match at Bragging Rights after he injured Evan Bourne to take his place, but the team lost.[102][103] It was later reported that Punk had been suffering from a hip injury and he would need to stop competing for a while.[104] To stay on television, Punk appeared and began commentating on Raw starting on November 22.[105] During his commentary time, Punk showed favor toward heels and criticized John Cena because of his actions with The Nexus.[105] Punk left commentary after he attacked John Cena with a chair on both Raw[106] and SmackDown.[107] Punk revealed that he had joined The Nexus and this was the reason that he had attacked Cena.[108] Punk would command the group to attack Randy Orton and blamed him for Punk's first World Heavyweight Championship reign in 2008 ending.[109] The incident led to a match at WrestleMania XXVII where Orton defeated Punk.[110] They also had a Last Man Standing match with The New Nexus barred from ringside at Extreme Rules which Punk also lost.[111]
WWE Championship reign[change | change source]
Within a week, Punk went on to defeat John Cena on Raw,[112] Rey Mysterio at Capitol Punishment[113] and Alberto Del Rio in a number one contendership match.[114] Punk would then reveal that his contract with the WWE would expire at Money in the Bank and promised that he would leave the company with the WWE Championship; some of his speeches and mannerisms were very similar to his final months with Ring of Honor. After Punk made a scathing on-air speech about the way that the WWE is run and about its owner Vince McMahon,[115] he was suspended (storyline) from televised WWE events[116] but he was brought back the following week after John Cena insisted.[117] When Punk returned, he didn't appear with the other members of Nexus and the stable was quietly dissolved.[118] This helped Punk turn back into a fan-favorite. Punk would go on to defeat John Cena at Money in the Bank to become the WWE Champion during his final night under a WWE contract.[119]
On July 21, he made a surprise appearance at a joint WWE-Mattel panel at the San Diego Comic Con. During his appearance, Punk mocked the Chief Operating Officer Triple H and also offered a match to the WWE Championship tournament finalist Rey Mysterio as long as the match took place in Punk's hometown of Chicago.[120] The WWE Championship tournament was won by Mysterio on the July 25 episode of Raw but he lost to Cena later in the night. When Cena won, Punk returned to upstage Cena's WWE Championship victory celebration which lead to a title dispute.[121] Triple H later supported the fact that both Punk and Cena's claims as the WWE Championship as legitimate and he scheduled a match between the two at SummerSlam to decide who would become the undisputed WWE Champion.[122] At SummerSlam, Punk was able to win the match but he lost the championship shortly after when Kevin Nash attacked Punk and Alberto Del Rio cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.[123] On Raw the next night, Punk accused Nash of working with Triple H to try and keep Punk away from the WWE Championship.[124] After many confrontations between the two, Punk and Nash demanded that they face each other at Night of Champions and Triple H agreed. Triple H would later change the match and would book himself to replace Nash instead after Punk continued to verbally attack him and his wife Stephanie McMahon.[125]
Punk was defeated by Triple H in a No Disqualification match after The Miz, and R-Truth attacked both of them.[126] At Hell in a Cell, Punk competed in a Triple threat Hell in a Cell match against Alberto Del Rio and John Cena but he was defeated. After the match, Punk was again attacked by The Miz and R-Truth.[127] At Vengeance, Punk teamed up with Triple H in a match against The Miz and R-Truth but they lost after Nash attacked Triple H.[128] The loss helped switch Punk's anti-establishment voice from Triple H over to John Laurinaitis, who became the interim Raw general manager.[129] Punk didn't like the promotion that Laurinaitis received and called him a boring yes man.[130]
On October 31, Punk forced his way into a match against Del Rio at Survivor Series. In the match, Punk defeated Del Rio to win back the WWE Championship.[131] He defended the championship throughout the year, defeating Del Rio in a rematch on the November 28 episode of Raw as well as defeating both Del Rio and The Miz in a triple threat TLC match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.[132] On the December 26 episode of Raw, Punk was defeated in a gauntlet match by Dolph Ziggler which made Ziggler become the number one contender for the WWE Championship. If Punk was able to win the gauntlet match, he would have earned the right to face Laurinaitis in a match.[133] On the January 2 episode of Raw, Punk was defeated by Ziggler via countout after Laurinaitis interfered in the match.[134] Throughout January, Laurinaitis would continue to mess up Punk's matches and cause him to lose to Ziggler.[135] This eventually led to Punk attacking Laurinaitis.[136] Punk defeated Ziggler in a match at Royal Rumble to retain his championship even with Laurinaitis acting as the outside enforcer.[137]
On the January 30 episode of Raw, entered a feud with Chris Jericho after Jericho attacked Punk and Daniel Bryan during their Champion vs. Champion match which helped Bryan gain the win.[138] On the February 6 episode of Raw, Jericho explained why he attacked Punk, saying that the WWE roster were imitations of himself and he singled out Punk for claiming that he was the best in the world, a moniker that Jericho had used during the last time that he was in WWE.[139] Punk competed in an Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber. The match also featured Jericho who Punk kicked out of the chamber and suffered a short lasting injury. Punk was able to win the match and retain his championship.[140] On the February 20 episode of Raw, Jericho won a 10-Man No. 1 Contender's Battle Royal and earned a match against Punk for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXVIII.[141] To try and gain a psychological edge, Jericho revealed that Punk's father was an alcoholic and also alleged that Punk's sister was a drug addict. Jericho said that Punk's straight edge philosophy was so that he would not end up falling into the same vices and promised that he would make Punk turn to alcohol by defeating him and winning the championship from him.[142] A stipulation was added to the match by John Laurinaitis that if Punk was disqualified, he would have lost the championship. Jericho would then try to get Punk to use a weapon which Punk refused to do. Punk was able to defeat Jericho and retain his championship at WrestleMania XXVIII.[143] On both the April 2 and 9 episodes of Raw SuperShow, Punk was able to retain his championship against Mark Henry after he lost to him via count-out and disqualification. After both of the matches, Jericho would attack Punk and pour alcohol on him.[144][145] On the April 16 episode of Raw SuperShow, Punk was able to pin Henry in a no disqualification, no countout match to retain his title.[146] The feud ended at Extreme Rules when Punk was able to retain his championship by defeating Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight.[147]
Punk would go to feud with Daniel Bryan starting at Over the Limit when Punk was able to retain his championship after he reversed Bryan's finishing submission hold, the "Yes!" Lock, into a pinning combination. The replay, however, would show that Punk had visibly tapped out moments after the match finished.[148] On the SmackDown before the pay-per-view, Bryan would interfere in the non-title match between Punk and Kane to attempt to frame Punk for attacking Kane with a steel chair, which started a three-way rivalry.[149] On the June 1 episode of SmackDown, a match between Punk and Kane took place for the WWE Championship but it ended in a double disqualification after Bryan ran in and attacked both men.[150] Bryan's ex-girlfriend AJ would turn her affections towards both Punk and Kane.[151] The feud ended when Punk was able to defeat Bryan and Kane in a triple threat match at No Way Out after AJ distracted Kane.[152] Punk was able to defeat Bryan to retain the championship in a No Disqualification match with AJ as the special guest referee at Money in the Bank.[153]
On July 23 episode of Raw named Raw 1000, Punk faced the Money in the Bank winner John Cena and was able to defend his WWE championship but lost the match after Big Show interfered and attack Cena. After the night's special guest The Rock tried to help Cena, Punk would attack him and turn heel.[154] On the next Raw, Punk would explain that he attacked The Rock because he was tired of being overshadowed by people like Cena and Rock when the main focus of the company should be on the WWE Champion. Punk would attack both Cena and Big Show during their number one contender's match later on in the night.[155] As a result of this, both Cena and Show were put into a title match against Punk at SummerSlam. At SummerSlam, Punk successfully defended his championship against them in a triple threat match.[156] During the following weeks, Punk would demand respect from people like AJ Lee, Jerry Lawler and Bret Hart. He would eventually be managed by Paul Heyman during Punk's feud with Cena.[157] Punk would face Cena to a draw at Night of Champions.[158] Even though Cena was suffering from an arm injury, they continued to feud. Punk would reject Mick Foley and Jim Ross to pick him as his Hell in a Cell opponent and lead to Punk fighting with WWE chairman Vince McMahon.[159][160][161] After Cena's injury made him unable to wrestle at Hell in a Cell, he was replaced by Ryback.[162] At Hell in a Cell, Punk was able to defeat Ryback and retain his championship after referee Brad Maddox hit Ryback with a low-blow.[163]
On Raw the next night, an angry Mick Foley confronted Punk for not picking John Cena as his Hell in a Cell opponent. Foley and Punk then agreed to face each other in the traditional five-on-five elimination tag team at Survivor Series. Punk would chose Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, and The Miz to be on his team but Punk was later replaced as team captain by Dolph Ziggler after Mr. McMahon booked him in a Triple Threat WWE Championship match against John Cena and Ryback instead.[164] At the pay-per-view, Punk defeated Cena and Ryback after interference from the debuting stable called The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) which allowed him to retain his WWE Championship. He would hold the championship for a full year.[164] On December 4, Punk underwent surgery for a partially torn meniscus which removed him from his title match against Ryback at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs.[165] Even though Punk was injured, he became the longest reigning WWE Champion in the past 25 years on December 5, after he reached 381 days which passed John Cena's 380-day reign.[165] Punk returned to in-ring action on the January 7, 2013 episode of Raw where he defeated Ryback in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, following interference from The Shield to retain his championship.[166]
Punk defended his WWE Championship against The Rock at the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2013. A stipulation was added to the match where if The Shield interfered, then Punk would be stripped of the title. Punk had originally pinned The Rock to retain his championship after The Shield attacked and put The Rock through a table while the arena lights were out. Vince McMahon came out to the entrance ramp and started to announce that Punk would be stripped of the championship, but he instead restarted the match at The Rock's request. Punk ended up losing the match, ending his record-setting reign at 434 days.[167][168] Punk would receive a rematch for the championship on February 17 at the Elimination Chamber, with the stipulation that if The Rock was disqualified or counted out, he would lose the WWE Championship. Rock was able to pin and defeat Punk in the match to retain the championship.[169] On the February 25 episode of Raw, Punk faced off against Royal Rumble winner John Cena for his number one contendership to the WWE Championship, but was defeated.[170]
Current[change | change source]
Punk legitimately walked out of the WWE the night after the Royal Rumble. He said to Vince McMahon that he was "going home" and left on a plane from Cleveland to Chicago. He was supposed to show up on the SmackDown tapings in Toledo, Ohio the night after but didn't show up. WWE removed his name from all upcoming events and Punk thanked the fans on Twitter for their support.[171] On February 20, Vince McMahon commented on Punk's status with the WWE during a conference call to investors and said that Punk was just "taking a sabbatical".[172]
After weeks of hearing the crowd chant for CM Punk at various WWE events, the company decided to make its first comments on the status of Punk on the March 3, 2014 episode of Raw in Punk's hometown of Chicago. When the show started, they played Punk's entrance music "Cult of Personality" and his old manager Paul Heyman came out instead. Heyman said that Punk was not at Raw and blamed the crowd. He also blamed the Undertaker for Punk's split from Heyman.[173]
"Nope, thank YOU. Thanks for all the help and support through the years. Health and happiness above all. Don't ever take any shit from anybody."
On July 15, 2014, WWE moved Punk's profile from the the active roster to their alumni page without them releasing a statement. On the same day, Punk thanked his fans without mentioning WWE on Twitter.[174] In late July, Punk said that he was "never ever" going to return to wrestling, though his reply could be taken as not serious.[7]
Personal life[change | change source]
Punk is married to AJ Lee.[175] They were married on June 13, 2014.[176] He has previously dated professional wrestlers Shannon Spruill,[177] Tracy Brookshaw,[14] Maria Kanellis,[178] and Amy Dumas.[179]
Punk is a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Cubs.[180] He wore a Blackhawks jersey and cut a promo during his return to Chicago. He also attended Blackhawks playoff games.[181]
He is a fan of comics which he collects and reads. He wrote the introduction to Marvel Comics' "Avengers vs. X-Men".[182] Punk wrote the Marvel comic Thor Annual #1, which is set to be released sometime in February 2015.[183]
In wrestling[change | change source]
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- Finishing moves
- Anaconda Vise (Arm-trap triangle choke)[1]
- GTS – Go to Sleep (Fireman's carry dropped into a knee lift)[1]
- Signature moves
- Arm trap swinging neckbreaker[184]
- Arm wrench followed by Punk stepping one of his legs over the wrenched arm and performing a mule kick with the leg below the opponent's face[185]
- Belly-to-back suplex,[186][187][188] sometimes from the top rope[189]
- Diving crossbody[6]
- Diving elbow drop[184] – adopted from and used in tribute to Randy Savage[192]
- Pepsi Twist[6] (Hammerlock twisted into a short-range lariat)[185]
- Koji Clutch[1]
- Mongolian chop[184]
- Multiple kick variations
- Rope hung arm trap can opener[194]
- Sitout suplex slam[184]
- Slingshot somersault senton[6][185]
- Springboard clothesline[6][184]
- Step-up high knee to a cornered opponent[185] followed by a bulldog[67] or a short-arm clothesline[186]
- Suicide dive[6]
- Super frankensteiner[195][196]
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker[6][185]
- Welcome to Chicago... (Double underhook backbreaker)[184][197]
- Finishing moves
- Independent circuit
- Finishing moves
- Anaconda vise or an arm triangle choke[185]
- Pepsi Plunge[6] (Diving double underhook facebuster)[185]
- Shining wizard[185]
- Signature moves
- Arm wrench followed by Punk stepping one of his legs over the wrenched arm and him performing a mule kick with the leg below the opponent's face[185]
- Corkscrew dive transitioned into a diving neckbreaker[6]
- Crooked Moonsault (Split-legged moonsault)[184][185]
- Delayed vertical suplex[6][185]
- Devil Lock DDT[6] (Hammerlock legsweep DDT)[185]
- Facewash[6]
- Inverted facelock backbreaker[185]
- Inverted frankensteiner[185]
- Jackie Chan[6][185] (While sitting in a corner, Punk grasps the top rope with his hands on each side of the turnbuckle and when the opponent attempts to pull him off the ropes by his legs, he performs a back tuck, landing on his feet)
- Pepsi Twist[6][185] (Jumping hammerlock twisted into a short-range lariat)[185]
- Punk-Handle Piledriver[6][185] (Pumphandle reverse piledriver)
- Rolling fireman's carry slam[6]
- Slingshot somersault senton[6][185]
- Springboard corkscrew crossbody[185]
- Suicide dive[6]
- Welcome to Chicago, Motherfucker[6] (Double underhook backbreaker)[185]
- Finishing moves
- Managers
- Milo Beasley
- Tracy Brooks
- Bobby Heenan
- Paul Heyman
- Alexis Laree/Vicki Adams
- Lucy
- Joshua Masters
- James Mitchell
- Dave Prazak
- Wrestlers managed
- Nicknames
- "The Best in the World"[198]
- "The Second City Saint/Savior"[199]
- "The Straight-Edge Savior/Superstar"[200]
- "Paul Heyman Guy"[201]
- "The Voice of the Voiceless"[137]
- "Mr. Money in the Bank"[69]
- Entrance themes
- Independent circuit
- "South of Heaven" by Slayer[202]
- "A Call for Blood" by Hatebreed[203]
- "Miseria Cantare (The Beginning)" by AFI[204]
- "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour[205]
- "Night Train" by The Bouncing Souls[206]
- "¡Olé!" by The Bouncing Souls[4]
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- "This Fire Burns" by Killswitch Engage (August 1, 2006 – July 17, 2011)[1]
- "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour (July 25, 2011–January 26, 2014)[207]
- Independent circuit
Championships[change | change source]
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[210]
- Mid-American Wrestling
- MAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[211]
- NWA Cyberspace
- NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Julio Dinero)[212]
- NWA Revolution
- NWA Revolution Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[213]
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Feud of the Year (2011) (vs. John Cena)[217]
- PWI Match of the Year (2011) (vs. John Cena at Money in the Bank)[218]
- PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2011)[219]
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2012)
- PWI Wrestler of the Year (2011, 2012)[220]
- He was ranked #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012.[221]
- Revolver
- Golden Gods Award for "Most Metal Athlete" (2012)[222]
- Ring of Honor
- ROH Tag Team Championship (2 times) (with Colt Cabana)[223]
- ROH World Championship (1 time)[223]
- St. Paul Championship Wrestling
- SDW Northern States Television Championship (2 times)[214]
- SPCW Northern States Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- ECW Championship (1 time)[224]
- World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[225][226][227]
- WWE Championship (2 times)[228][229]1
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Kofi Kingston)[230]
- WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[231]
- Money in the Bank (2008, 2009)[232][233]
- Nineteenth Triple Crown Champion
- Slammy Award for "OMG" Moment of the Year (2008) (Cashing in Money in the Bank to win the World Heavyweight Championship)[234]
- Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2009) (Forcing Jeff Hardy to leave the WWE after Steel Cage match victory)[235]
- Slammy Award for Despicable Me (2010) (Harassing Rey Mysterio and his family)[236]
- Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year (2011)[237]
- Slammy Award for "Pipe Bomb" of the Year (2011)[237]
- Slammy Award for T-Shirt of the Year (2011) ("Best in the World")[237]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (2004) (vs. Samoa Joe at ROH Joe vs. Punk II on October 16)[238]
- 5 Star Match (2011) (vs. John Cena at Money in the Bank on July 17)[239]
- Best Gimmick (2009, 2011)[240][241]
- Best on Interviews (2011, 2012)[241][242]
- Feud of the Year (2009) (vs. Jeff Hardy)[240]
- Feud of the Year (2011) (vs. John Cena)[241]
- Match of the Year (2011) (vs. John Cena at WWE Money in the Bank)[241]
- Best Pro Wrestling DVD (2012) for CM Punk: Best in the World.[242]
1Punk held the title at the same time with Rey Mysterio and John Cena during his first reign. Punk's second reign isn't recognized by WWE after he defeated Cena and became undisputed champion.
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It is important for us here, too, to try to understand because the two economies are now sufficiently close in the way they are structured that what happens in America gives an indication of what will happen here. When the long American boom ends, expect things to slow down pretty rapidly here. While it continues, we are probably OK.
The figure which stunned me was an estimate for fourth-quarter GNP in the US of 4.7 per cent annual rate. The actual number does not come out until Friday, but let's assume the estimate (from JP Morgan) is reasonably close. If it is, then the world's largest economy, after seven years of uninterrupted growth, has managed to put on a spurt which will have made it about the fastest-growing economy in the world. Maybe Ireland did a bit better, but I think it is unlikely that any of the East Asian economies will have turned out a performance like that. For the year as a whole growth is going to be close to 4 per cent.
Now add in another factor. It is widely believed that the US measure of inflation overstates the figure: the Boskin Commission reckoned that the consumer price index overstated inflation by about 1 per cent. (The reasons, which are to some extent common to inflation indices in other countries, include the failure of indices to allow for improvements in quality, and the way people shift both their product purchases and shipping habits in response to price shifts.)
If this is right, and if to some extent the GDP price deflator (the widest measure of inflation) includes some of the bias of the consumer price index, then US GDP is actually higher than the figures suggest. You see, if prices are overstated, real output growth is under-recorded. The economics team at ABN Amro Hoare Govett, which recently drew attention to this possible glitch in the figures, reckons that both the absolute level of output and the trend rate of growth in the US may well have been higher than the figures suggest.
So these pretty astonishing growth figures for the US may actually understate what has been happening. The economy may have been growing even faster than the figures show. If this is true for the US, it may also be true for the UK, though I have not seen a detailed study of the UK figures to confirm that it is. We can, however, be pretty sure that if there is any bias in the UK figures, they also will be understating GDP growth rather than overstating it.
The next question is whether this bias means that the expansion can carry on longer than was previously thought. The answer, probably, is no. Though the capacity of the economy may be greater than was previously thought, the level of activity is greater too. So rising demand meets limits of capacity at a higher level, but it still meets them - unless we are also measuring capacity wrongly. This raises perhaps the most interesting question of all: to what extent has capacity become more elastic?
The graph shows both the falling inflation rate in America, now back to the levels of the 1960s, and the conventional measure of capacity utilisation. The latter is quite high, but not grossly so. Indeed, it is way below the peaks it reached in all the previous cycles. Maybe there is some slack after all.
I cannot pretend to know how many more months or years the US economy can sustain steady non-inflationary growth. What I think we can all learn from the present US experience is that open, service-oriented economies do not hit capacity restraints in the same sudden way as closed, manufacturing- oriented ones. You can import manufactured goods if there is the demand for them, so the main indicator of shortage of capacity is on the trade account. And the lead time for increase the output of services is, in general, lower than the lead time for increasing the capacity of manufactured products.
The ultimate capacity shortage, though, is labour. Sure, a country can sometimes import labour though immigration, but this takes time. A country can sometimes outsource labour-intensive aspects of both manufacturing and services by getting the activities done abroad. A tight labour market also encourages companies to push through productivity improvements which they might otherwise hesitate about. But ultimately you get to the stage where the people simply are not available.
The question - and I think this is the absolutely crucial one in determining how long the present expansion both in the US and UK can continue - is: How tight are our labour markets?
Headline unemployment in both the US and UK is around 5 per cent. To anyone writing five years ago that would have seemed almost impossibly low; to anyone 100 years ago that would have seemed pretty normal; and to anyone 40 years ago it would have seemed terribly high. What is normality now?
Well, we won't know until we get there but I suspect it may be possible to run both the US and UK economies at unemployment rates even lower than they are at present without any great wage inflation.
Ask this question: Does the UK economy feel as though it is suffering from serious labour shortages? Yes, there are some shortages in particular areas, and these are often being filled by migrants from other EU countries, particularly in London. But most people are still pretty insecure in their jobs, and there seems little general pressure to bid up wages. So maybe the expansion can continue for a while yet.
So try to ignore the obvious questions that will arise from President Clinton's State of the Union message today, and ponder instead the state of the US economy. Can it go on growing without a surge in inflation? And if so, can we?
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