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), best known for his influential WWE career, highlighted by his era-defining rivalry with John Cena.
Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, most notably with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and went on to become a multi-time world champion, also holding the Intercontinental, ECW World Heavyweight, and World Tag Team Championships, becoming WWE’s 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest to achieve the distinction. He was the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was named Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Disillusioned with WWE, he left the company acrimoniously and retired from professional wrestling in 2014.
After leaving WWE, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Competing as a welterweight, he made his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016, losing to Mickey Gall via submission, and later fought Mike Jackson at UFC 225 in 2018 in a bout that was later overturned to a no-contest, after which he was released.
Following his MMA run, Brooks transitioned into sports commentary and media appearances, including work as an analyst on WWE Backstage from 2019 to 2020.
In 2021, Brooks returned to professional wrestling by signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), making his highly publicized debut at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. During his run, he won the AEW World Championship twice and served as one of the promotion’s most prominent and polarizing figures before departing the company in 2023. Later that year, he returned to WWE, resuming his in-ring career with the promotion.
Throughout his career, Brooks has wrestled exclusively under the CM Punk moniker, portraying an outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment character rooted in his straight-edge lifestyle. His persona has emphasized different aspects of those traits depending on whether he was positioned as a hero or a villain.
Outside wrestling, Brooks has acted in film and television, including the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), recurring roles on Mayans M.C. (2019) and the Syfy supernatural series Revival (2024), adapted from a cult comic and built around the dead suddenly returning to life, and voiced zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebrowski in Disney’s animated feature Zootopia 2 (2025), alongside fellow wrestler Roman Reigns as zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebraxton.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-10-26
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Images
Cast
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011
2011
0.00
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
2013
0.00
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
2009
0.00
AEW Full Gear 2021
2021
7.50
FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
2004
0.00
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
2008
0.00
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
7.20
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
7.40
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
2011
7.00
WWE Over The Limit 2011
2011
6.00
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
2009
0.00
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
2010
8.40
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
7.87
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
2011
6.70
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
6.80
WWE SummerSlam 2010
2010
7.20
WWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
7.60
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
7.70
WWE RAW 1000
2012
0.00
FIP Florida Rumble
2004
0.00
WWE SummerSlam 2011
2011
7.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
2011
7.10
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
7.70
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
2012
6.50
UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
2005
0.00
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
6.80
ROH: Final Battle 2021
2021
10.00
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
6.70
AEW Revolution 2022
2022
8.30
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
8.30
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
2012
7.10
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
7.40
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
2012
7.80
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
7.46
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009
7.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
7.80
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
7.92
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
2012
7.70
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
2012
6.60
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
8.10
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
7.40
WWE Over The Limit 2012
2012
6.80
WWE SummerSlam 2012
2012
7.70
AEW Awards
2022
0.00
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012
7.40
WWE Night of Champions 2012
2012
8.40
WWE No Way Out 2012
2012
7.30
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
6.90
AEW Grand Slam
2021
9.50
CM Punk: Best in the World
2012
8.20
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
7.80
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
7.60
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
7.46
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
2013
6.72
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
6.90
AEW Beach Break 2022
2022
8.00
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
7.80
WWE Payback 2013
2013
7.00
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
7.10
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
8.10
WWE Battleground 2013
2013
7.20
WWE Survivor Series 2013
2013
6.20
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
6.80
ECW December to Dismember
2006
9.30
WWE Night of Champions 2013
2013
6.90
WWE Judgment Day 2007
2007
7.30
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
7.50
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
6.20
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008
6.90
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007
6.60
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
6.30
WWE No Mercy 2007
2007
6.80
WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
8.20
WWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
7.60
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
2013
7.30
WWE Judgment Day 2008
2008
7.90
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
8.20
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
7.40
WWE Armageddon 2008
2008
7.70
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
7.30
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
7.70
WWE Backlash 2009
2009
7.40
WWE Judgment Day 2009
2009
6.90
WWE Night of Champions 2009
2009
7.30
WWE The Bash 2009
2009
7.70
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
8.20
WWE Breaking Point 2009
2009
7.30
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
6.60
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
7.75
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
7.10
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2013
7.60
FIP New Year's Classic 2005
2005
0.00
WWE Armageddon 2007
2007
6.50
FIP The Usual Suspects
2005
0.00
FIP Violence is the Answer
2005
0.00
FIP In Full Force
2005
0.00
FIP Unstoppable
2005
0.00
FIP Sold Out
2005
0.00
FIP Payback
2005
0.00
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
5.80
FIP Emergence - Tag 1
2004
0.00
FIP Emergence - Tag 2
2004
0.00
FIP New Dawn Rising
2005
0.00
ROH: The Summer of Punk
2012
0.00
NXT Deadline 2023
2023
6.38
AEW All Out 2022
2022
7.60
ROH Final Battle 2002
2002
0.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024
7.40
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
8.50
PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
2003
0.00
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
2003
0.00
FIP Dangerous Intentions
2005
0.00
FIP With Malice
2005
0.00
PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
2004
0.00
PWG: Rocktoberfest
2004
0.00
PWG: The Reason For The Season
2004
0.00
FIP Bring the Pain
2005
0.00
WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
7.60
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
2024
9.00
WrestleMania XL Sunday
2024
8.40
ROH: Reborn - Completion
2004
0.00
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
0.00
CM Punk in AEW: The End
2023
0.00
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
8.00
ROH: Empire State Showdown
2003
0.00
ROH: WrestleRave '03
2003
0.00
ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
2004
10.00
ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
2004
0.00
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
0.00
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
0.00
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
0.00
ROH: The Last Stand
2004
0.00
ROH: Generation Next
2004
10.00
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024
6.79
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
2016
6.67
ROH: Survival of The Fittest
2004
0.00
WWE SummerSlam 2024
2024
8.10
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
8.80
WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
7.10
Let's Start a Cult
2024
5.76
Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
7.00
Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024
2024
0.00
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1
2005
0.00
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
10.00
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018
7.00
Rabid
2019
5.80
Girl on the Third Floor
2019
5.24
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
8.30
ROH: Escape From New York
2005
0.00
ROH: Death Before Dishonor
2003
0.00
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
2004
0.00
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003
0.00
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
0.00
ROH: The Homecoming
2005
0.00
ROH: Redemption
2005
0.00
ROH: Death Before Dishonor III
2005
0.00
ROH: Fate of An Angel
2005
0.00
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
0.00
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
2005
0.00
ROH: Sign of Dishonor
2005
0.00
ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
2005
0.00
WWE: The New & Improved DX
2007
6.13
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
10.00
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
2012
10.00
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
10.00
ROH: Year Two
2012
10.00
ROH: Year Three
2013
10.00
ROH: Year Four
2014
10.00
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
2013
10.00
ROH: Year 5
2015
10.00
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
2013
10.00
Bloodstained Honor
2008
10.00
ROH: Best In The World
2008
0.00
CM Punk: Icon
2016
10.00
CM Punk: The Second City Saint
2012
10.00
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
10.00
ROH: Greatest Rivalries
2008
0.00
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
2012
10.00
ROH: Stars of Honor
2008
0.00
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
2013
10.00
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
2012
0.00
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
10.00
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013
10.00
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
10.00
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
2007
10.00
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
10.00
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
8.00
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016
6.00
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
8.00
MLW War Games
2003
0.00
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
8.30
MLW Revolutions
2003
0.00
MLW Rise of The Renegades
2003
0.00
ROH Final Battle 2003
2003
0.00
ROH: The Conclusion
2003
0.00
ROH: Main Event Spectacles
2003
0.00
ROH: Night of The Grudges
2003
0.00
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
2003
0.00
ROH: Expect The Unexpected
2003
0.00
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003
0.00
ROH: Night of Champions
2003
0.00
ROH: Glory By Honor II
2003
0.00
ROH: Do or Die
2003
0.00
ROH: Beating The Odds
2003
0.00
ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
2003
0.00
ROH: Night of The Butcher
2002
0.00
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
2004
0.00
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
2004
0.00
ROH: Testing The Limit
2004
0.00
ROH: At Our Best
2004
0.00
ROH Final Battle 2004
2004
0.00
Jakob's Wife
2021
5.75
ROH: Tradition Continues
2003
0.00
ROH: Gold
2004
0.00
ROH: War of The Wire
2003
0.00
ROH: 2nd Anniversary
2004
0.00
ROH: Glory By Honor III
2004
0.00
ROH: Collision Course
2004
0.00
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002
0.00
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
2002
1.00
The John Cena Experience
2011
7.80
WWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
7.80
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
5.80
AEW All Out 2021
2021
8.00
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2
2005
0.00
WWE Bad Blood 2024
2024
7.90
Night Patrol
2026
4.80
Cm punk AEW story
2024
0.00
Raw on Netflix Kickoff
2024
0.00
MLW Hybrid Hell
2003
0.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025
6.80
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
2025
8.00
WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff
2025
0.00
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
2024
7.20
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
7.30
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
6.00
WWE Night of Champions 2025
2025
6.70
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
2025
6.90
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
2025
7.30
WWE Wrestlepalooza
2025
5.94
Hard Knocks
2009
0.00
Saturday Night's Main Event XLI
2025
6.50
Survivor Series: WarGames
2025
6.50
Zootopia 2
2025
7.60
Guarding Stars
0.00
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
2026
0.00
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
2026
7.25
Elimination Chamber
2026
7.80