Phil Brooks
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-10-26
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Also Known For
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
Dec 19, 2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011
Dec 17, 2011
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
Dec 28, 2013
AEW Full Gear 2021
Nov 13, 2021
FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
Nov 12, 2004
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Dec 20, 2008
WWE Night of Champions 2010
Sep 19, 2010
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Apr 02, 2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
May 01, 2011
WWE Over The Limit 2011
May 22, 2011
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
Dec 01, 2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
Oct 24, 2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
Jul 17, 2011
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
Feb 20, 2011
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
Jun 19, 2011
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Aug 15, 2010
WWE SummerSlam 2009
Aug 23, 2009
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Jun 20, 2010
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Dec 18, 2011
WWE RAW 1000
Jul 23, 2012
FIP Florida Rumble
Dec 17, 2004
WWE SummerSlam 2011
Aug 14, 2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Jan 30, 2011
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Mar 28, 2010
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
Feb 19, 2012
UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
May 21, 2005
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
Oct 02, 2011
ROH: Final Battle 2021
Dec 11, 2021
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
Jan 22, 2022
WWE Vengeance 2011
Oct 23, 2011
AEW Revolution 2022
Mar 06, 2022
WWE WrestleMania 23
Apr 01, 2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
Jan 29, 2012
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
Jun 25, 2023
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Nov 21, 2011
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
Apr 29, 2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Jan 27, 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
Jan 25, 2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Jan 31, 2010
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
Apr 01, 2012
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
Jul 15, 2012
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
Oct 28, 2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Jan 28, 2007
WWE SummerSlam 2008
Aug 17, 2008
WWE Over The Limit 2012
May 20, 2012
WWE SummerSlam 2012
Aug 19, 2012
AEW Awards
Mar 23, 2022
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Nov 10, 2012
WWE Night of Champions 2012
Sep 16, 2012
WWE No Way Out 2012
Jun 17, 2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Feb 21, 2010
AEW Grand Slam
Sep 22, 2021
CM Punk: Best in the World
Oct 09, 2012
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Apr 05, 2009
WWE WrestleMania 29
Apr 07, 2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Jan 27, 2013
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
Feb 17, 2013
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
May 29, 2022
AEW Beach Break 2022
Jan 26, 2022
AEW All In 2023: London
Aug 27, 2023
WWE Payback 2013
Jun 16, 2013
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Nov 26, 2006
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Mar 30, 2008
WWE Battleground 2013
Oct 06, 2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
Nov 24, 2013
WWE Over the Limit 2010
May 23, 2010
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Dec 03, 2006
WWE Night of Champions 2013
Sep 15, 2013
WWE Judgment Day 2007
May 20, 2007
WWE One Night Stand 2007
Jun 03, 2007
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
Jun 24, 2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Jul 22, 2007
WWE No Mercy 2007
Oct 07, 2007
WWE Unforgiven 2007
Sep 16, 2007
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
Oct 28, 2007
WWE SummerSlam 2007
Aug 26, 2007
WWE No Way Out 2008
Feb 18, 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2007
Nov 18, 2007
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Dec 13, 2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
Oct 27, 2013
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Jun 01, 2008
WWE Judgment Day 2008
May 18, 2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Jul 20, 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Nov 23, 2008
WWE Armageddon 2008
Dec 14, 2008
WWE Judgment Day 2009
May 17, 2009
WWE The Bash 2009
Jun 28, 2009
WWE Backlash 2009
Apr 26, 2009
WWE Night of Champions 2009
Jul 26, 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Jun 07, 2009
WWE Breaking Point 2009
Sep 13, 2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Oct 04, 2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Oct 25, 2009
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Nov 22, 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Apr 25, 2010
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Feb 24, 2012
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
Jul 14, 2013
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
Dec 15, 2013
FIP New Year's Classic 2005
Jan 07, 2005
WWE Armageddon 2007
Dec 16, 2007
FIP The Usual Suspects
Apr 22, 2005
FIP Violence is the Answer
Apr 23, 2005
FIP In Full Force
May 27, 2005
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Jun 24, 2005
FIP Payback
Jun 25, 2005
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Sep 24, 2004
FIP Emergence - Tag 2
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Nov 25, 2023
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
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FIP New Dawn Rising
Feb 11, 2005
ROH: The Summer of Punk
Feb 21, 2012
NXT Deadline 2023
Dec 09, 2023
AEW All Out 2022
Sep 04, 2022
STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk
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ROH Final Battle 2002
Dec 28, 2002
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1
Sep 17, 2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2
Sep 18, 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
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The Firefly Funhouse Match
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The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
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PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
Nov 15, 2003
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
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WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
Feb 08, 2024
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
Mar 10, 2015
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Jun 05, 2015
FIP Dangerous Intentions
Feb 12, 2005
FIP With Malice
Mar 25, 2005
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
Jan 24, 2004
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PWG: The Reason For The Season
Jul 10, 2004
PWG: Rocktoberfest
Jun 19, 2004
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Aug 14, 2004
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Dec 31, 2013
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Oct 25, 2019
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May 13, 2005
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ROH: Sign of Dishonor
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Mar 19, 2022
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Dec 26, 2012
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Dec 31, 2014
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
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ROH: Year Two
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Jun 18, 2013
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Jan 01, 2011
ROH: Year Four
Jan 01, 2014
ROH: Year Three
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AJ Styles: Styles Clash
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Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
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ROH: Year 5
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Bloodstained Honor
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ROH: Best In The World
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CM Punk: The Second City Saint
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ROH: Creating Excellence
Jan 01, 2014
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ROH: Greatest Rivalries
Jul 08, 2008
ROH: Stars of Honor
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Samoa Joe: Total Domination
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Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
Mar 19, 2013
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
Apr 09, 2012
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
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ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
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TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
Sep 21, 2010
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
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The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Feb 28, 2016
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
Jan 01, 2007
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
Jan 01, 2009
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Jan 01, 2005
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
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WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
Oct 29, 2013
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
Oct 11, 2011
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Mar 15, 2016
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
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WWE Night of Champions 2011
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WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
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Sep 19, 2003
The True Story of WrestleMania
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MLW Rise of The Renegades
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ROH Final Battle 2003
Dec 27, 2003
ROH: Night of The Grudges
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ROH: Main Event Spectacles
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ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
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ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II
Apr 26, 2003
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
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ROH: Expect The Unexpected
Mar 15, 2003
ROH: The Epic Encounter
Apr 12, 2003
ROH: Night of Champions
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ROH: Glory By Honor II
Sep 20, 2003
ROH: Do or Die
May 31, 2003
ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
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ROH: Beating The Odds
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ROH: Night of The Butcher
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ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
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ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
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ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
Aug 28, 2004
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Aug 07, 2004
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ROH Final Battle 2004
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ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge
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ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You
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ROH: 2nd Anniversary
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ROH: Glory By Honor III
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WWE NXT
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