Phil Brooks

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.

Cast

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013

AEW Full Gear 2021

FIP Fallout Night 1 2004

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008

WWE Night of Champions 2010

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

WWE Extreme Rules 2011

WWE Over The Limit 2011

Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules

WWE Bragging Rights 2010

WWE Money in the Bank 2011

WWE Elimination Chamber 2011

WWE Capitol Punishment 2011

WWE SummerSlam 2010

WWE SummerSlam 2009

WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011

FIP Florida Rumble

WWE SummerSlam 2011

WWE Royal Rumble 2011

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI

WWE Elimination Chamber 2012

UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show

WWE Hell in a Cell 2011

ROH: Final Battle 2021

GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame

WWE Vengeance 2011

AEW Revolution 2022

WWE WrestleMania 23

WWE Royal Rumble 2012

AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023

WWE Survivor Series 2011

WWE Extreme Rules 2012

WWE Royal Rumble 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2009

WWE Royal Rumble 2010

WWE WrestleMania XXVIII

WWE Money In The Bank 2012

WWE Hell In A Cell 2012

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

WWE SummerSlam 2008

WWE Over The Limit 2012

WWE SummerSlam 2012

WWE Survivor Series 2012

WWE Night of Champions 2012

WWE No Way Out 2012

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010

CM Punk: Best in the World

WWE WrestleMania XXV

WWE WrestleMania 29

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

WWE Elimination Chamber 2013

AEW Double or Nothing 2022

AEW Beach Break 2022

AEW All In 2023: London

WWE Payback 2013

WWE Survivor Series 2006

WWE WrestleMania XXIV

WWE Battleground 2013

WWE Survivor Series 2013

WWE Over the Limit 2010

ECW December to Dismember

WWE Night of Champions 2013

WWE Judgment Day 2007

WWE One Night Stand 2007

WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007

WWE The Great American Bash 2007

WWE No Mercy 2007

WWE Unforgiven 2007

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007

WWE SummerSlam 2007

WWE No Way Out 2008

WWE Survivor Series 2007

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009

CM Punk (Preshow)

WWE Hell in a Cell 2013

WWE One Night Stand 2008

WWE Judgment Day 2008

WWE The Great American Bash 2008

WWE Survivor Series 2008

WWE Armageddon 2008

WWE Judgment Day 2009

WWE The Bash 2009

WWE Backlash 2009

WWE Night of Champions 2009

WWE Extreme Rules 2009

WWE Breaking Point 2009

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009

WWE Bragging Rights 2009

WWE Survivor Series 2009

WWE Extreme Rules 2010

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man

WWE Money in the Bank 2013

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013

FIP New Year's Classic 2005

WWE Armageddon 2007

FIP The Usual Suspects

FIP Violence is the Answer

FIP In Full Force

FIP Unstoppable

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1

FIP Emergence - Tag 1

FIP Emergence - Tag 2

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023

CM Punk (Appearance)

WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011

FIP New Dawn Rising

ROH: The Summer of Punk

NXT Deadline 2023

AEW All Out 2022

STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk

ROH Final Battle 2002

IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 1

IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2003 - Night 2

WWE Royal Rumble 2024

The Firefly Funhouse Match

CM Punk (archive footage)

The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!

CM Punkrock (voice)

PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average

PWG: Pimpin' In High Places

WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event

The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J

Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!

FIP Dangerous Intentions

FIP With Malice

PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One

PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two

PWG: The Reason For The Season

PWG: Rocktoberfest

PWG: The Secret of The Ooze

PWG: 2nd Annual Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night Two

FIP Bring the Pain

WrestleMania XL Saturday

WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff

WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday

WrestleMania XL Sunday

ROH: Reborn - Completion

ROH: The Rise of Generation Next

Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024

CM Punk in AEW: The End

WWE Unforgiven 2008

CM Punk (Appearance)

WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show

ROH: WrestleRave '03

ROH: Empire State Showdown

ROH: Reborn - Stage Two

ROH: Round Robin Challenge III

ROH: World Title Classic

ROH: The Last Stand

ROH: Generation Next

ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn

ROH: Reborn - Stage One

WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011

WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013

WWE Money in the Bank 2024

CM Punk (Appearance)

UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem

ROH: Survival of The Fittest

Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat

WWE SummerSlam 2024

WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff

Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere

WWE: The True Story of The Royal Rumble

Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman

WWE Bash in Berlin

Let's Start a Cult

Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024

Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin

FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World

WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series

WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon

Billy (as C.M. Punk)

Girl on the Third Floor

Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30

WWE WrestleMania 22

ROH: Escape From New York

ROH: Death Before Dishonor

IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary

ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2

IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk

ROH: The Homecoming

ROH: Redemption

ROH: Death Before Dishonor III

ROH: Joe vs Punk II

ROH: Fate of An Angel

ROH: The Final Showdown

ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter

ROH: Manhattan Mayhem

ROH: Sign of Dishonor

WWE: The New & Improved DX

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries

WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3

ROH: Ring of Hardcore

Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson

Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story

ROH: Year Three

AJ Styles: Styles Clash

Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit

Bloodstained Honor

ROH: Best In The World

CM Punk: The Second City Saint

ROH: Creating Excellence

Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son

ROH: Greatest Rivalries

ROH: Stars of Honor

Samoa Joe: Total Domination

Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy

ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2

ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1

TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1

TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2

The Essential AJ Styles Collection

PWG Sells Out: Volume 1

PWG Sells Out: Volume 2

Straight Shootin' Series with Samoa Joe & CM Punk

The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment

WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology

The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn

NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

WWE Night of Champions 2011

WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!

The True Story of WrestleMania

MLW Revolutions

MLW Rise of The Renegades

ROH: The Conclusion

ROH Final Battle 2003

ROH: Night of The Grudges

ROH: Main Event Spectacles

ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies

ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II

ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy

ROH: Expect The Unexpected

ROH: The Epic Encounter

ROH: Night of Champions

ROH: Glory By Honor II

ROH: One Year Anniversary Show

ROH: Beating The Odds

ROH: Night of The Butcher

ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1

ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2

ROH: Midnight Express Reunion

ROH: Scramble Cage Melee

ROH: Testing The Limit

ROH: At Our Best

ROH Final Battle 2004

ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge

ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You

ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 3 - The Legacy Continues

ROH: Tradition Continues

ROH: War of The Wire

ROH: 2nd Anniversary

ROH: Glory By Honor III

ROH: Collision Course

Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two

ROH: All Star Extravaganza

The John Cena Experience

C.M. Punk (archive footage)

ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One

WWE Royal Rumble 2014

WWE SummerSlam 2013

AEW All Out 2021

FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2

WWE Bad Blood 2024

Cm punk AEW story

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024

Raw on Netflix Kickoff

MLW Hybrid Hell

WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show

WWE Royal Rumble 2025

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show

WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special

WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff

WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025

WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto

WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland

WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff

Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025

WrestleMania 41: Saturday

WWE Hall of Fame 2025

WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show

The 2025 Slammys

WWE WrestleMania 41: Saturday (Duplicated)

The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime

Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX

WWE Night of Champions 2025

WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI

WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday

WWE Clash in Paris 2025

WWE Wrestlepalooza

Saturday Night's Main Event XLI

Survivor Series: WarGames

Zebro Zebrowski (voice)

Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match