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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NWA:_Total_Nonstop_Action_(2002–2004)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ring_of_Honor_(2002–2006)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ring_of_Honor_(2002–2006)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Ring of Honor (2002–2006)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ring_of_Honor_(2002–2006)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Second_City_Saints_(2002–2004)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_City_Saints_(2002–2004)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Second City Saints (2002–2004)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_City_Saints_(2002–2004)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ROH_World_Champion_(2005)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ROH_World_Champion_(2005)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>ROH World Champion (2005)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ROH_World_Champion_(2005)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_appearance_(2006)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_appearance_(2006)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Special appearance (2006)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_appearance_(2006)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_Wrestling_Entertainment_/_WWE_(2005–2014)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Wrestling_Entertainment_/_WWE_(2005–2014)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE 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href="#World_Heavyweight_Champion_(2008–2009)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.3</span> <span>World Heavyweight Champion (2008–2009)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Heavyweight_Champion_(2008–2009)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Straight_Edge_Society_(2009–2010)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Straight_Edge_Society_(2009–2010)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.4</span> <span>Straight Edge Society (2009–2010)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Straight_Edge_Society_(2009–2010)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_New_Nexus_(2010–2011)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_New_Nexus_(2010–2011)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.5</span> <span>The New Nexus (2010–2011)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_New_Nexus_(2010–2011)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-WWE_Champion_(2011–2013)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WWE_Champion_(2011–2013)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.6</span> <span>WWE Champion (2011–2013)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WWE_Champion_(2011–2013)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_storylines_(2013–2014)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_storylines_(2013–2014)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.7</span> <span>Final storylines (2013–2014)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_storylines_(2013–2014)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Initial_retirement_(2014)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Initial_retirement_(2014)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.8</span> <span>Initial retirement (2014)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Initial_retirement_(2014)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-retirement_appearances_(2015–2020)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-retirement_appearances_(2015–2020)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Post-retirement appearances (2015–2020)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-retirement_appearances_(2015–2020)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-All_Elite_Wrestling_(2021–2023)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All_Elite_Wrestling_(2021–2023)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>All Elite Wrestling (2021–2023)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All_Elite_Wrestling_(2021–2023)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Initial_debut_and_AEW_World_Champion_(2021–2022)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Initial_debut_and_AEW_World_Champion_(2021–2022)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>Initial debut and AEW World Champion (2021–2022)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Initial_debut_and_AEW_World_Champion_(2021–2022)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Suspensions_and_departure_(2022–2023)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suspensions_and_departure_(2022–2023)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.2</span> <span>Suspensions and departure (2022–2023)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Suspensions_and_departure_(2022–2023)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_WWE_(2023–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_WWE_(2023–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Return to WWE (2023–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Return_to_WWE_(2023–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Professional_wrestling_persona"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Professional wrestling persona</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Professional wrestling persona subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Professional_wrestling_persona-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mixed_martial_arts_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mixed_martial_arts_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Mixed martial arts career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Mixed_martial_arts_career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Mixed martial arts career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Mixed_martial_arts_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ultimate_Fighting_Championship_(2014–2021)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ultimate_Fighting_Championship_(2014–2021)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Ultimate Fighting Championship (2014–2021)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ultimate_Fighting_Championship_(2014–2021)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships_(2018–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships_(2018–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Cage Fury Fighting Championships (2018–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships_(2018–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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id="toc-Video_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Video_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Video games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Video_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Luchas_de_Apuestas_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Luchas_de_Apuestas_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span><i>Luchas de Apuestas</i> record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Luchas_de_Apuestas_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mixed_martial_arts_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mixed_martial_arts_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Mixed martial arts record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mixed_martial_arts_record-sublist" 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95" title="সিএম পাংক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সিএম পাংক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8_%D0%95%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%BA" title="Си Ем Пънк – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Си Ем Пънк" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brooks" title="Phil Brooks – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Phil Brooks" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" 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interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="CM Punk" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B9_%CE%95%CE%BC_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BA" title="Σι Εμ Πανκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σι Εμ Πανκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM_Punk" title="CM Punk – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="CM Punk" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">6&#160;ft 2&#160;in (1.88&#160;m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">170&#160;lb (77&#160;kg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welterweight_(MMA)" title="Welterweight (MMA)">Welterweight</a><sup id="cite_ref-UFC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UFC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reach</th><td class="infobox-data">73&#160;in (185&#160;cm)<sup id="cite_ref-UFC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UFC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Roufusport" title="Roufusport">Roufusport</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=184933">Mixed martial arts record</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sherdog" title="Sherdog">Sherdog</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Brooks_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Phil_Brooks_signature.svg/70px-Phil_Brooks_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Phil_Brooks_signature.svg/105px-Phil_Brooks_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Phil_Brooks_signature.svg/140px-Phil_Brooks_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="861" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Phillip Jack Brooks</b> (born October 26, 1978), better known by his <a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">ring name</a> <b>CM Punk</b>, is an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestler" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestler">professional wrestler</a>, actor, and former <a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed martial artist">mixed martial artist</a>. He is currently signed to <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>, where he performs on the <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> brand. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, his 434-day <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> reign stands recognized as the seventh longest in history.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks began his professional wrestling career on the <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">independent circuit</a> in 1997 and he signed with <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a> (ROH) in 2002, where he won the <a href="/wiki/ROH_World_Championship" title="ROH World Championship">ROH World Championship</a> once and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/ROH_Hall_of_Fame" title="ROH Hall of Fame">ROH Hall of Fame</a> in 2022. Brooks signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a> three times, the <a href="/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="ECW World Heavyweight Championship">ECW World Heavyweight Championship</a> once, the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">WWE Intercontinental Championship</a> once, and the <a href="/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)">World Tag Team Championship</a> once. He also won both the 2008 and 2009 <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank ladder matches</a>, making him its only back-to-back winner. He was named <a href="/wiki/Superstar_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Superstar of the Year">Superstar of the Year</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Slammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Slammy Awards">2011 Slammy Awards</a> and was voted <a href="/wiki/PWI_Wrestler_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Wrestler of the Year"><i>PWI</i> Wrestler of the Year</a> in 2011 and 2012. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, he acrimoniously departed the promotion in 2014 and largely retired from wrestling. From 2019 to 2020, he appeared as a pundit on <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Backstage" title="WWE Backstage">WWE Backstage</a></i>. He returned to competing in 2021 when he signed with <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">AEW</a>, where he won the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a> twice, but was fired in 2023 after multiple backstage controversies. He returned to WWE two months later. </p><p>Brooks has used the CM Punk moniker for his entire career. His <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">character</a> has been consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, <a href="/wiki/Anti-establishment" title="Anti-establishment">anti-establishment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iconoclastic" class="mw-redirect" title="Iconoclastic">iconoclastic</a>, most of which are inspired by his real-life self.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Depending on his alignment as a <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">hero</a> or <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">villain</a>, he has emphasized different aspects to garner <a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">heat</a> and discourse.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of wrestling, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts and joined the <a href="/wiki/Welterweight_(MMA)" title="Welterweight (MMA)">welterweight</a> division of the <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">UFC</a>, losing via submission to <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Gall" title="Mickey Gall">Mickey Gall</a> in his professional debut at <i><a href="/wiki/UFC_203" title="UFC 203">UFC 203</a></i> in 2016. He lost his second fight to <a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(fighter)" title="Mike Jackson (fighter)">Mike Jackson</a> via unanimous decision at <i><a href="/wiki/UFC_225" title="UFC 225">UFC 225</a></i> in 2018, which was later overturned to a no-contest, before he was released. He appears as a part-time color commentator for <a href="/wiki/Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships" title="Cage Fury Fighting Championships">Cage Fury Fighting Championships</a> and has starred in the horror films <i><a href="/wiki/Girl_on_the_Third_Floor" title="Girl on the Third Floor">Girl on the Third Floor</a></i> (2019), <i><a href="/wiki/Rabid_(2019_film)" title="Rabid (2019 film)">Rabid</a></i> (2019), and <i><a href="/wiki/Jakob%27s_Wife" title="Jakob&#39;s Wife">Jakob's Wife</a></i> (2021), as well as having a recurring role in the wrestling drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Heels_(TV_series)" title="Heels (TV series)">Heels</a></i> (2021–2023). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Phillip Jack Brooks<sup id="cite_ref-Lindner2012_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lindner2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was born in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> on October 26, 1978, the son of a housewife and an engineer.<sup id="cite_ref-CT_2009_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He grew up in nearby <a href="/wiki/Lockport,_Illinois" title="Lockport, Illinois">Lockport</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Pratt2013_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pratt2013-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where he attended <a href="/wiki/Lockport_Township_High_School" title="Lockport Township High School">Lockport Township High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CT_2009_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CT_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eck2007_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eck2007-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He has five siblings. His father struggled with alcoholism, which inspired Brooks to follow a <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a> lifestyle from an early age; his mother had <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_disorder" title="Bipolar disorder">bipolar disorder</a>, causing him to become estranged from her.<sup id="cite_ref-TMZ2013_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMZ2013-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He cites <a href="/wiki/%22Rowdy%22_Roddy_Piper" class="mw-redirect" title="&quot;Rowdy&quot; Roddy Piper">"Rowdy" Roddy Piper</a> as an early influence and the reason he became a wrestler.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career;_IWA_Mid-South_(1997–2005)"><span id="Early_career.3B_IWA_Mid-South_.281997.E2.80.932005.29"></span>Early career; IWA Mid-South (1997–2005)</h3></div> <p>Brooks' first venture into wrestling was a stint in a <a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">backyard wrestling</a> federation called the Lunatic Wrestling Federation with his brother Mike and their friends in the mid-late 1990s. He had his debut match by October 25, 1997, on the eve of his 19th birthday defeating Brawn the Lumberjack.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He first started using the <a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">ring name</a> CM Punk when he was put into a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team" title="Tag team">tag team</a> named the "Chick Magnets" with CM Venom after another performer skipped out on the <a href="/wiki/Card_(sports)" title="Card (sports)">card</a>; the CM stood for "Chick Magnet".<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chickmagnets_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickmagnets-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Unlike his friends, Punk genuinely wanted to be a wrestler and saw it as more than simple fun.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When the promotion started taking off while doing shows out of a warehouse in <a href="/wiki/Mokena,_Illinois" title="Mokena, Illinois">Mokena, Illinois</a>, Punk found out that his brother had embezzled thousands of dollars from the small company, causing them to become estranged. They have not spoken since.<sup id="cite_ref-GomezPB2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GomezPB2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punkindependent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Punkindependent.jpg/220px-Punkindependent.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Punkindependent.jpg/330px-Punkindependent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Punkindependent.jpg/440px-Punkindependent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Punk (front) in a match against Danny Dominion at an <a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">NWA</a> Midwest event in November 2002</figcaption></figure> <p>After leaving the Lunatic Wrestling Federation, Punk enrolled as a student at the Steel Dominion wrestling school in Chicago, where he was trained by <a href="/wiki/Ace_Steel" title="Ace Steel">Ace Steel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-acesteel_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acesteel-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Danny Dominion and Kevin Quinn to become a professional wrestler. As part of the training, he began wrestling at Steel Domain Wrestling in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slam_bio_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slam_bio-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was in the Steel Domain that he met Scott Colton,<sup id="cite_ref-punkcabana_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkcabana-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-joepunk_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joepunk-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who soon adopted the ring name <a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a>. Punk and Cabana became best friends and spent most of their early career together working in the same <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">independent</a> promotions, as both opponents and tag team partners.<sup id="cite_ref-punkcabana_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkcabana-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the independents, along with fellow Steel Domain graduates Colt Cabana, Chucke E. Smooth, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Pearce" title="Adam Pearce">Adam Pearce</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">manager</a> Dave Prazak, Punk formed an <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_stable" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling stable">alliance</a> named the Gold Bond Mafia.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Punk became the International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) Heavyweight Champion, in Monroeville, PA.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk would compete in the company's Super Indy tournament,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but never won the championship. </p><p>Punk's home <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promotion</a> for his early career was considered to be the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Wrestling_Association_Mid-South" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South">Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South</a> (IWA Mid-South).<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During Punk's time in IWA Mid-South, he had high-profile feuds with Colt Cabana and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hero" title="Chris Hero">Chris Hero</a> while also rising to the top of the roster, winning the <a href="/wiki/IWA_Mid-South_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship">IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship</a> twice and the <a href="/wiki/IWA_Mid-South_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship">IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship</a> on five separate occasions, beating wrestlers like <a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a>, Cabana, and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a> in matches for the heavyweight championship. Punk's feud with Hero included a 55-minute <a href="/wiki/Tables,_Ladders,_and_Chairs_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match">Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (TLC) match</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a 93-minute <a href="/wiki/Two_out_of_three_falls_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Two out of three falls match">two out of three falls match</a><sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and several 60-minute time limit draws.<sup id="cite_ref-joepunk_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joepunk-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From July 2003 until May 2004, Punk refused to wrestle for IWA Mid-South, explaining this as a protest to <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rotten" title="Ian Rotten">Ian Rotten</a>'s mistreatment of Chris Hero in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Hero has stated he believes there were other reasons and Rotten's treatment of him was just an excuse by Punk to stop working for the company.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk eventually returned to IWA Mid-South and continued to perform as a wrestler and commentator for them until July 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NWA:_Total_Nonstop_Action_(2002–2004)"><span id="NWA:_Total_Nonstop_Action_.282002.E2.80.932004.29"></span>NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Raven%27s_Nest#The_Gathering" title="Raven&#39;s Nest">The Gathering</a></div> <p>Punk made his debut for <a href="/wiki/NWA:_Total_Nonstop_Action" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA: Total Nonstop Action">NWA: Total Nonstop Action</a> alongside his trainer Ace Steel on September 18, 2002, where Punk and Steel defeated Derek Wylde and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rave" title="Jimmy Rave">Jimmy Rave</a> and The Hot Shots (<a href="/wiki/Cassidy_O%27Reilly" title="Cassidy O&#39;Reilly">Cassidy O'Reilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chase_Stevens" title="Chase Stevens">Chase Stevens</a>) in a three-way match to qualify for the tag team <a href="/wiki/Gauntlet_for_the_Gold" title="Gauntlet for the Gold">Gauntlet for the Gold</a> later in the night, with the winning team facing <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted_(professional_wrestling)" title="America&#39;s Most Wanted (professional wrestling)">America's Most Wanted</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Harris_(wrestler)" title="Chris Harris (wrestler)">Chris Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Storm" title="James Storm">James Storm</a>) in a match for the vacant <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship">NWA World Tag Team Championship</a>. Punk then returned to TNA in mid-2003, while simultaneously wrestling for <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a>. Upon his full-time signing with TNA, Punk was paired with <a href="/wiki/Julio_Dinero" title="Julio Dinero">Julio Dinero</a> as members of <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stable_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stable (professional wrestling)">stable</a> <a href="/wiki/Raven%27s_Nest#The_Gathering" title="Raven&#39;s Nest">The Gathering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly before a NWA: TNA show on February 25, 2004, Punk had a physical scuffle with <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Hart" title="Teddy Hart">Teddy Hart</a> outside of a restaurant that was broken up by <a href="/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler)" title="Sabu (wrestler)">Sabu</a>. The altercation reportedly stemmed from an ROH show in which Hart performed <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Hart#Ring_of_Honor_and_Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling_(2003–2004)" title="Teddy Hart">three unplanned spots</a>, putting several other wrestlers in danger of injury.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around the time of the scuffle, Punk and Dinero stopped appearing on TNA shows, leading to speculation that he was fired for the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-tna_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tna-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Punk said the scuffle had no bearing on his TNA career.<sup id="cite_ref-tna_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tna-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks said the reason he and Dinero stopped appearing on <a href="/wiki/List_of_Impact_Wrestling_pay-per-view_events" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events">TNA's pay-per-view events</a> was that TNA officials believed he and Dinero had not connected with the fans as villains, having turned against the popular Raven and instead formed a villainous tag team managed by <a href="/wiki/James_Mitchell_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mitchell (manager)">James Mitchell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tna_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tna-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The officials decided that since the team was not working as villains, the storyline would be put on hold indefinitely, and thus had no work for Punk or Dinero.<sup id="cite_ref-tna_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tna-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk officially quit TNA in March 2004 during the <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor#History" title="Ring of Honor">Rob Feinstein controversy</a> after having a dispute with the TNA offices over his ability to compete in ROH following a TNA order that their contracted wrestlers were to no longer wrestle in ROH.<sup id="cite_ref-Slam_bio_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slam_bio-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ring_of_Honor_(2002–2006)"><span id="Ring_of_Honor_.282002.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Ring of Honor (2002–2006)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_City_Saints_(2002–2004)"><span id="Second_City_Saints_.282002.E2.80.932004.29"></span>Second City Saints (2002–2004)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Second_City_Saints" title="Second City Saints">Second City Saints</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg/220px-CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg/330px-CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg/440px-CM_Punk_Raven_cage_match.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption>Punk (left) during a <a href="/wiki/Cage_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Cage match">cage match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Raven_(wrestler)" title="Raven (wrestler)">Raven</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a>'s "The Conclusion" event in November 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>Punk's matches with Colt Cabana led him to being hired by ROH.<sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> CM Punk made his in-ring debut on ROH at All Star Extravaganza on November 9, 2002, in a gauntlet match involving five participants, that was won by <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Initially, Punk joined ROH as a <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">face</a>, trading wins with Cabana at <i>Night of the Butcher</i> and <a href="/wiki/ROH_Final_Battle" class="mw-redirect" title="ROH Final Battle">Final Battle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but quickly turned <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> with Raven that featured multiple variants of a <a href="/wiki/No_disqualification_match" class="mw-redirect" title="No disqualification match">no disqualification match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their rivalry was rooted in Punk's straight-edge lifestyle, with him likening Raven to his alcoholic father;<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <i>Night of Champions</i>, Punk and his trainer Ace Steel faced Raven and Cabana in a tag team match, during which Cabana turned on Raven, allowing Punk and Steel to win the match. Consequently, Punk, Steel and Cabana formed a trio called the <a href="/wiki/Second_City_Saints" title="Second City Saints">Second City Saints</a>. Punk and Raven's rivalry lasted most of 2003 and was considered one of ROH's top feuds of the year. It was settled at The Conclusion in November 2003, where Punk defeated Raven in a <a href="/wiki/Steel_cage_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel cage match">steel cage match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In late-2003, Punk was hired as the first head trainer of the <a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor_wrestling_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Ring of Honor wrestling school">Ring of Honor wrestling school</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> having previously been a trainer for the Steel Domain<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Primetime Wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After concluding the rivalry with Raven, the Second City Saints turned face by feuding with The Prophecy (<a href="/wiki/Christopher_Daniels" title="Christopher Daniels">Christopher Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/B.J._Whitmer" class="mw-redirect" title="B.J. Whitmer">B.J. Whitmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Maff" title="Dan Maff">Dan Maff</a>), suspecting them of attacking Punk's <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">on-screen</a> girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Daffney" title="Daffney">Lucy Fer</a>. Whitmer was revealed to be the assailant, which led to Saints facing Prophecy in a six-man tag team match at <i>The Battle Lines Are Drawn</i>, which ended in a no contest. The match concluded when Punk drove Daniels with a <i>Pepsi Plunge</i> off the top rope through a table, thus explaining Daniels' departure from ROH. Around this time, Punk began climbing the ranks of ROH, including coming in second at the <a href="/wiki/ROH_2nd_Anniversary_Show" title="ROH 2nd Anniversary Show">Second Anniversary Show</a> during the tournament to crown the first <a href="/wiki/ROH_Pure_Championship" title="ROH Pure Championship">ROH Pure Champion</a>, losing to AJ Styles in the finals.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <i>Reborn: Stage Two</i>, Punk and Cabana defeated the <a href="/wiki/Briscoe_Brothers" title="Briscoe Brothers">Briscoe Brothers</a> to win their first <a href="/wiki/ROH_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="ROH Tag Team Championship">ROH Tag Team Championship</a>. At <i>Round Robin Challenge III</i>, the Second City Saints lost the Tag Team Championship to B.J. Whitmer and Dan Maff in a round robin challenge, but defeated the Briscoe Brothers later that night to win their second Tag Team Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-ROH_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROH-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Second City Saints avenged their loss to the Prophecy by defeating them to retain the titles at <i>Generation Next</i>. They held the titles throughout the summer before eventually losing them to <a href="/wiki/The_Havana_Pitbulls" class="mw-redirect" title="The Havana Pitbulls">The Havana Pitbulls</a> at <i>Testing The Limit</i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_ROH.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_ROH.jpg/220px-CM_Punk_ROH.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_ROH.jpg/330px-CM_Punk_ROH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_ROH.jpg/440px-CM_Punk_ROH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption>Punk in Ring of Honor in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>In mid-2004, Punk faced off against <a href="/wiki/ROH_World_Championship" title="ROH World Championship">ROH World Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a> for the championship in a three-match series. On June 12 at <i>World Title Classic</i>, the first match resulted in a 60-minute time limit draw, when neither Punk nor Joe could <a href="/wiki/Pin_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pin (professional wrestling)">pin</a> or cause the other to submit within the allotted 60 minutes. On October 16 at <i>Joe vs. Punk II</i>, they wrestled to a second 60-minute draw.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition to <i>Joe vs. Punk II</i> becoming Ring of Honor's bestselling DVD at the time, the match received a <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_matches_rated_five_or_more_stars_by_Dave_Meltzer" class="mw-redirect" title="List of professional wrestling matches rated five or more stars by Dave Meltzer">five-star rating</a> by famed wrestling journalist <a href="/wiki/Dave_Meltzer" title="Dave Meltzer">Dave Meltzer</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></i>. It was the first match in North America to receive a five-star rating in seven years, the last one being the first-ever <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> at <a href="/wiki/Badd_Blood:_In_Your_House" title="Badd Blood: In Your House">Badd Blood: In Your House</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-joepunk_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joepunk-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Joe ended the series by defeating Punk in the third and final match on December 4 at <i>All-Star Extravaganza 2</i>, in which there was a no-time-limit stipulation.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ROH_World_Champion_(2005)"><span id="ROH_World_Champion_.282005.29"></span>ROH World Champion (2005)</h4></div> <p>After a try-out match on May 9, 2005, which aired May 15,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where he lost to <a href="/wiki/Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a> on the <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Heat" title="WWE Heat">Sunday Night Heat</a></i> show, Punk accepted a deal offered by <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> (WWE) in June. Though he had accepted the deal, Punk defeated <a href="/wiki/Austin_Aries" title="Austin Aries">Austin Aries</a> to win the ROH World Championship on June 18 at Death Before Dishonor III.<sup id="cite_ref-ROH_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROH-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite entering the match as a face, immediately after winning the match and the title, Punk proceeded to turn heel and started a storyline where he threatened to take the ROH World Championship to WWE with him. For weeks, Punk teased the ROH locker room and the ROH fans, mocking the championship he possessed, going so far as to sign his WWE contract on top of it. During the storyline, referred to by ROH as the "Summer of Punk",<sup id="cite_ref-Alvarez_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alvarez-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> made several ROH appearances, attempting to convince Punk to do the right thing and defend the title on his way out. On August 12, Punk lost the ROH World Championship to <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Noble" title="Jamie Noble">James Gibson</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Basic_elimination_matches" title="Professional wrestling match types">four corner elimination match</a>, which also involved Samoa Joe and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Daniels" title="Christopher Daniels">Christopher Daniels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ROH_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROH-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk's final scheduled match in ROH took place at <i>Punk: The Final Chapter</i> on August 13, 2005, against long-time friend Colt Cabana in a two out of three falls match, which he lost.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Special_appearance_(2006)"><span id="Special_appearance_.282006.29"></span>Special appearance (2006)</h4></div> <p>Punk made a special appearance at the ROH show <i>Unscripted II</i> on February 11, 2006, when the original card had to be scrapped due to <a href="/wiki/Low_Ki" title="Low Ki">Low Ki</a> leaving ROH the week prior.<sup id="cite_ref-ROHresults_37-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROHresults-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, most of the ROH roster contracted to TNA were pulled from the show because of a snowstorm that TNA officials thought might prevent performers from reaching the TNA's <a href="/wiki/Against_All_Odds_(2006)" title="Against All Odds (2006)">Against All Odds</a> event scheduled the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unscripted2_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unscripted2-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the main event, Punk teamed with <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Bryan Danielson</a> to defeat Adam Pearce and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rave" title="Jimmy Rave">Jimmy Rave</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Tag_team_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Tag team match">tag team match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unscripted2_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unscripted2-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punk was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/ROH_Hall_of_Fame" title="ROH Hall of Fame">ROH Hall of Fame</a> as part of the 2022 inaugural class.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Wrestling_Entertainment_/_WWE_(2005–2014)"><span id="World_Wrestling_Entertainment_.2F_WWE_.282005.E2.80.932014.29"></span>World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2005–2014)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ohio_Valley_Wrestling_(2005–2006)"><span id="Ohio_Valley_Wrestling_.282005.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Ohio Valley Wrestling (2005–2006)</h4></div> <p>Upon being signed by <a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> (WWE), CM Punk was assigned to its <a href="/wiki/Developmental_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Developmental territory">developmental territory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling" title="Ohio Valley Wrestling">Ohio Valley Wrestling</a> (OVW), where he was mentored by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Parker2023_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parker2023-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He debuted in September 2005 in a <a href="/wiki/Dark_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark match">dark match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bauer2005_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bauer2005-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his first appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/OVW_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="OVW TV">OVW TV</a></i> later that month, Punk suffered a <a href="/wiki/Broken_nose" class="mw-redirect" title="Broken nose">broken nose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruptured_eardrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruptured eardrum">ruptured eardrum</a> in a match with Danny Inferno.<sup id="cite_ref-ovwresults05_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovwresults05-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Martin2005_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Martin2005-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November 2005, Punk defeated <a href="/wiki/Ken_Doane" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Doane">Ken Doane</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/OVW_Television_Championship" title="OVW Television Championship">OVW Television Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ovwresults05_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovwresults05-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Immediately thereafter, Punk began to feud with <a href="/wiki/Brent_Albright" title="Brent Albright">Brent Albright</a>, culminating in a <a href="/wiki/Three_way_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Three way dance">three way dance</a> between Punk, Doane, and Albright in January 2006; after Doane was injured during the match, he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_%22The_Idol%22_Stevens" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaron &quot;The Idol&quot; Stevens">Aaron "The Idol" Stevens</a>, who won the match and became the new OVW Television Champion.<sup id="cite_ref-ovwtitles_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovwtitles-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In February 2006, Punk entered into a tournament to crown a new <a href="/wiki/OVW_Heavyweight_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="OVW Heavyweight Champion">OVW Heavyweight Champion</a>, losing to Albright in the finals.<sup id="cite_ref-Slam_bio_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slam_bio-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May 2006, Punk defeated Albright in a <a href="/wiki/Strap_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap match">strap match</a> to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoops2006_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoops2006-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In July 2006, Punk and Seth Skyfire defeated <a href="/wiki/Shad_Gaspard_and_the_Neighborhoodie" class="mw-redirect" title="Shad Gaspard and the Neighborhoodie">Shad Gaspard and the Neighborhoodie</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/OVW_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship" title="OVW Southern Tag Team Championship">OVW Southern Tag Team Championship</a>, making Punk a double champion.<sup id="cite_ref-OVWTagWin_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OVWTagWin-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They lost the titles to <a href="/wiki/Deuce_Shade_and_%22Domino%22_Cliff_Compton" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuce Shade and &quot;Domino&quot; Cliff Compton">Deuce Shade and "Domino" Cliff Compton</a> in August 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-ovwtitles_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovwtitles-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later that same month, Punk lost the OVW Heavyweight Championship to Chet the Jett.<sup id="cite_ref-ovwtitles_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ovwtitles-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following his defeat, Punk ceased appearing regularly with OVW, but continued to make sporadic appearances until WWE and OVW ended their developmental partnership on February 7, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-KreikenbohmOVW_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KreikenbohmOVW-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WWEOVW_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWEOVW-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ECW_Champion_(2006–2008)"><span id="ECW_Champion_.282006.E2.80.932008.29"></span>ECW Champion (2006–2008)</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_2008.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/CM_Punk_2008.JPG/170px-CM_Punk_2008.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/CM_Punk_2008.JPG/255px-CM_Punk_2008.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/CM_Punk_2008.JPG/340px-CM_Punk_2008.JPG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Punk with a portrait of himself as the <a href="/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="ECW World Heavyweight Championship">ECW Champion</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 24, 2006, Punk made his <a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand)" title="ECW (WWE brand)">ECW</a> debut during a house show at the former <a href="/wiki/Asylum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Asylum Arena">ECW Arena</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">fan favorite</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Richards" title="Stevie Richards">Stevie Richards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He officially made his television debut on the July 4 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/ECW_on_Sci_Fi" class="mw-redirect" title="ECW on Sci Fi">ECW</a></i>, cutting a brief pre-taped <a href="/wiki/Promo_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Promo (professional wrestling)">promo</a> about his <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a> lifestyle, emphasizing the disciplinary aspects of being drug and alcohol free.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although he had retained the straight edge <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">gimmick</a>, he now had a <a href="/wiki/Muay_Thai" title="Muay Thai">Muay Thai</a> training background. Punk made his television wrestling debut on August 1 at the <a href="/wiki/Hammerstein_Ballroom" title="Hammerstein Ballroom">Hammerstein Ballroom</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Justin_Credible" title="Justin Credible">Justin Credible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk quickly established himself in ECW by going undefeated, defeating opponents such as <a href="/wiki/C._W._Anderson" title="C. W. Anderson">C. W. Anderson</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stevie Richards<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Moore" title="Shannon Moore">Shannon Moore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-moore1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moore1-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after, Punk began feuding with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Knox" title="Mike Knox">Mike Knox</a> after Knox's on-screen girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Kelly" title="Kelly Kelly">Kelly Kelly</a> was seen to have romantic feelings for Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-moore1_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moore1-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk defeated Knox in their first singles match on the November 7 episode of <i>ECW</i><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as a rematch the following week, after which Kelly Kelly celebrated Punk's victory over Knox.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2006)" title="Survivor Series (2006)">Survivor Series</a> on November 26, Punk had his first pay-per-view match when he teamed with <a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>) (DX) and the <a href="/wiki/Hardy_Boyz" title="Hardy Boyz">Hardy Boyz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt</a>) in their <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_match" title="Survivor Series match">Survivor Series match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Rated-RKO" title="Rated-RKO">Rated-RKO</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>), Knox, <a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Helms" title="Gregory Helms">Gregory Helms</a>, a match in which all the participants on DX's side survived elimination.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On December 3 at <a href="/wiki/December_to_Dismember_(2006)" title="December to Dismember (2006)">December to Dismember</a>, Punk participated in the Extreme <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber" title="Elimination Chamber">Elimination Chamber</a> match for the <a href="/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="ECW World Heavyweight Championship">ECW World Championship</a>, but he was the first person eliminated by <a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the January 9, 2007, episode of <i>ECW</i>, Punk suffered his first loss in ECW against <a href="/wiki/Bob_Holly" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Holly">Hardcore Holly</a>, ending his six-month unbeaten streak in singles competition.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He participated in the <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank ladder match</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_23" title="WrestleMania 23">WrestleMania 23</a> on April 1, where he lost.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the April 10 episode of <i>ECW</i>, Punk was involved in the feud between the <a href="/wiki/New_Breed_(ECW)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Breed (ECW)">New Breed</a>, a group of young wrestlers and the <a href="/wiki/ECW_Originals" title="ECW Originals">ECW Originals</a>, a group of veteran wrestlers from the <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">original ECW</a>. Punk joined the New Breed<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after several weeks in which both the New Breed and the ECW Originals had attempted to recruit him, seemingly turning heel.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, two weeks later, Punk betrayed the New Breed during a four-on-four tag team match between the New Breed and ECW Originals by kicking New Breed leader <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Burke" title="Elijah Burke">Elijah Burke</a> in the back of the head and costing them the match, after which Punk proceeded to deliver his finisher, the "<a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Go_2_Sleep" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Go to Sleep</a>", maintaining his status as a face in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On May 20 at <a href="/wiki/Judgment_Day_(2007)" title="Judgment Day (2007)">Judgment Day</a>, Punk defeated Burke in his first singles match on a <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_events" class="mw-redirect" title="List of WWE pay-per-view events">WWE pay-per-view event</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk then went on to <a href="/wiki/One_Night_Stand_(2007)" title="One Night Stand (2007)">One Night Stand</a> on June 3, teaming up with <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Dreamer" title="Tommy Dreamer">Tommy Dreamer</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)" title="The Sandman (wrestler)">The Sandman</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Tables_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Tables match">tables match</a> to defeat the New Breed and end the storyline.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>When ECW World Champion <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lashley" title="Bobby Lashley">Bobby Lashley</a> was <a href="/wiki/2007_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 WWE draft">drafted</a> to <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> and stripped of the championship, a tournament to declare a new champion was held.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 24, Punk was scheduled to face <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> in the finals at <a href="/wiki/Vengeance:_Night_of_Champions" title="Vengeance: Night of Champions">Vengeance: Night of Champions</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but Benoit was replaced by <a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro</a> due to Benoit <a href="/wiki/No_show_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="No show (professional wrestling)">no showing</a> because of the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double_murder_and_suicide" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Benoit double murder and suicide">double murder and suicide</a> he committed that same weekend. Nitro subsequently defeated Punk for the vacant ECW World Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the following months, Punk faced Nitro (who later changed his ringname to John Morrison) for the title at <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2007)" title="The Great American Bash (2007)">The Great American Bash</a> on July 22,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2007)" title="SummerSlam (2007)">SummerSlam</a> on August 26, where he lost to Morrison both times.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the September 4 episode of <i>ECW</i>, Punk defeated Morrison in a last chance title match to win the ECW Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the following months, Punk went on to have successful title defenses against the likes of Elijah Burke at <a href="/wiki/Unforgiven_(2007)" title="Unforgiven (2007)">Unforgiven</a> on September 16,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Viscera_(wrestler)" title="Viscera (wrestler)">Big Daddy V</a> via disqualification at <a href="/wiki/No_Mercy_(2007)" title="No Mercy (2007)">No Mercy</a> on October 7,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cyber_Sunday_(2007)" title="Cyber Sunday (2007)">Cyber Sunday</a> on October 28.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the November 6 episode of <i>ECW</i>, Punk retained the ECW Championship in a match against Morrison following The Miz's interference.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On November 18 at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2007)" title="Survivor Series (2007)">Survivor Series</a>, Punk retained the title in a triple threat match against The Miz and Morrison.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the January 22, 2008, episode of <i>ECW</i>, Punk lost the ECW Championship to <a href="/wiki/Chavo_Guerrero_Jr." title="Chavo Guerrero Jr.">Chavo Guerrero</a> in a no disqualification match after <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Spear" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling attacks">speared</a> him, ending his reign at 143 days.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_Heavyweight_Champion_(2008–2009)"><span id="World_Heavyweight_Champion_.282008.E2.80.932009.29"></span>World Heavyweight Champion (2008–2009)</h4></div> <p>On March 30 at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV" title="WrestleMania XXIV">WrestleMania XXIV</a>, Punk won the Money in the Bank ladder match after defeating <a href="/wiki/Carly_Col%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Carly Colón">Carlito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>, John Morrison, <a href="/wiki/Montel_Vontavious_Porter" title="Montel Vontavious Porter">Montel Vontavious Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Ken Anderson (wrestler)">Mr. Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a>, earning him a shot at either the WWE, World Heavyweight, or ECW titles at any time.<sup id="cite_ref-MITBResult_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MITBResult-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Judgment_Day_(2008)" title="Judgment Day (2008)">Judgment Day</a> on May 18, Punk teamed with <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> to unsuccessfully challenge <a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_and_The_Miz" class="mw-redirect" title="John Morrison and The Miz">John Morrison and The Miz</a> for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Tag Team Championship">WWE Tag Team Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg/170px-CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg/340px-CM_Punk_Rosemont_IL_081808.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1223" data-file-height="1528" /></a><figcaption>Punk as <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Champion</a> in August 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 23, Punk was <a href="/wiki/WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE draft">drafted</a> to the Raw brand during the <a href="/wiki/2008_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 WWE draft">2008 WWE draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In his first night on <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i> the following week, Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract after <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a> beat down <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Champion</a> Edge and won the title, making his first defense later that same night against <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a> (JBL), who had challenged him shortly after his win.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk continued to hold and defend the title (against the likes of Batista on July 20 at <a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash_(2008)" title="The Great American Bash (2008)">The Great American Bash</a> and the July 21 episode of <i>Raw</i>, and JBL at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2008)" title="SummerSlam (2008)">SummerSlam</a> on August 17)<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> until <a href="/wiki/Unforgiven_(2008)" title="Unforgiven (2008)">Unforgiven</a> on September 7, when he was attacked by <a href="/wiki/The_Legacy_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Legacy (professional wrestling)">The Legacy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>, who <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Punt" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling attacks">punted</a> Punk in the head before the <a href="/wiki/Championship_scramble" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship scramble">Championship scramble</a> match, ending his reign at 69 days.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk could not participate in the match due to the attack and so was forced to forfeit the title, being replaced by Chris Jericho, who won the match and the title.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the September 15 episode of <i>Raw</i>, Punk received his title rematch, but failed to regain the title in a steel cage match against Jericho.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the October 27 episode of <i>Raw</i>, Punk and <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase_Jr." title="Ted DiBiase Jr.">Ted DiBiase</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)">World Tag Team Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The duo were members of Team Batista on November 23 at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2008)" title="Survivor Series (2008)">Survivor Series</a>, where their team lost to Team Orton after Rhodes eliminated Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk then entered a number one contender <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">Intercontinental Championship</a> tournament, defeating <a href="/wiki/Gene_Snitsky" title="Gene Snitsky">Snitsky</a> and John Morrison in the first two rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-ICtorn_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICtorn-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk and Kingston lost the World Tag Team Championship to John Morrison and The Miz on December 13 at a live event.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next day at <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(2008)" title="Armageddon (2008)">Armageddon</a> on December 14, Punk defeated <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> in the tournament finals.<sup id="cite_ref-ICtorn_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICtorn-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the January 5, 2009, episode of <i>Raw</i>, Punk received his title match against <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a>, which ended in a <a href="/wiki/Disqualification_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disqualification (professional wrestling)">disqualification</a> when Regal grabbed the referee's jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Due to this, <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a> awarded Punk a rematch the following week on <i>Raw</i>, but this time Punk got disqualified.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> McMahon awarded him another rematch, a no disqualification match on the January 19 episode of <i>Raw</i>, where Punk defeated Regal to win the Intercontinental Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With this win, Punk became the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)#List_of_WWE_Men&#39;s_Triple_Crown_winners" title="Triple Crown (professional wrestling)">19th WWE Triple Crown Champion</a> and the fastest ever to accomplish the feat, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a>'s old record of 203 days.<sup id="cite_ref-move1_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-move1-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk lost the Intercontinental Championship on the March 9 episode of <i>Raw</i> to John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL).<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On April 5 at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_25" title="WrestleMania 25">WrestleMania 25</a>, Punk won the <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank ladder match</a> and became the first person to win the match twice.<sup id="cite_ref-MITB2_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MITB2-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On April 13 during the <a href="/wiki/2009_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 WWE draft">2009 WWE draft</a>, Punk was drafted to the <a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a> brand.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the period after the draft, Punk feuded with <a href="/wiki/Umaga_(wrestler)" title="Umaga (wrestler)">Umaga</a> over Umaga's repeated surprise attacks while Punk was attempting to cash in his Money in the Bank contract, ultimately resulting in a <a href="/wiki/Strap_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap match">Samoan strap match</a> at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2009)" title="Extreme Rules (2009)">Extreme Rules</a> on June 7, which was won by Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that night, Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to defeat <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> for the World Heavyweight Championship immediately after Hardy won the title from <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Ladder_match" title="Ladder match">ladder match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk made his first successful title defense in a triple threat match against both Edge and Hardy on the June 15 episode of <i>Raw</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On June 28 at <a href="/wiki/WWE_The_Bash" title="WWE The Bash">The Bash</a>, Punk retained the title even though he lost to Hardy by disqualification (because titles do not change hands on a disqualification) after kicking the <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">referee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As part of the <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">storyline</a>, Punk injured his eye and said that he could not see the referee, but Hardy called his eye injury into question, believing it to be feigned, with Punk claiming to be the moral superior of those who support Hardy, due to his drug-free lifestyle, resulting in Punk turning heel in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July 26 at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2009)" title="Night of Champions (2009)">Night of Champions</a>, Punk lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Hardy.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their feud continued through <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2009)" title="SummerSlam (2009)">SummerSlam</a> on August 23, when Punk regained the title in a <a href="/wiki/Tables,_ladders,_and_chairs_match" title="Tables, ladders, and chairs match">TLC match</a> only to be attacked by <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the August 28 episode of <i>SmackDown</i>, Punk concluded his feud with Hardy and achieved his <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_booker" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling booker">booked</a> goal of excising him from WWE, defeating Hardy in a steel cage match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship wherein the <a href="/wiki/Loser_Leaves_Town_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Loser Leaves Town match">loser agreed to leave the company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CareervCareer_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CareervCareer-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 13 at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Breaking_Point" title="WWE Breaking Point">Breaking Point</a>, Punk defeated The Undertaker in a <a href="/wiki/Submission_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Submission match">submission match</a> to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Undertaker originally won the match with his "<a href="/wiki/Gogoplata#Use_in_professional_wrestling" title="Gogoplata">Hell's Gate</a>" submission hold, but SmackDown <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures#WWE_authority_figures" title="Professional wrestling authority figures">general manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Long" title="Theodore Long">Theodore Long</a> restarted the match after stating that the ban that former SmackDown general manager <a href="/wiki/Vickie_Guerrero" title="Vickie Guerrero">Vickie Guerrero</a> had placed on the move a year earlier was still in effect and Punk won the match with the <a href="/wiki/Anaconda_vise" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaconda vise">anaconda vise</a> when referee <a href="/wiki/Scott_Armstrong_(wrestler)" title="Scott Armstrong (wrestler)">Scott Armstrong</a> called for the bell despite Undertaker never submitting (eerily reminiscent to the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a>, which took place in the same venue in <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1997)" title="Survivor Series (1997)">1997</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The feud between the two continued and on October 4 at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2009)" title="Hell in a Cell (2009)">Hell in a Cell</a>, Punk lost the World Heavyweight Championship to The Undertaker in convincing fashion in a <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell</a> match.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk went on to lose two subsequent rematches for the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker on the October 23 <i>SmackDown</i><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and on October 25 at <a href="/wiki/Bragging_Rights_(2009)" title="Bragging Rights (2009)">Bragging Rights</a> in a fatal four-way match also involving Batista and <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Straight_Edge_Society_(2009–2010)"><span id="Straight_Edge_Society_.282009.E2.80.932010.29"></span>Straight Edge Society (2009–2010)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Straight_Edge_Society" title="Straight Edge Society">Straight Edge Society</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_SES_Stable.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/WWE_SES_Stable.jpg/220px-WWE_SES_Stable.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/WWE_SES_Stable.jpg/330px-WWE_SES_Stable.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/WWE_SES_Stable.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Straight_Edge_Society" title="Straight Edge Society">Straight Edge Society</a> – <a href="/wiki/Serena_Deeb" title="Serena Deeb">Serena</a>, Punk (center), and <a href="/wiki/Luke_Gallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Gallows">Luke Gallows</a> – in April 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In late-2009, CM Punk's character began taking on a more sinister direction. On the November 27 episode of <i>SmackDown,</i> Punk revealed that he had converted <a href="/wiki/Luke_Gallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Gallows">Luke Gallows</a>, who had previously been portrayed as the mentally incompetent wrestler Festus, to the straight-edge lifestyle which had subsequently rid him of his mental troubles.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Throughout January 2010, Punk began to convert <a href="/wiki/Plant_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant (professional wrestling)">planted</a> members of the audience to a straight-edge lifestyle, making them take a pledge of allegiance to him and shaving their head as a sign of renewal and devotion.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SD-01222010_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-01222010-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After converting many people who were not seen again, convert <a href="/wiki/Serena_Deeb" title="Serena Deeb">Serena</a> began accompanying Punk and Gallows to form <a href="/wiki/The_Straight_Edge_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="The Straight Edge Society">The Straight Edge Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SD-01222010_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-01222010-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As well as leading this alliance, Punk was also the mentor of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_NXT" title="WWE NXT">NXT</a></i> rookie <a href="/wiki/Darren_Young" class="mw-redirect" title="Darren Young">Darren Young</a>, who flirted with the idea of becoming straight edge, before refusing just before his head was to be shaved.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk would also give sermons, including during the annual <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2010)" title="Royal Rumble (2010)">Royal Rumble match</a> on January 31, as well as during an <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2010)" title="Elimination Chamber (2010)">Elimination Chamber</a> match for the World Heavyweight Championship on February 21 at both of the eponymous pay-per-view events.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the first half of 2010, Punk feuded with Rey Mysterio, being eliminated by him during the Elimination Chamber match.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After Mysterio prevented him from winning a Money in the Bank qualifying match, Punk interrupted Mysterio's celebration of his daughter Aalyah's ninth birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mysterio and Punk faced each other in a match at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVI" title="WrestleMania XXVI">WrestleMania XXVI</a> on March 28, where if Mysterio lost, he would join the Straight Edge Society, but Punk lost to Mysterio at WrestleMania.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They had a rematch at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2010)" title="Extreme Rules (2010)">Extreme Rules</a> the following month on April 25 where Punk would have to shave his head like his disciples if he lost, but he won this match after interference from <a href="/wiki/Joey_Mercury" title="Joey Mercury">Joey Mercury</a>, a fourth member of the Straight Edge Society.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On May 23 at <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Limit_(2010)" title="Over the Limit (2010)">Over The Limit</a>, a third and final match between Punk and Mysterio was booked with both stipulations reactivated, but Punk lost and was subsequently shaved bald.<sup id="cite_ref-shaved_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shaved-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the match, Punk began wearing a black mask, since he considered himself always pure unlike his followers and was embarrassed by his baldness.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 20, 2010, at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Fatal_4-Way" title="WWE Fatal 4-Way">WWE Fatal 4-Way</a>, Punk challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship against Mysterio, <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and the champion <a href="/wiki/Jack_Swagger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Swagger">Jack Swagger</a>, but he was unsuccessful when he was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>, who was accusing various people of attacking The Undertaker.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk and his stable started a feud with Big Show when on the July 16 episode of <i>SmackDown</i>, Big Show unmasked Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Big Show faced the Straight Edge Society in a <a href="/wiki/Handicap_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Handicap match">three-on-one handicap match</a> on August 15 at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2010)" title="SummerSlam (2010)">SummerSlam</a>, winning the match after Punk abandoned his teammates.<sup id="cite_ref-Eck_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eck-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next month, at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2010)" title="Night of Champions (2010)">Night of Champions</a> on September 19, Punk lost to Big Show in a <a href="/wiki/Singles_match_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Singles match (professional wrestling)">singles match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Straight Edge Society angle ended after Serena was released from WWE<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Mercury became injured,<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Punk defeated Gallows in a singles match on the September 24 <i>SmackDown</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_New_Nexus_(2010–2011)"><span id="The_New_Nexus_.282010.E2.80.932011.29"></span>The New Nexus (2010–2011)</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Nexus_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Nexus (professional wrestling)">The New Nexus</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg/170px-CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg/340px-CM_Punk_new_nexus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Punk in 2011 as leader of <a href="/wiki/The_New_Nexus" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Nexus">The New Nexus</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In October 2010, Punk was traded back to the Raw brand after being swapped with Edge and took part in the interbrand tag team match on October 24 at <a href="/wiki/Bragging_Rights_(2010)" title="Bragging Rights (2010)">Bragging Rights</a> after defeating <a href="/wiki/Evan_Bourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Evan Bourne">Evan Bourne</a> to win a place,<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but Team Raw lost as Punk was eliminated by Rey Mysterio.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the event, Punk suffered a hip injury that prevented him from wrestling for several months.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> To keep a presence on television, he began commentating on <i>Raw</i> on November 22.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of December 2010, Punk left the commentary team after assaulting <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> on the December 20 episode of <i>Raw</i><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the December 21 episode of <i>SmackDown</i> with a chair.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk later revealed that his motives for the attacks were that he had joined and assumed control of <a href="/wiki/The_Nexus_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Nexus (professional wrestling)">The Nexus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk then made each member of the group prove themselves worthy of a spot, with some instead choosing to join <a href="/wiki/The_Corre" title="The Corre">The Corre</a>, which had been started by former Nexus leader <a href="/wiki/Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">Wade Barrett</a> on SmackDown.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 30, 2011, Punk and The New Nexus cost Randy Orton his match with <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> for the WWE Championship at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2011)" title="Royal Rumble (2011)">Royal Rumble</a> as a revenge for Orton prematurely ending Punk's first World Heavyweight Championship reign in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-RoyalRumble2011_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoyalRumble2011-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In turn, Orton responded by taking out all of the New Nexus members by punting them in the head, leaving Punk alone as the sole surviving member of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This led to a match at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVII" title="WrestleMania XXVII">WrestleMania XXVII</a> on April 3 and a <a href="/wiki/Last_Man_Standing_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Man Standing match">Last Man Standing match</a> on May 1 at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2011)" title="Extreme Rules (2011)">Extreme Rules</a>, both of which Punk lost.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="WWE_Champion_(2011–2013)"><span id="WWE_Champion_.282011.E2.80.932013.29"></span>WWE Champion (2011–2013)</h4></div> <p>In June 2011, after pinning WWE Champion John Cena on the June 13 episode of <i>Raw</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Capitol_Punishment" title="WWE Capitol Punishment">Capitol Punishment</a> on June 19,<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and finally <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a> in a number one contender's triple threat match (which also included Mysterio) all within one week, Punk revealed that his WWE contract was set to expire on July 17 at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">Money in the Bank</a> and vowed to leave the company with the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-June20Raw_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-June20Raw-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the June 27, 2011, edition of <i>Raw</i>, CM Punk made a scathing, yet highly acclaimed on-air <a href="/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)" title="Shoot (professional wrestling)">speech</a>, often referred to as the "Pipe Bomb", concerning the way in which WWE is run and its owner <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a>, as well as referencing other promotions, such as Ring of Honor and <a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a>. Due to this, Punk was given a (in-storyline) suspension from televised WWE events.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Wrestling_Entertainment_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Wrestling_Entertainment-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk was later reinstated upon Cena's insistence.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Wortman_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Wortman-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Upon his return, Punk ceased to appear with the remaining members of The New Nexus and the group quietly dissolved, turning Punk face.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At Money in the Bank, Punk defeated Cena to become the WWE Champion on his final night under contract with WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-James_Wortman_165-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James_Wortman-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_matches_rated_5_or_more_stars_by_Dave_Meltzer" title="List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer">The match received a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer</a>, marking Punk's second performance to attain a five-star rating, and the first WWE match to receive such a rating since 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 21, Punk made a surprise appearance at a joint WWE–<a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> panel at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Comic-Con" title="San Diego Comic-Con">San Diego Comic-Con</a>, where he mocked new chief operating officer <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>, and offered WWE Championship tournament finalist Rey Mysterio a match for the WWE Championship as long as it was in Punk's hometown of Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-ComicCon1_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ComicCon1-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ComicCon2_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ComicCon2-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk appeared at July 23's <a href="/wiki/All_American_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="All American Wrestling">All American Wrestling</a> show, showing respect to <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Iron" title="Gregory Iron">Gregory Iron</a>, a wrestler with <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_palsy" title="Cerebral palsy">cerebral palsy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mysterio won the WWE Championship tournament on the July 25 episode of <i>Raw</i> only to lose it to Cena later that night. After Cena's victory, Punk returned and upstaged Cena's celebration while also entering a title dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Triple H later upheld both Punk and Cena's claims to the WWE Championship as legitimate and scheduled the two to a match at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2011)" title="SummerSlam (2011)">SummerSlam</a> on August 14 to decide the undisputed WWE Champion, with Triple H to serve as the special guest referee.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At SummerSlam, Punk defeated Cena, but he lost the title minutes later to Alberto Del Rio, who had cashed in his Money in the Bank contract after <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a> attacked Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following months, Punk lost at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2011)" title="Night of Champions (2011)">Night of Champions</a> on September 18 against Triple H, at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2011)" title="Hell in a Cell (2011)">Hell in a Cell</a> on October 2 in a WWE Championship triple threat Hell in a Cell match,<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and at <a href="/wiki/Vengeance_(2011)" title="Vengeance (2011)">Vengeance</a> on October 23 against The Miz and R-truth in a tag team match with Triple H as his partner.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This helped transition Punk's anti-establishment voice from Triple H to <a href="/wiki/John_Laurinaitis" title="John Laurinaitis">John Laurinaitis</a>, who, around this time, became the interim Raw general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk balked at Laurinaitis' promotion and verbally attacked him as a dull <a href="/wiki/Sycophant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sycophant">yes man</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg/170px-Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg/255px-Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg/340px-Punk_%26_Laurinaitis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1474" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>As <a href="/wiki/WWE_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Champion">WWE Champion</a>, Punk (front) feuded with <a href="/wiki/John_Laurinaitis" title="John Laurinaitis">John Laurinaitis</a> (background) for several months in 2011–2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2011)" title="Survivor Series (2011)">Survivor Series</a> on November 20, Punk defeated Del Rio to win his second WWE Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk went on to defend the title through the end of the year, retaining in a rematch with Del Rio on the November 28 episode of <i>Raw SuperShow</i><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and against both Del Rio and The Miz in a triple threat TLC match on December 18 at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2011)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs (2011)">TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2012)" title="Royal Rumble (2012)">Royal Rumble</a> on January 29, 2012, Punk successfully defended his title against Ziggler despite Laurinaitis acting as the <a href="/wiki/Referee_(professional_wrestling)#Special_outside_referee" title="Referee (professional wrestling)">outside enforcer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the January 30 episode of <i>Raw SuperShow</i>, the returning <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> attacked Punk and <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a> during their <a href="/wiki/Champion_vs._Champion_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Champion vs. Champion match">Champion vs. Champion match</a>, giving Bryan the win.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The following week on <i>Raw SuperShow</i>, Jericho explained his actions by dismissing the WWE roster as cheap imitations of himself and singling out Punk for calling himself "the best in the world", a moniker Jericho used the last time he was in WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their rivalry continued through <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2012)" title="Elimination Chamber (2012)">Elimination Chamber</a> on February 19, when Punk retained the WWE Championship in the namesake structure, but while four competitors were eliminated, Jericho was unable to continue the match after being kicked out of the chamber by Punk, causing temporary injury.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next night on <i>Raw SuperShow</i>, Jericho earned a match against Punk on April 1 at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVIII" title="WrestleMania XXVIII">WrestleMania XXVIII</a><sup id="cite_ref-Raw_SuperShow_2/20/12_Results_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raw_SuperShow_2/20/12_Results-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in a bid to psychologically unsettle him, revealed that Punk's father was an alcoholic and alleged that his sister was a drug addict, asserting that Punk's straight edge philosophy was paranoia to avoid the same vices and vowing to make Punk turn to alcohol by winning the title from him.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> John Laurinaitis added the stipulation that the WWE Championship could change hands via disqualification, which led to Jericho inciting Punk into using a weapon, but Punk resisted and retained the title.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the April 2 and 9 episodes of <i>Raw SuperShow</i>, Punk retained the WWE Championship against <a href="/wiki/Mark_Henry" title="Mark Henry">Mark Henry</a> after losing to him via countout and disqualification, being attacked by Jericho following both matches and doused with alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the April 16 episode of <i>Raw SuperShow</i>, Punk pinned Henry in a no disqualification, no countout match to retain the title.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After repeated altercations, the feud between Jericho and Punk culminated in a <a href="/wiki/Chicago_street_fight" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago street fight">Chicago street fight</a> on April 29 at <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2012)" title="Extreme Rules (2012)">Extreme Rules</a>, where Punk defeated Jericho to retain the WWE Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 20 at <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Limit_(2012)" title="Over the Limit (2012)">Over the Limit</a>, Punk retained the title against Daniel Bryan after reversing Bryan's submission hold the "<a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Crossface" title="Professional wrestling holds">"Yes!" Lock</a>" into a pinning combination, as the pinfall saved Punk from his own submission only moments later.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Shortly before Over the Limit, Bryan interfered in a non-title match between Punk and <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> to frame Punk for attacking Kane with a steel chair, starting a three-way rivalry.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the June 1 episode of <i>SmackDown</i>, a WWE Championship match between Punk and Kane ended in a double disqualification after Bryan attacked both men.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Bryan's jilted ex-girlfriend <a href="/wiki/AJ_Lee" title="AJ Lee">AJ Lee</a> turned her affections to both Punk and Kane.<sup id="cite_ref-Three_201-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Three-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This feud culminated in a triple threat match on June 17 at <a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_(2012)" title="No Way Out (2012)">No Way Out</a>, where Punk managed to retain the title after AJ distracted Kane.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July 15 at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2012)" title="Money in the Bank (2012)">Money in the Bank</a>, Punk defeated Bryan in a no disqualification match with AJ as special guest referee to retain the title and end the feud.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg/220px-CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg/330px-CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg/440px-CM_Punk_and_Paul_Heyman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3475" data-file-height="2398" /></a><figcaption>An injured Punk (center) accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> on <i>Raw</i> in December 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 23 at <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_1000" title="WWE Raw 1000">Raw 1000</a></i>, Punk defended the title against Money in the Bank winner John Cena and lost by disqualification after interference from <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When the night's special guest <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> – who had interrupted Punk earlier to announce he would wrestle for the WWE Championship at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2013)" title="Royal Rumble (2013)">Royal Rumble</a> on January 27, 2013 – intervened to save Cena from Big Show's assault, Punk attacked The Rock, turning heel in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk justified his actions the following week on <i>Raw</i>, explaining he was tired of people like Cena and The Rock overshadowing him when the WWE Champion should be the focus of the company, asserting himself further soon after by disrupting a number one contender's match between Cena and Big Show.<sup id="cite_ref-PunkCenaShow_207-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PunkCenaShow-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a result, both men were entered into the title match against Punk on August 19 at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2012)" title="SummerSlam (2012)">SummerSlam</a>, where he successfully retained the title by pinning Big Show after both Punk and Cena submitted Big Show at the same time and Raw general manager AJ Lee restarted the match.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the following weeks on <i>Raw</i>, Punk demanded respect from people like AJ Lee, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> and eventually aligned with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> in his feud with Cena.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On September 16 at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2012)" title="Night of Champions (2012)">Night of Champions</a>, Punk retained the WWE Championship after he fought Cena to a <a href="/wiki/Draw_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draw (professional wrestling)">draw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk continued to feud with Cena despite the latter's arm injury,<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> rejecting the requests of <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> to pick him as his <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2012)" title="Hell in a Cell (2012)">Hell in a Cell</a> opponent on October 28 and leading to a brawl with WWE chairman Vince McMahon.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cena was eventually pulled from the title match and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ryback_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryback (wrestler)">Ryback</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> whom Punk would defeat at Hell in a Cell in a Hell in a Cell match with help from referee <a href="/wiki/Brad_Maddox" title="Brad Maddox">Brad Maddox</a> to retain the title and also ending Ryback's thirty-eight match undefeated streak.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg/170px-Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg/255px-Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg/340px-Punk_at_a_RAW_House_Show_in_February_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="1048" /></a><figcaption>Punk at a WWE <a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">house show</a> in February 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>The next night on <i>Raw</i>, a furious Mick Foley confronted Punk for refusing to pick John Cena as his Hell in a Cell opponent, leading the two to agree to meet at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2012)" title="Survivor Series (2012)">Survivor Series</a> on November 18 in a <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_match" title="Survivor Series match">Survivor Series match</a> with Punk choosing Alberto Del Rio, <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damien_Sandow" class="mw-redirect" title="Damien Sandow">Damien Sandow</a> and The Miz for his team.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Punk was replaced as captain by Dolph Ziggler the following week on <i>Raw</i> and was instead booked in a triple threat WWE Championship match against John Cena and Ryback by Vince McMahon.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At Survivor Series, Punk won the match by pinning Cena following interference from the debuting faction called <a href="/wiki/The_Shield_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Shield (professional wrestling)">The Shield</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dean_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Ambrose">Dean Ambrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a>), allowing him to retain the WWE Championship and officially hold the championship for one full year.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On December 4, Punk underwent surgery to repair a partially torn <a href="/wiki/Meniscus_(anatomy)" title="Meniscus (anatomy)">meniscus</a>, removing him from his scheduled title match against Ryback on December 16 at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2012)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs (2012)">TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite his injury, Punk became the longest-reigning WWE Champion in the past 25 years on December 5, when he hit 381 days, surpassing John Cena's 380-day reign.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk returned to in-ring action on the January 7, 2013, episode of <i>Raw</i>, retaining the WWE Championship against Ryback in a TLC match following interference from The Shield.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 27 at the Royal Rumble, Punk defended the WWE Championship against The Rock in a match that stipulated that Punk would be stripped of the title if The Shield interfered.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk originally pinned The Rock to retain after The Shield put Rock through a table while the arena lights were out, leading Vince McMahon to come out and announce that Punk would be stripped of the title, but he instead restarted the match at The Rock's request. Punk lost, ending his reign at 434 days.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WWE recognized this reign as the longest world championship reign in WWE of the "modern era" (after 1988) until <a href="/wiki/WWE_Universal_Championship" title="WWE Universal Championship">Universal Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> broke that record in June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-WWEPunkLesnar_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWEPunkLesnar-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk received a title rematch with The Rock on February 17 at <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2013)" title="Elimination Chamber (2013)">Elimination Chamber</a>, stipulated that The Rock would lose the title if he was disqualified or counted out, but Punk was pinned by The Rock after miscommunication with Heyman.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the February 25 episode of <i>Raw</i>, Punk faced Royal Rumble winner John Cena for his number one contendership to the WWE Championship, but he lost.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_storylines_(2013–2014)"><span id="Final_storylines_.282013.E2.80.932014.29"></span>Final storylines (2013–2014)</h4></div> <p>On the March 4 episode of <i>Raw</i>, Punk defeated Big Show, Randy Orton and <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> in a fatal four-way match to earn the right to face <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_29" title="WrestleMania 29">WrestleMania 29</a> on April 7.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the real-life death of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bearer" title="Paul Bearer">Paul Bearer</a>, The Undertaker's former manager the next day, a somewhat controversial storyline involving Punk regularly <a href="/wiki/Spite_(sentiment)" title="Spite (sentiment)">spiting</a> The Undertaker through displays of flippancy and disrespect towards Bearer's death began, including Punk stealing Bearer's trademark urn.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At WrestleMania, Punk was defeated by The Undertaker.<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk then took a two-month hiatus away from WWE television to recover from injuries. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punk_and_Bryan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Punk_and_Bryan.jpg/220px-Punk_and_Bryan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Punk_and_Bryan.jpg/330px-Punk_and_Bryan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Punk_and_Bryan.jpg/440px-Punk_and_Bryan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Punk (left) allied himself with <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a> heading into <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2013)" title="Survivor Series (2013)">Survivor Series</a> in 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>Punk returned at <a href="/wiki/Payback_(2013)" title="Payback (2013)">Payback</a> on June 16, defeating <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk started a storyline where he told Heyman to no longer accompany him to his matches and was later attacked by Heyman's other client <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a>, thus turning Punk face once again.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Heyman also cost Punk a WWE Championship Money in the Bank ladder match at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2013)" title="Money in the Bank (2013)">Money in the Bank</a> on July 14 when Heyman attacked Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This led to a match between Punk and Lesnar at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2013)" title="SummerSlam (2013)">SummerSlam</a> on August 18,<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when Punk lost to Lesnar in a No Disqualification match after Heyman interfered.<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His feud with Heyman continued during the following months, facing his other client, the Intercontinental Champion <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Axel" title="Curtis Axel">Curtis Axel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> First, at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2013)" title="Night of Champions (2013)">Night of Champions</a> on September 15, Punk faced Axel and Heyman in a no disqualification two-on-one handicap elimination match in which he made Axel submit, leaving only Heyman left, but Punk lost the match after <a href="/wiki/Ryback" title="Ryback">Ryback</a> interfered and put him through a table.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Then on October 6, Punk defeated Ryback at <a href="/wiki/Battleground_(2013)" title="Battleground (2013)">Battleground</a><sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the feud ended at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2013)" title="Hell in a Cell (2013)">Hell in a Cell</a> on October 27, where Punk faced Heyman and Ryback in a two-on-one handicap <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Hell in a Cell match">Hell in a Cell match</a>, winning the match by pinning Ryback and after the match performing a "Go to Sleep" to Heyman on top of the cell.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punk moved on to a feud with <a href="/wiki/The_Wyatt_Family" title="The Wyatt Family">The Wyatt Family</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luke_Harper" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke Harper">Luke Harper</a>), forming an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a>, with the duo defeating Harper and Rowan in a tag team match on November 24 at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2013)" title="Survivor Series (2013)">Survivor Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next night on <i>Raw</i>, Punk was attacked by The Shield while attempting to save Bryan from being "taken hostage" by The Wyatt Family.<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk then insinuated that <a href="/wiki/The_Authority_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Authority (professional wrestling)">The Authority</a>, a villainous group who controlled WWE led by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, ordered the attack, which resulted in the Director of Operations <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> booking Punk in a three-on-one handicap match against The Shield at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_%26_Chairs_(2013)" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs (2013)">TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs</a> on December 15.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At TLC, Punk won the match after Reigns accidentally performed a spear on Ambrose.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After further altercations between Punk and Kane, Kane made Punk the first entrant in the annual <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble match</a> on January 26, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2014)" title="Royal Rumble (2014)">Royal Rumble</a>, near the end of the match, Kane, who was already eliminated earlier in the match by Punk, eliminated Punk from the outside and proceeded to perform a <a href="/wiki/Chokeslam" title="Chokeslam">chokeslam</a> on him through the announce table.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Initial_retirement_(2014)"><span id="Initial_retirement_.282014.29"></span>Initial retirement (2014)</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I was sick and hurt and burnt out, and I walked. And I can do that because I'm an <a href="/wiki/Independent_contractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent contractor">independent contractor</a>".</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>In a December 2014 interview, Punk explains why he left WWE earlier that year<sup id="cite_ref-pubstunt_250-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pubstunt-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Punk did not appear on the January 27, 2014, episode of <i>Raw</i>, nor did he appear at the <i>SmackDown</i> taping on Tuesday despite being advertised for both events. By Wednesday, WWE.com stopped advertising Punk for future events. <i>The Wrestling Observer</i> reported that on Monday and prior to <i>Raw,</i> Punk had <a href="/wiki/Legit_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legit (professional wrestling)">legitimately</a> walked out after telling <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> that he was "going home".<sup id="cite_ref-WalkoutTorch_251-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalkoutTorch-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WalkOutIndy_252-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WalkOutIndy-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On February 20 during a <a href="/wiki/Conference_call" title="Conference call">conference call</a> to investors, McMahon said Punk was "taking a <a href="/wiki/Sabbatical" title="Sabbatical">sabbatical</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Departure_253-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Departure-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the March 3 episode of <i>Raw,</i> which took place in Punk's hometown of Chicago, WWE acknowledged his absence on television for the first time when the show started with Punk's entrance music playing, only for former manager <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> to walk out to a loud chorus of boos.<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WWE then proceeded to remove Punk from footage of their promotional videos.<sup id="cite_ref-Flintstones_255-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flintstones-255"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This lasted until the first half of July, where WWE used footage of Punk to promote the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In an interview published in late May, Punk was asked how it felt "to be retired at 35" and replied that "it feels good".<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On July 15, WWE.com officially moved Punk from the active roster to the alumni section of their page without releasing a statement. On the same day, Punk thanked his fans without mentioning WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-WWEalum_259-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWEalum-259"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In late July, Punk said that he was "never ever" going to return to wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-neverever_260-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neverever-260"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When Punk told [another] doctor that he wrestled with a <a href="/wiki/Staph_infection" class="mw-redirect" title="Staph infection">staph infection</a> for three months, Punk said [that] doctor told him: "You should be dead. You could have died".</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>The <i>Pro Wrestling Torch</i> documents the Punk interview released in November 2014<sup id="cite_ref-TorchCabana_261-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorchCabana-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>On an episode of <a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a>'s <i>Art of Wrestling</i> <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a> released in November 2014, Punk finally broke his silence regarding his exit from WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a detailed interview, Punk said that he was suspended for two months after walking out on WWE in January and that after the suspension ended, nobody from WWE contacted him. Punk also said WWE executives gave him a run-around when he reached out to them for unpaid royalties until he was ultimately handed his termination papers and was fired by WWE on his wedding day on June 13, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-InsiderCabana_263-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsiderCabana-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The manner of firing was the last straw for Punk, stating that he would never return to WWE and that there would be no further working relationship between him and WWE following a legal settlement. The settlement included Punk giving WWE permission to sell his remaining merchandise.<sup id="cite_ref-TorchCabana_261-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorchCabana-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punk cited his health as the main reason he left WWE, describing that during his final months in WWE, he had been working through an untreated and potentially fatal <a href="/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus" title="Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus">MRSA</a> infection (Punk later acknowledged on the witness stand that he was not diagnosed with an MRSA staph infection, but that a physician's assistant said he exhibited certain symptoms consistent with an ordinary staph infection),<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> broken ribs, injured knees and multiple concussions, including one at the 2014 Royal Rumble, as well as having lost his appetite and ability to sleep well. Punk felt that WWE was pressuring and rushing him to wrestle before fully recovering. According to Punk, he found a lump on his back in November 2013, and it was diagnosed as a "fatty deposit" by Dr. Chris Amann, who refused to remove it despite Punk's repeated requests. The week after Punk left WWE, his wife <a href="/wiki/AJ_Lee" title="AJ Lee">April Mendez</a> convinced him to get the lump checked by her doctor. The doctor told Punk that he could have died due to ignoring it for such a long time. Punk had the doctor evacuate the infection, describing it as the worst pain in his life, but said that once it was treated and he was on stronger medication, he was able to sleep better than he had in months.<sup id="cite_ref-InsiderCabana_263-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsiderCabana-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other sources of unhappiness Punk had with WWE were his failure to main event a WrestleMania (deeming his entire career to be a failure as a result),<sup id="cite_ref-InsiderCabana_263-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsiderCabana-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> being paid less than the other wrestlers in the three most significant matches of WrestleMania 29, doing favors for Vince McMahon and not being owed back, being "creatively stifled", feeling that there were no long-term plans for wrestlers other than <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, as well as receiving less pay and not getting answers as to how the advent of the WWE Network would affect wrestlers' salaries.<sup id="cite_ref-InsiderCabana_263-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsiderCabana-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lastly, Punk described having left with "zero passion" for wrestling<sup id="cite_ref-TorchCabana_261-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorchCabana-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and described himself at the time of the interview to be the happiest he had ever been in many years.<sup id="cite_ref-InsiderCabana_263-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InsiderCabana-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Less than one week later, while being interviewed on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Austin_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Steve Austin Show">The Steve Austin Show</a></i> on the WWE Network, Vince McMahon apologized to Punk for the manner of his termination, which he regarded as an unfortunate coincidence due to a lack of communication within the company. McMahon also said that he was open to working with Punk again.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a second <i>Art of Wrestling</i> podcast, Punk publicly rejected McMahon's apology, brushing it off as "insincere" and a "publicity stunt" as McMahon did not contact him directly to apologize and could have apologized much earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-pubstunt_250-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pubstunt-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-retirement_appearances_(2015–2020)"><span id="Post-retirement_appearances_.282015.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Post-retirement appearances (2015–2020)</h3></div> <p>Punk's first known appearance at a professional wrestling event following his exit from WWE was at a Freelance Wrestling show on December 4, 2015, titled "Raw Power." Draped in a cloak and referred to by announcers as <a href="/wiki/Kikutaro" title="Kikutaro">Kikutaro</a>'s "nameless mentor", Punk managed Kikutaro in a match against Darin Corbin and Dick Justice. He tossed around salt before the match but did not get involved in the match itself.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 19, 2019, Punk appeared in a <a href="/wiki/Alter_ego" title="Alter ego">masked disguise</a> at an event held by independent promotion MKE Wrestling, where he helped <a href="/wiki/Ace_Steel" title="Ace Steel">Ace Steel</a> win a match by attacking his opponent with the GTS. While it was implied to be Punk by promotion owner <a href="/wiki/Silas_Young" title="Silas Young">Silas Young</a>, nothing was confirmed by Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 12, 2019, Punk made a surprise appearance on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_1" title="Fox Sports 1">Fox Sports 1</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Backstage" title="WWE Backstage">WWE Backstage</a></i>. He subsequently joined the program as a special contributor and analyst.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk accepted the job because he would be under contract with Fox instead of WWE directly, and hoped it would help him find his way back into the wrestling business. Regarding an in-ring return, he was not interested but not opposed to the idea, noting it was "a bridge that is gonna have to be built."<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Production of <i>WWE Backstage</i> was halted due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and subsequently suspended by Fox in June 2020, later being canceled as a series entirely by 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All_Elite_Wrestling_(2021–2023)"><span id="All_Elite_Wrestling_.282021.E2.80.932023.29"></span>All Elite Wrestling (2021–2023)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Initial_debut_and_AEW_World_Champion_(2021–2022)"><span id="Initial_debut_and_AEW_World_Champion_.282021.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Initial debut and AEW World Champion (2021–2022)</h4></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg/383px-CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg/510px-CM_Punk_AEW_Debut_during_AEW_Rampage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2559" data-file-height="1441" /></a><figcaption>Punk made his return to professional wrestling in August 2021 by signing with <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW).</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 20, 2021, Punk made his debut for <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a> (AEW) at <a href="/wiki/AEW_The_First_Dance" title="AEW The First Dance">The First Dance</a> event on <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Rampage" title="AEW Rampage">Rampage</a></i>, challenging <a href="/wiki/Darby_Allin" title="Darby Allin">Darby Allin</a> to a match at the <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2021)" title="All Out (2021)">All Out</a> pay-per-view event. This marked Punk's official return to professional wrestling after a seven-year retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-Raimondi2021_271-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raimondi2021-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wrestling journalist <a href="/wiki/Dave_Meltzer" title="Dave Meltzer">Dave Meltzer</a> said, "Punk's appearance in his home city drew one of the most amazing audience reactions to a pro wrestler in U.S. history. The reaction was compared to Montreal's reaction to <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> in 2002 shortly after his <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> return, or the reaction to <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> a few months before that upon his return from a torn quad."<sup id="cite_ref-Meltzer2021_272-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meltzer2021-272"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk won the match against Allin at All Out on September 5.<sup id="cite_ref-Barrasso2021_273-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrasso2021-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following a brief feud with <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kingston" title="Eddie Kingston">Eddie Kingston</a>, whom Punk defeated at <a href="/wiki/Full_Gear_(2021)" title="Full Gear (2021)">Full Gear</a> on November 13, Punk experienced his first defeat in AEW in February 2022, losing to <a href="/wiki/MJF" class="mw-redirect" title="MJF">MJF</a> in a singles match on <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite" title="AEW Dynamite">Dynamite</a></i> after months of feuding between the two.<sup id="cite_ref-Guzzo2021_274-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guzzo2021-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barrasso2021B_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrasso2021B-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Casey2022_276-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Casey2022-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guzzo2022_277-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guzzo2022-277"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk defeated MJF on March 6 at <a href="/wiki/Revolution_(2022)" title="Revolution (2022)">Revolution</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Dog_Collar_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Dog Collar match">Dog Collar match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Casey2022B_278-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Casey2022B-278"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2022)" title="Double or Nothing (2022)">Double or Nothing</a> on May 29, 2022, Punk defeated <a href="/wiki/Adam_Page" title="Adam Page">Adam Page</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brookhouse2022_279-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brookhouse2022-279"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Five days after winning the title, Punk announced on the June 3 episode of <i>Rampage</i> that he was taking a hiatus from competing to recover from a foot injury, but that he would remain champion.<sup id="cite_ref-Currier_2022_280-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Currier_2022-280"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Jon Moxley</a> was crowned as <a href="/wiki/Interim_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="Interim champion">interim champion</a> in Punk's place at <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Door_(2022)" title="Forbidden Door (2022)">AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door</a> on June 26.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahjouri2022_281-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahjouri2022-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/AEW_Quake_by_the_Lake" title="AEW Quake by the Lake">Quake by the Lake</a> special episode of <i>Dynamite</i> on August 10, Punk made his return and confronted Moxley, igniting a title dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-Dynamite08102022_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dynamite08102022-282"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A match to determine the undisputed AEW World Champion took place on the August 24 episode of <i>Dynamite</i>, which Moxley <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#squash" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">won quickly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dynamite08242022_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dynamite08242022-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After accepting Moxley's open challenge for anyone to face him on September 4 at <a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2022)" title="All Out (2022)">All Out</a>, Punk defeated Moxley at All Out to win the AEW World Championship for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-Dynamite08312022_284-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dynamite08312022-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllOut2022_285-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllOut2022-285"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suspensions_and_departure_(2022–2023)"><span id="Suspensions_and_departure_.282022.E2.80.932023.29"></span>Suspensions and departure (2022–2023)</h4></div> <p>During the post-event <a href="/wiki/Media_scrum" title="Media scrum">media scrum</a>, Punk addressed rumors that he had attempted to get <a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a> fired from AEW, accused the company's <a href="/wiki/Executive_vice_presidents" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive vice presidents">executive vice presidents</a> and wrestlers <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Young_Bucks" title="The Young Bucks">The Young Bucks</a> (Matt and Nick Jackson) of spreading those rumors and leaking them to wrestling media, and referenced a segment in which he says Page went "<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#going_into_business_for_him/herself" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">into business for himself</a>" prior to their match in May.<sup id="cite_ref-DeFelice2022_286-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeFelice2022-286"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Radican2022_287-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radican2022-287"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clark2023_288-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark2023-288"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Omega and The Young Bucks, along with head of AEW legal, Megha Parekh, approached Punk about his comments backstage, which led to a <a href="/wiki/Shoot_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoot (wrestling)">legitimate</a> altercation. Punk, Omega, and The Young Bucks all received consequent suspensions pending investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson2022_289-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson2022-289"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later that week, the AEW World Championship was announced as having been vacated.<sup id="cite_ref-Russell2022_290-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell2022-290"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VanBoom2022_291-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanBoom2022-291"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around the same time, Punk underwent surgery to repair his left <a href="/wiki/Triceps" title="Triceps">triceps</a> after tearing it during his match at All Out.<sup id="cite_ref-Renner2022_292-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Renner2022-292"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On his conduct at the media scrum, Punk later said he "didn't approach it in the right manner" and that he was "disappointed" and "hurt", as he had sensed that he had just suffered another injury.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark2023_288-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark2023-288"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe,_2023.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png/220px-CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png/330px-CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png/440px-CM_Punk_and_Samoa_Joe%2C_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption>Punk lifting the <a href="/wiki/The_finger" title="The finger">middle finger</a> as he faces <a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a> at <a href="/wiki/All_In_(2023)" title="All In (2023)">All In</a> in August 2023, in what would be his final AEW match.</figcaption></figure> <p>After a nine-month absence, Punk made his return to AEW on the <a href="/wiki/AEW_Collision_debut_episode" title="AEW Collision debut episode">premiere episode</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Collision" title="AEW Collision">Collision</a></i> on June 17, 2023, teaming with <a href="/wiki/FTR_(professional_wrestling)" title="FTR (professional wrestling)">FTR</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cash_Wheeler" title="Cash Wheeler">Cash Wheeler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dax_Harwood" title="Dax Harwood">Dax Harwood</a>) to defeat <a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Juice_Robinson" title="Juice Robinson">Juice Robinson</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Six-man_tag_team_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Six-man tag team match">six-man tag team match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Collision06172023_293-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collision06172023-293"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That same month, he entered the men's <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart_Cup" title="Owen Hart Cup">Owen Hart Cup</a> tournament, defeating <a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Kojima" title="Satoshi Kojima">Satoshi Kojima</a> in the first round at <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Door_(2023)" title="Forbidden Door (2023)">Forbidden Door</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dynamite06212023_294-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dynamite06212023-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FD2023_295-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FD2023-295"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk won over Joe in the semifinals and lost to <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Starks" title="Ricky Starks">Ricky Starks</a> in the final round on July 15 after Starks grabbed the ropes for leverage to get the pin.<sup id="cite_ref-Barrasso2023_296-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrasso2023-296"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mueller2023_297-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mueller2023-297"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the July 29 edition of <i>Collision</i>, Punk unveiled the AEW World Championship belt that he had won in September 2022, declaring himself the real world champion and stated that he still rightfully held the title since he was never defeated for it. He then spray-painted his signature "X" symbol over the belt.<sup id="cite_ref-Barrasso2023B_298-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barrasso2023B-298"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DeFelice2023_299-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeFelice2023-299"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/All_In_(2023)" title="All In (2023)">All In</a> on August 27, he successfully defended the <a href="/wiki/%22Real_World_Championship%22" class="mw-redirect" title="&quot;Real World Championship&quot;">"Real World Championship"</a> against Joe in what would be his final AEW match.<sup id="cite_ref-Lambert2023_300-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lambert2023-300"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllInLondon_301-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllInLondon-301"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FightFallen2023_302-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FightFallen2023-302"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the event, it was widely reported that Punk had been involved in a legitimate backstage altercation with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Perry" title="Jack Perry">Jack Perry</a> regarding comments Perry made during his match earlier in the show, itself a reference to Punk denying Perry's request to use real glass in his segments on <i>Collision</i>. After an investigation into the altercation was conducted by AEW, Punk was terminated from his AEW contract for <a href="/wiki/Just_cause_(employment_law)" title="Just cause (employment law)">just cause</a> on September 2 under the unanimous recommendation of both the AEW discipline committee and outside legal counsel. Punk's termination was announced on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">X</a> by AEW's official account, and was also announced during the opening of that night's episode of <i>Collision</i>, where AEW president and CEO <a href="/wiki/Tony_Khan" title="Tony Khan">Tony Khan</a> stated that "the incident was regrettable and it endangered people backstage". He later stated, "Never in all [this] time have I ever felt until last Sunday that my security, my safety, my life was in danger at a wrestling show. I don't think anybody should feel that way at work, I don't think the people I work with should feel that way, and I had to make a very difficult choice today."<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk later contradicted Khan's claim of firing him for just cause, stating in an April 2024 interview on <i>The MMA Hour</i> with <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Helwani" title="Ariel Helwani">Ariel Helwani</a> that he initially wanted to leave AEW entirely rather than have <i>Collision</i> be a show revolving around him and not the Elite, and that after the altercation with Perry, he told Khan to his face, "You're a fucking clown, I quit."<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Footage of the backstage altercation was shown on the April 10, 2024, episode of <i>Dynamite</i> as way to further the feud between The Young Bucks and FTR, with the latters being real-life friends with Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_WWE_(2023–present)"><span id="Return_to_WWE_.282023.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Return to WWE (2023–present)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg/220px-CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg/330px-CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg/440px-CMPunkSurvivorSeries.jpg 2x" data-file-width="833" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption>Punk made his return to <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series:_WarGames_(2023)" title="Survivor Series: WarGames (2023)">Survivor Series: WarGames</a> on November 25, 2023.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the conclusion of <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series:_WarGames_(2023)" title="Survivor Series: WarGames (2023)">Survivor Series: WarGames</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metropolitan area</a> on November 25, 2023, Punk made a surprise return to <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a> in his first appearance in WWE since 2014 (discounting his appearances on Fox's <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Backstage" title="WWE Backstage">WWE Backstage</a></i> in 2019).<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to reporters present at the event, his return was greeted by "one of the loudest <a href="/wiki/Pop_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop (professional wrestling)">pops</a> of all time".<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After making appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Raw</a></i>, the "<a href="/wiki/Tribute_to_the_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribute to the Troops">Tribute to the Troops</a>" <a href="/wiki/WWE_Tribute_to_the_Troops_results#2023" title="WWE Tribute to the Troops results">special episode</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a></i>, and at <a href="/wiki/NXT_Deadline_(2023)" title="NXT Deadline (2023)">NXT Deadline</a>, he signed with the <a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a> <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand</a> on the December 11 episode of <i>Raw</i>, where he was subsequently confronted by <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)">World Heavyweight Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Seth_%22Freakin%22_Rollins" class="mw-redirect" title="Seth &quot;Freakin&quot; Rollins">Seth "Freakin" Rollins</a>, teasing a potential match, and officially announced his entry into the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk's first matches back with WWE were against <a href="/wiki/%22Dirty%22_Dominik_Mysterio" class="mw-redirect" title="&quot;Dirty&quot; Dominik Mysterio">"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio</a>, during the WWE Live Holiday Tour, first at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on December 26, then at the <a href="/wiki/Kia_Forum" title="Kia Forum">Kia Forum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a> on December 30, which were both won by Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 27, 2024, at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2024)" title="Royal Rumble (2024)">Royal Rumble</a>, Punk wrestled his first televised WWE match since 2014, entering at number 27 during the Royal Rumble match, in which he was the runner-up after being eliminated by <a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the match, Punk tore his right triceps, rendering him unable to compete at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XL" title="WrestleMania XL">WrestleMania XL</a>, thus scrapping a planned match between Punk and Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at the event.<sup id="cite_ref-RR24Injury_313-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RR24Injury-313"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The injury was later turned into a storyline between Punk and <a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a>, with McIntyre continuously mocking Punk for causing his injury.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk retaliated by attacking McIntyre after the latter won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL in April, allowing <a href="/wiki/Damian_Priest" title="Damian Priest">Damian Priest</a> to cash in his Money in the Bank contract,<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Clash_at_the_Castle:_Scotland" title="Clash at the Castle: Scotland">Clash at the Castle: Scotland</a> in McIntyre's home country in June,<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2024)" title="Money in the Bank (2024)">Money in the Bank</a> in July, when McIntyre attempted to cash in after winning the eponymous ladder match.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk and McIntyre then had a trilogy of matches, the first at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2024)" title="SummerSlam (2024)">SummerSlam</a> with Rollins as the special guest referee where Punk lost to McIntyre,<sup id="cite_ref-SSlam2024_320-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSlam2024-320"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the second at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Bash_in_Berlin" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Bash in Berlin">Bash in Berlin</a> where Punk won in a <a href="/wiki/Strap_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Strap match">strap match</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BashBerlin_321-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BashBerlin-321"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the third and final match at <a href="/wiki/Bad_Blood_(2024)" title="Bad Blood (2024)">Bad Blood</a>, where Punk defeated McIntyre in a <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Hell in a Cell match">Hell in a Cell match</a>, ending their nearly ten-month feud.<sup id="cite_ref-BadBlood2024_322-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BadBlood2024-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a short hiatus, Punk made his return at the conclusion of the November 22 episode of <i>SmackDown,</i> as the fifth member of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a>' team at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series:_WarGames_(2024)" title="Survivor Series: WarGames (2024)">Survivor Series: WarGames</a> alongside the returning <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_persona">Professional wrestling persona</h2></div> <p>Punk adopted his real-life following of the <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a> movement as a major attribute of his professional wrestling character. The character utilizes different elements of Punk's personality and beliefs of the straight edge movement dependent on his alignment. While portraying a crowd favorite, Punk's character tends to be that of Punk's normal personality,<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> largely indifferent to others who drink <a href="/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage" title="Alcoholic beverage">alcohol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smoking" title="Smoking">smoke</a> tobacco, partake in <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drug use</a> or have <a href="/wiki/Promiscuity" title="Promiscuity">promiscuous</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_sexual_activity" title="Human sexual activity">sexual behavior</a>, but emphasizing the social discipline involved with personally <a href="/wiki/Abstinence" title="Abstinence">abstaining</a> from these behaviors. Conversely, his villainous personality tends to be that of one who is <a href="/wiki/Hardline_(subculture)" title="Hardline (subculture)">hardline</a> or <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge#1990s" title="Straight edge">militant straight edge</a>, exemplifying the elitist attitudes and superiority complexes – defined by Punk's common mantra during villainous-themed <a href="/wiki/Promos_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Promos (professional wrestling)">promos</a> that because he is straight edge, he is "better than you."<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk performs the straight edge symbol of crossing his arms in an X formation while having the letter X written on the back of his hands, usually drawn on his wrist tape. During his WWE career, Punk also incorporated a belligerently <a href="/wiki/Anti-establishment" title="Anti-establishment">anti-establishment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-corporate_activism" title="Anti-corporate activism">anti-corporate</a> attitude into his persona.<sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally, the initials CM in his ring name represented the phrase "Chick Magnet", the name of the tag team he was in as a <a href="/wiki/Backyard_wrestling" title="Backyard wrestling">backyard wrestler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chickmagnets_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chickmagnets-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Punk later changed CM into a <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-acronym" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudo-acronym">pseudo-acronym</a>, declaring that it has no meaning,<sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> though when asked since he has taken to making up meanings that fit the initials, going so far as to make up long stories to explain the origins that do not match the actual origin story at all.<sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since beginning this practice, Punk has stated CM stands among others for "<a href="/wiki/Cookie_Monster" title="Cookie Monster">Cookie Monster</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "Crooked Moonsault",<sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Chuck_Mosley" title="Chuck Mosley">Chuck Mosley</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Charles Montgomery</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Charles_Manson" title="Charles Manson">Charles Manson</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-jon_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jon-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Charlie_Murphy_(actor)" title="Charlie Murphy (actor)">Charlie Murphy</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-326" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and "Chicago Made".<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his entrance, Punk yells "It's clobberin' time!",<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_328-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a reference to New York City <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk">hardcore punk</a> band <a href="/wiki/Sick_of_It_All" title="Sick of It All">Sick of It All</a> who wrote a song with the same name and <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel's</a> fictional character <a href="/wiki/Ben_Grimm" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Grimm">The Thing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PunkMarvelInterview_329-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PunkMarvelInterview-329"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As his entrance theme, Punk uses the song "<a href="/wiki/Cult_of_Personality_(song)" title="Cult of Personality (song)">Cult of Personality</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Living_Colour" title="Living Colour">Living Colour</a>, with which he is often associated.<sup id="cite_ref-Raimondi2021_271-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raimondi2021-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg/170px-CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg/340px-CM_Punk_RAW_800.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="805" /></a><figcaption>Punk in 2008; prominently visible are the <a href="/wiki/Pepsi_Globe" title="Pepsi Globe">Pepsi Globe</a> tattoo on his left shoulder, the "luck is for losers" <a href="/wiki/Sleeve_tattoo" title="Sleeve tattoo">sleeve tattoo</a> on his left arm, and the "<a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a>" tattoo across his stomach</figcaption></figure> <p>An integral part of Punk is the numerous tattoos that adorn his body, some of which have become symbols associated with Punk and <a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantras</a> and declarations that have been integrated into his gimmick. The tattoos as a whole, due to their large quantity and variety, have also become an attribute identifiable to Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-wwemag_331-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwemag-331"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The most important of the individual tattoos in Punk's character – whether through association, symbol, or mantra – are the following: </p> <ul><li>A <a href="/wiki/Pepsi_Globe" title="Pepsi Globe">Pepsi Globe</a> logo on his left shoulder that inspired the names of two of his signature moves. It also became a symbol of Punk himself, who wore the logo on his ring gear in the independent circuit as well as a slightly modified Pepsi logo being used as part of his <a href="/wiki/Jumbotron" title="Jumbotron">TitanTron</a> entrance video.<sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk, a keen <a href="/wiki/Pepsi" title="Pepsi">Pepsi</a> drinker, chose to receive a Pepsi tattoo to emphasize his straight edge beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-wojick_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wojick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tattoo is also a reference to former <a href="/wiki/Minor_Threat" title="Minor Threat">Minor Threat</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Brian_Baker_(musician)" title="Brian Baker (musician)">Brian Baker</a>, who had a <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> tattoo and explained this by saying "I like Coca-Cola". When people inquire about Punk's Pepsi tattoo, he often replies "I like Pepsi" in a similar fashion.<sup id="cite_ref-punkshoot_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-punkshoot-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The words "Straight Edge" are spelled out on Punk's stomach.<sup id="cite_ref-ChrisBrown_333-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChrisBrown-333"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This is one of his oldest tattoos<sup id="cite_ref-wwemag_331-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwemag-331"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and he has referred to it as his identity.<sup id="cite_ref-cheesegrater_334-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cheesegrater-334"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Sleeve_tattoo" title="Sleeve tattoo">sleeve tattoo</a> on his left arm that reads "luck is for losers" and features numerous <a href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">good luck</a> symbols, including a <a href="/wiki/Rabbit%27s_foot" title="Rabbit&#39;s foot">rabbit's foot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Four-leaf_clover" title="Four-leaf clover">four-leaf clover</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe" title="Horseshoe">horseshoe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wweink_335-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wweink-335"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The tattoo also features four <a href="/wiki/Ace" title="Ace">ace</a> playing cards as a tribute to trainer <a href="/wiki/Ace_Steel" title="Ace Steel">Ace Steel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wweink_335-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wweink-335"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The phrase "No gimmicks needed" on the back of his left hand, a tribute to deceased wrestler <a href="/wiki/Chris_Candido" title="Chris Candido">Chris Candido</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The words "Drug Free" across his knuckles ("Drug" on his right knuckles and "Free" on his left).<sup id="cite_ref-ChrisBrown_333-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChrisBrown-333"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>His younger sister's jersey number (31) behind his left ear, surrounded by stars, each of which represents his siblings as a way to bond away from home.<sup id="cite_ref-Inked_337-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inked-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cobra_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobra Command">Cobra Command</a> logo (<a href="/wiki/G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero" title="G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero">G.I. Joe</a>'s enemy) on his right shoulder. Punk is known for his love of comic books, considering them along with <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and professional wrestling as three of the original arts that America has given to the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Inked_337-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inked-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3></div> <p>Several wrestlers have publicly cited Punk as an inspiration or influence on their careers. <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> said in December 2018 that Punk's influence on the Chicago wrestling scene was responsible for him becoming a wrestler in the first place,<sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Rhea_Ripley" title="Rhea Ripley">Rhea Ripley</a> said in September 2019 that Punk's verbal skills were something she aspired to because "when he spoke, everyone listened",<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a> told <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> in November 2019 that Punk's work on the <a href="/wiki/Independent_circuit" title="Independent circuit">independent circuit</a> was a "huge influence" on him.<sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reporters, wrestlers, and fans alike have praised Punk's speaking skills, especially his in-ring promos.<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pipebomb_345-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pipebomb-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His June 2011 "Pipebomb" promo has been called "historic" and is regarded as one of the most important promos in professional wrestling history.<sup id="cite_ref-Pipebomb_345-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pipebomb-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-346" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-346"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk is credited with being one of the first independent wrestlers to have success in WWE, which in turn opened the door for other independent wrestlers to both join and succeed in WWE.<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-348" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-348"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-349" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-349"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although much of his time as a top star in WWE was during its heavily watered-down <a href="/wiki/PG_Era" title="PG Era">PG Era</a>, Erik Beaston of <a href="/wiki/Bleacher_Report" title="Bleacher Report">Bleacher Report</a> wrote that "Punk turned the company on its head for a few short years and gave fans a taste of what an alternative to the advertiser-obsessed promotion could look like."<sup id="cite_ref-350" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-350"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his 2014 departure from WWE until his return to AEW in 2021, the chanting of Punk's name was prominent during WWE events.<sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Initially starting because fans expected his return as part of a storyline, the chants continued well after it was clear that his retirement was legitimate. During the following years, chanting his name became a way for WWE fans to voice their displeasure at a particular match or storyline, particularly during events in or near his native <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. The continual chanting for Punk, despite the fact his return was unlikely, polarized fans and journalists; some said it was disrespectful to the wrestlers in the ring, while others (including Punk himself) viewed the chants as a legitimate way for the audience to convey their feelings and that paying fans should not have their behavior policed by others.<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On numerous occasions, performers in the ring have addressed the chants directly.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mixed_martial_arts_career">Mixed martial arts career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ultimate_Fighting_Championship_(2014–2021)"><span id="Ultimate_Fighting_Championship_.282014.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Ultimate Fighting Championship (2014–2021)</h3></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/UFC_181" title="UFC 181">UFC 181</a>, on December 6, 2014, Punk announced that he had signed a multi-fight contract with <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a> (UFC).<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNsign_355-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNsign-355"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-356" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When asked if he would compete under his ring name or birth name, he told the <i><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Sun" title="Las Vegas Sun">Las Vegas Sun</a></i>: "I've come this far with CM Punk. That's what people know. I'm trying to stick with that. I'm not shying away from it. I'm not ashamed of it."<sup id="cite_ref-357" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His UFC profile listed him as CM Punk.<sup id="cite_ref-UFC_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UFC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2015, Punk began training under <a href="/wiki/Duke_Roufus" title="Duke Roufus">Duke Roufus</a> at <a href="/wiki/Roufusport" title="Roufusport">Roufusport MMA Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-358" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-359" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-359"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2015, Punk moved to Milwaukee to be closer to the Roufusport gym while still retaining his home in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-Milwaukee_360-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milwaukee-360"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later, it was announced that Punk would compete in the welterweight division.<sup id="cite_ref-361" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-361"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In October 2015, Roufus announced that Punk had suffered a shoulder injury, delaying his UFC debut until the next calendar year.<sup id="cite_ref-362" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-362"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On February 6, 2016, it was announced that Punk would face <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Gall" title="Mickey Gall">Mickey Gall</a> in his first professional mixed martial arts (MMA) contest, but he was diagnosed with a <a href="/wiki/Herniated_disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Herniated disc">herniated disc</a> and underwent surgery days later.<sup id="cite_ref-363" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-363"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punk's UFC and MMA debut against Mickey Gall took place on September 10, 2016, at <a href="/wiki/UFC_203" title="UFC 203">UFC 203</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The event was held at the <a href="/wiki/Quicken_Loans_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Quicken Loans Arena">Quicken Loans Arena</a>, the same venue where Punk left WWE and retired from professional wrestling.<sup id="cite_ref-365" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-365"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk was taken down immediately and lost via rear naked choke submission early in the first round.<sup id="cite_ref-366" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-366"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-367" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-367"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was paid a disclosed $500,000 (equivalent to $634,775&#32;in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-368" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-368"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Punk's second professional bout took place at <a href="/wiki/UFC_225" title="UFC 225">UFC 225</a> on June 9, 2018, against <a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(fighter)" title="Mike Jackson (fighter)">Mike Jackson</a>, in his hometown of Chicago. Punk lost the one-sided fight via unanimous decision.<sup id="cite_ref-369" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-369"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the bout, UFC president <a href="/wiki/Dana_White" title="Dana White">Dana White</a> said that both Punk and Jackson would probably not fight for the UFC again, and urged Punk to "call it a wrap".<sup id="cite_ref-370" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-370"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Three years after the bout, it was made public that the result was overturned to a no contest after Jackson tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">marijuana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-371" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-371"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 2021, Punk notified the UFC he would be retiring from MMA after he returned to professional wrestling earlier that month.<sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Punk's MMA career has been widely panned by MMA fans and personalities.<sup id="cite_ref-373" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-373"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>372<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-374" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-374"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>373<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-375" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-375"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>374<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-376" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-376"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>375<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships_(2018–present)"><span id="Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships_.282018.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Cage Fury Fighting Championships (2018–present)</h3></div> <p>On November 8, 2018, Punk signed with the <a href="/wiki/Cage_Fury_Fighting_Championships" title="Cage Fury Fighting Championships">Cage Fury Fighting Championships</a> (CFFC) promotion (a UFC affiliate) as a commentator. His first event was CFFC 71 on December 14 and it was streamed live on <a href="/wiki/UFC_Fight_Pass" title="UFC Fight Pass">UFC Fight Pass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-377" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-377"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>376<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Brooks married fellow wrestler April Mendez, known at the time as <a href="/wiki/AJ_Lee" title="AJ Lee">AJ Lee</a>, on June 13, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-Markazi2016_378-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Markazi2016-378"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They reside in his native <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-379" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-379"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>378<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also supports the rights for <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights">LGBT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-Punk2020_380-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Punk2020-380"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-ProWrestling2012_381-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProWrestling2012-381"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>380<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Williamson2023_382-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williamson2023-382"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Like his wrestling persona, he follows a <a href="/wiki/Straight_edge" title="Straight edge">straight edge</a> lifestyle.<sup id="cite_ref-Punk2015_383-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Punk2015-383"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>382<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-384" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-384"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>383<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks once worked for a shop named All American Comics in <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Park,_Illinois" title="Evergreen Park, Illinois">Evergreen Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-PunkMarvelInterview_329-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PunkMarvelInterview-329"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which closed in January 2022.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_issues">Legal issues</h3></div> <p>In February 2015, WWE doctor Christopher Amann filed a <a href="/wiki/United_States_defamation_law" title="United States defamation law">defamation</a> lawsuit against Brooks and <a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Scott Colton</a> over Brooks's allegations of <a href="/wiki/Medical_malpractice" title="Medical malpractice">medical malpractice</a> on an episode of Colton's podcast.<sup id="cite_ref-Payne2015_385-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payne2015-385"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>384<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fox2015_386-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fox2015-386"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>385<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Amann sought roughly $4,000,000 (equivalent to $5,142,000&#32;in 2023) in compensation and an undisclosed amount in <a href="/wiki/Punitive_damages" title="Punitive damages">punitive damages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Meltzer2018_387-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meltzer2018-387"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>386<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> WWE issued a statement and video in support of Amann.<sup id="cite_ref-Vangerburg2015_388-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vangerburg2015-388"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>387<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WWE2015_389-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE2015-389"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>388<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The case went to trial in 2018, where a jury ruled in favor of Brooks and Colton.<sup id="cite_ref-Kolur2018_390-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kolur2018-390"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>389<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In August 2018, Colton filed a lawsuit against Brooks, alleging breach of contract and fraud due to Brooks's alleged agreement and later refusal to pay Colton's legal fees for the Amann suit. Colton sought $200,000 (equivalent to $242,672&#32;in 2023) in damages and an additional $1 million (equivalent to $1,213,000&#32;in 2023) in punitive damages.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore2018_391-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore2018-391"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>390<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks filed a <a href="/wiki/Counterclaim" title="Counterclaim">counterclaim</a> against Colton in June 2019, for $600,000 (equivalent to $715,033&#32;in 2023) and additional fees.<sup id="cite_ref-Nason2019_392-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nason2019-392"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>391<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both lawsuits were settled and dismissed in September 2019. According to <i>PWInsider</i>, the settlement involved no financial compensation.<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson2019_393-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson2019-393"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>392<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acting_and_appearances">Acting and appearances</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_01_(9514660956).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg/170px-CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg/340px-CM_Punk_01_%289514660956%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3048" data-file-height="2190" /></a><figcaption>Punk at an autograph signing in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008, Brooks appeared as the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Marshal#Ceremonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Marshal">Sports Grand Marshal</a> of the nationally televised <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Thanksgiving_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald&#39;s Thanksgiving Parade">McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade</a> in downtown Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-394" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>393<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He reprised this role in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-395" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-395"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks has appeared alongside his friend and <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu">Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Rener_Gracie" title="Rener Gracie">Rener Gracie</a> in several episodes of the YouTube series <i>Gracie Breakdown</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-396" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-396"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>395<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He has also worked with <a href="/wiki/Nerdist_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Nerdist Industries">Nerdist Industries</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-397" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-397"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>396<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including hosting an ongoing series titled <i>Grammar Slam</i>, explaining grammatical mistakes in messages from professional wrestling fans and berating them.<sup id="cite_ref-398" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-398"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>397<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks was the cover athlete for the video game <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_%2713" title="WWE &#39;13">WWE '13</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-399" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-399"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>398<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, he was featured in <a href="/wiki/Frank_Turner" title="Frank Turner">Frank Turner</a>'s "The Next Storm" music video.<sup id="cite_ref-400" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>399<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an actor, Brooks starred in the 2019 horror film <i><a href="/wiki/Girl_on_the_Third_Floor" title="Girl on the Third Floor">Girl on the Third Floor</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline_sxsw_401-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline_sxsw-401"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dennis Harvey of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phillips_(critic)" title="Michael Phillips (critic)">Michael Phillips</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> respectively described his performance as "a fun star turn that easily carries most of the film" and "solid if a little unvarying".<sup id="cite_ref-402" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-402"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-403" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-403"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>402<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks portrayed wrestler Ricky Rabies in the professional wrestling drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Heels_(TV_series)" title="Heels (TV series)">Heels</a></i> (2021–2023).<sup id="cite_ref-heels_404-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heels-404"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3></div> <p>Brooks wrote the introduction for the hardcover edition of <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>' 2012 <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(fiction)" title="Crossover (fiction)">crossover event</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Avengers_vs._X-Men" title="Avengers vs. X-Men">Avengers vs. X-Men</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-PunkMarvelIntro_405-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PunkMarvelIntro-405"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>404<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USAToday_328-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and described the opportunity as a "geek dream come true".<sup id="cite_ref-MarveldotcomPunk_406-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarveldotcomPunk-406"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>405<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Brooks wrote a <a href="/wiki/Foreword" title="Foreword">foreword</a> for his friend and ex-girlfriend Natalie Slater's <a href="/wiki/Cookbook" title="Cookbook">cookbook</a> <i>Bake and Destroy: Good Food for Bad Vegans</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BakeandDestroyBook_407-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BakeandDestroyBook-407"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>406<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2015, Marvel Comics' <i>Thor Annual</i> No. 1, partly written by Brooks, was released.<sup id="cite_ref-408" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-408"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He cowrote "The Most Cursed", which appeared in <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertigo (DC Comics)">Vertigo Comics</a>' <i>Strange Sports Stories</i> No. 3 in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-409" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-409"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>408<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks also cowrote Marvel Comics' <i><a href="/wiki/Drax_the_Destroyer" title="Drax the Destroyer">Drax</a></i> ongoing series.<sup id="cite_ref-ComicBookResources_410-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ComicBookResources-410"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>409<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brooks wrote a <a href="/wiki/One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">one-shot</a> of Marvel's <i><a href="/wiki/Master_of_Kung_Fu_(comics)" title="Master of Kung Fu (comics)">Master of Kung Fu</a></i>, which was published in November 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-411" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-411"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>410<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmography">Filmography</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Film appearances </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th> <th class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Queens_of_the_Ring" title="Queens of the Ring">Queens of the Ring</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-412" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-412"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>411<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flintstones_%26_WWE:_Stone_Age_SmackDown!" title="The Flintstones &amp; WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!">The Flintstones &amp; WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!</a></i> </td> <td>CM Punkrock </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">Direct-to-video</a> film; voice only </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-413" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-413"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>412<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Girl_on_the_Third_Floor" title="Girl on the Third Floor">Girl on the Third Floor</a></i> </td> <td>Don Koch </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-deadline_sxsw_401-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline_sxsw-401"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rabid_(2019_film)" title="Rabid (2019 film)">Rabid</a></i> </td> <td>Billy </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-Starburst_414-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starburst-414"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>413<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jakob%27s_Wife" title="Jakob&#39;s Wife">Jakob's Wife</a></i> </td> <td>Deputy Colton </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-415" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-415"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Television appearances </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th> <th class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Garage" title="Monster Garage">Monster Garage</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Box Truck Wrestling Car" </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-416" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-416"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>415<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Hunters_(TV_series)" title="Ghost Hunters (TV series)">Ghost Hunters</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Live Halloween Special: Stanley Hotel" </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-417" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-417"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!" title="Jimmy Kimmel Live!">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>1 episode </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-JimmyKimmel_418-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JimmyKimmel-418"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>417<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_Jimmy_Fallon" title="Late Night with Jimmy Fallon">Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>1 episode </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-JimmyFallon_419-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JimmyFallon-419"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Talking_Dead" title="Talking Dead">Talking Dead</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>3 episodes </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-420" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014–2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Maron_(TV_series)" title="Maron (TV series)">Maron</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>2 episodes </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-421" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-421"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>420<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i>The Evolution of Punk</i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary mini-series; 4 episodes </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-EvolutionOfPunk_422-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EvolutionOfPunk-422"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>421<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Challenge:_Champs_vs._Pros" title="The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros">The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reality_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reality competition">Reality competition</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-423" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-423"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Beastmaster" title="Ultimate Beastmaster">Ultimate Beastmaster</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>United States co-host; season 3 </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-424" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-424"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>423<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Backstage" title="WWE Backstage">WWE Backstage</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>5 episodes </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-425" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-425"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Heels_(TV_series)" title="Heels (TV series)">Heels</a></i> </td> <td>Ricky Rabies </td> <td>Recurring </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-heels_404-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heels-404"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022–2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mayans_M.C." title="Mayans M.C.">Mayans M.C.</a></i> </td> <td>Paul </td> <td>Recurring (seasons 4–5); 4 episodes </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-426" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-426"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Video game appearances </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2008" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008">WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008</a></i> </td> <td>Video game debut </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2009" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009">WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2010" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010">WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown_vs._Raw_2011" title="WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011">WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_All_Stars" title="WWE All Stars">WWE All Stars</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_%2712" title="WWE &#39;12">WWE '12</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWF_WrestleFest#Follow-up_titles" title="WWF WrestleFest">WWE WrestleFest</a></i> </td> <td>Downloadable content </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_%2713" title="WWE &#39;13">WWE '13</a></i> </td> <td>Cover athlete </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K14" title="WWE 2K14">WWE 2K14</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K15" title="WWE 2K15">WWE 2K15</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/EA_Sports_UFC_2" title="EA Sports UFC 2">EA Sports UFC 2</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/EA_Sports_UFC_3" title="EA Sports UFC 3">EA Sports UFC 3</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/EA_Sports_UFC_4" title="EA Sports UFC 4">EA Sports UFC 4</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/AEW_Fight_Forever" title="AEW Fight Forever">AEW Fight Forever</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_2K24" title="WWE 2K24">WWE 2K24</a></i> </td> <td>Downloadable content </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Luchas_de_Apuestas_record"><i>Luchas de Apuestas</i> record</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lucha_libre#Luchas_de_Apuestas" title="Lucha libre">Luchas de Apuestas</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%" scope="col">Winner (wager) </th> <th width="20%" scope="col">Loser (wager) </th> <th width="20%" scope="col">Location </th> <th width="20%" scope="col">Event </th> <th width="15%" scope="col">Date </th> <th class="unsortable" width="5%" scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Straight_Edge_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="The Straight Edge Society">stable pledge</a>) </td> <td>CM Punk (hair) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Limit_(2010)" title="Over the Limit (2010)">Over the Limit</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-05-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 23, 2010</span> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-427" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>426<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mixed_martial_arts_record">Mixed martial arts record</h2></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <caption style="background:#edf1f1;border-style:none none none none;text-align:center;text-style:normal">Professional record breakdown </caption> <tbody><tr> <td scope="col" style="background:#e3e3e3;text-align:center"><b>2&#160;matches</b> </td> <td scope="col" style="background:#e3e3e3;text-align:center"><b>0 wins</b> </td> <td scope="col" style="background:#e3e3e3;text-align:center"><b>1 loss</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e3e3e3;text-align:left"><b>By submission</b> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">0 </td> <td align="center" style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e3e3e3;text-align:left"><b>No contests</b> </td> <td style="background:#dae2f1;text-align:center" colspan="2">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Res. </th> <th scope="col">Record </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Method </th> <th scope="col">Event </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Round </th> <th scope="col">Time </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #CDE; color:black; text-align: center; text-transform: capitalize;" class="table-cast">NC </td> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap">0–1 (1)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(fighter)" title="Mike Jackson (fighter)">Mike Jackson</a> </td> <td>NC (overturned) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UFC_225" title="UFC 225">UFC 225</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-06-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 9, 2018</span> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">5:00 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, United States </td> <td>Originally a unanimous decision win for Jackson; overturned after he tested positive for marijuana. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Loss </td> <td align="center">0–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Gall" title="Mickey Gall">Mickey Gall</a> </td> <td>Submission (rear-naked choke) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UFC_203" title="UFC 203">UFC 203</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-09-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 10, 2016</span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2:14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, United States </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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With three reigns as <a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Champion</a>, and one reign with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg/170px-WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg/255px-WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg/340px-WWE_Champion_CM_Punk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="3730" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Two reigns as <a href="/wiki/WWE_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Champion">WWE Champion</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg/170px-CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg/255px-CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg/340px-CM_Punk_wins_IC_in_Chicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="752" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">One reign as <a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Intercontinental Champion">WWE Intercontinental Champion</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg/170px-Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg/255px-Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg/340px-Punk_Tag_Champ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="557" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">One reign as <a href="/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)">World Tag Team Champion</a> with <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AEW_World_Championship" title="AEW World Championship">AEW World Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_AEW_World_Champions" title="List of AEW World Champions">2 times</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-428" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-428"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>427<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Real_World_Championship%22" class="mw-redirect" title="&quot;Real World Championship&quot;">"Real World Championship"</a> (1 time, unrecognized)<sup id="cite_ref-429" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-429"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>428<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-430" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-430"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-431" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-431"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>430<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="AEW Dynamite Awards">AEW Dynamite Awards</a> (2 times) <ul><li>Best Moment on the Mic (<a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite_Awards#2021" class="mw-redirect" title="AEW Dynamite Awards">2022</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;">CM Punk returns</span></li> <li>Best Mic Duel (<a href="/wiki/AEW_Dynamite_Awards#2022" class="mw-redirect" title="AEW Dynamite Awards">2022</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/MJF" class="mw-redirect" title="MJF">MJF</a> and CM Punk on Thanksgiving Eve</span></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Baltimore_Sun" title="The Baltimore Sun">The Baltimore Sun</a></b></i> <ul><li>Feud of the Year (2009) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-Baltimore2009_432-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltimore2009-432"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>431<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cauliflower_Alley_Club" title="Cauliflower Alley Club">Cauliflower Alley Club</a></b> <ul><li>Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-433" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-433"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>432<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></b> <ul><li>Debut of the Year (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-434" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-434"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>433<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Wrestling_Association_Mid-South" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South">Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IWA_Mid-South_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship">IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship</a> (5 times)<sup id="cite_ref-435" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-435"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-436" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-436"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>435<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWA_Mid-South_Light_Heavyweight_Championship" title="IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship">IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship</a> (2 times)<sup id="cite_ref-437" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-437"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>436<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-438" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-438"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>437<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Cartel" title="International Wrestling Cartel">International Wrestling Cartel</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Cartel#Championships" title="International Wrestling Cartel">IWC World Heavyweight Championship</a> (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-439" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>438<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-440" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-440"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Lunatic Wrestling Federation</b> <ul><li>LWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)<sup id="cite_ref-441" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-441"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>440<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Mid-American Wrestling</b> <ul><li>Mid-American Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-442" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-442"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>441<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-443" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-443"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>442<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mid-American Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2001)<sup id="cite_ref-444" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-444"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>443<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></b></i> <ul><li>Best Return/Debut of the Year (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-445" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>444<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NWA_Cyberspace" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA Cyberspace">NWA Cyberspace</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Cyberspace_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship">NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship</a> (1 time) – with <a href="/wiki/Julio_Dinero" title="Julio Dinero">Julio Dinero</a><sup id="cite_ref-446" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>445<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-447" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-447"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>446<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling" title="Ohio Valley Wrestling">Ohio Valley Wrestling</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OVW_Heavyweight_Championship" title="OVW Heavyweight Championship">OVW Heavyweight Championship</a> (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-448" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-448"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>447<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-449" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-449"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>448<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OVW_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship" title="OVW Southern Tag Team Championship">OVW Southern Tag Team Championship</a> (1 time) – with Seth Skyfire<sup id="cite_ref-450" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-450"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-451" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-451"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>450<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OVW_Television_Championship" title="OVW Television Championship">OVW Television Championship</a> (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-452" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-452"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>451<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-453" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-453"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>452<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></b></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Comeback_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Comeback of the Year">Comeback of the Year</a> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI2021_454-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI2021-454"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>453<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Feud_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Feud of the Year">Feud of the Year</a> (2011) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_455-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Feud of the Year (2022) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Jacob_Friedman" title="Maxwell Jacob Friedman">Maxwell Jacob Friedman</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-456" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-456"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>455<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Match_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Match of the Year">Match of the Year</a> (2011) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. John Cena at <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">Money in the Bank</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_455-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-457" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-457"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>456<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Most_Hated_Wrestler_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year">Most Hated Wrestler of the Year</a> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_455-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Most_Popular_Wrestler_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year">Most Popular Wrestler of the Year</a> (2011, 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_455-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PWI2021_454-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI2021-454"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>453<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWI_Wrestler_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI Wrestler of the Year">Wrestler of the Year</a> (2011, 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-PWI_Awards_455-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI_Awards-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the <i><a href="/wiki/PWI_500" class="mw-redirect" title="PWI 500">PWI 500</a></i> in 2012<sup id="cite_ref-PWI112_458-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PWI112-458"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>457<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-459" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-459"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>458<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Revolution Championship Wrestling</b> <ul><li>RCW Championship (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-460" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-460"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>459<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Revolver_(magazine)" title="Revolver (magazine)">Revolver</a></b></i> <ul><li>Golden Gods Award for Most Metal Athlete (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-461" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-461"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">Ring of Honor</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ROH_World_Championship" title="ROH World Championship">ROH World Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ROH_World_Champions" title="List of ROH World Champions">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-462" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-462"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>461<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROH_Tag_Team_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="ROH Tag Team Championship">ROH Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ROH_World_Tag_Team_Champions" title="List of ROH World Tag Team Champions">2 times</a>) – with <a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a><sup id="cite_ref-463" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-463"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>462<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROH_Hall_of_Fame" title="ROH Hall of Fame">ROH Hall of Fame</a> (class of 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></b> <ul><li>Ranked No. 17 of the 20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time <sup id="cite_ref-464" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-464"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>463<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>St. Paul Championship Wrestling/Steel Domain Wrestling</b> <ul><li>SPCW Northern States Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)<sup id="cite_ref-465" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-465"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>464<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>SPCE Northern States Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2000)<sup id="cite_ref-466" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-466"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>465<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_Champions" title="List of WWE Champions">2 times</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-467" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-467"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>466<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-468" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-468"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>467<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-470" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-470"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-471" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-471"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>469<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Heavyweight_Championship_(WWE,_2002%E2%80%932013)" title="World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)">World Heavyweight Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heavyweight_Champions_(WWE)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heavyweight Champions (WWE)">3 times</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-472" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-472"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>470<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-473" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-473"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>471<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-474" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-474"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-475" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-475"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>473<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECW_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="ECW Championship">ECW Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champions" title="List of ECW World Heavyweight Champions">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-476" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-476"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>474<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-477" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-477"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>475<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">WWE Intercontinental Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions" title="List of WWE Intercontinental Champions">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-478" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-478"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>476<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-479" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-479"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>477<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)">World Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Tag_Team_Champions_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)">1 time</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-480" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-480"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>478<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> – with <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a><sup id="cite_ref-481" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-481"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>479<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match#2008" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match#2009" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">2009</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-482" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-482"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>480<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-483" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-483"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>481<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_tournaments#WWE_Intercontinental_Championship#1_Contender&#39;s_Tournament_(2008)" title="List of WWE tournaments">WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2008)</a><sup id="cite_ref-484" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-484"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>482<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_in_Australia#Brisbane_Cup" title="WWE in Australia">Brisbane Cup</a> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-485" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-485"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>483<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-486" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-486"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>484<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)#List_of_WWE_Triple_Crown_Championship" title="Triple Crown (professional wrestling)">19th Triple Crown Champion</a><sup id="cite_ref-move1_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-move1-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award" title="Slammy Award">Slammy Award</a> (9 times)<sup id="cite_ref-487" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-487"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>485<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <ul><li>"OMG" Moment of the Year (2008) – <span style="font-size:85%;">Cashing in Money in the Bank to win the World Heavyweight Championship</span><sup id="cite_ref-Slammy_488-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slammy-488"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>486<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shocker of the Year (<a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award#2009_Slammy_Awards" title="Slammy Award">2009</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;">Forcing Jeff Hardy out of the WWE after steel cage match victory</span><sup id="cite_ref-Slammy2_489-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slammy2-489"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>487<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Despicable Me (<a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award#2010_Slammy_Awards" title="Slammy Award">2010</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;">Harassing <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> and his family</span><sup id="cite_ref-490" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-490"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>488<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Superstar of the Year (<a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award#2011_Slammy_Awards" title="Slammy Award">2011</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Slammy11_491-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slammy11-491"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>489<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Pipe Bomb" of the Year (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Slammy11_491-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slammy11-491"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>489<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>T-shirt of the Year (2011) – <span style="font-size:85%;">"Best in the World"</span><sup id="cite_ref-492" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>490<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Extreme Moment of the Year (<a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award#2013_Slammy_Awards" title="Slammy Award">2013</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;">For exacting revenge on <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2013)" title="Hell in a Cell (2013)">Hell in a Cell</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-493" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-493"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>491<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>OMG Moment of the Year (<a href="/wiki/2024_Slammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Slammy Awards">2024</a>) – <span style="font-size:85%;">Returning to WWE at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series:_WarGames_(2023)" title="Survivor Series: WarGames (2023)">Survivor Series: WarGames</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-2024Slammys_494-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024Slammys-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>492<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Return of the Year (2024) – <span style="font-size:85%;">At Survivor Series: WarGames</span><sup id="cite_ref-2024Slammys_494-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024Slammys-494"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>492<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/WrestleCrap" title="WrestleCrap">WrestleCrap</a></b> <ul><li>Gooker Award (2023) – <span style="font-size:85%;">CM Punk on AEW (tied with <a href="/wiki/Father_James_Mitchell" title="Father James Mitchell">Father James Mitchell</a> <a href="/wiki/NWA_Samhain#Cocaine_segment_incident" title="NWA Samhain">doing drugs on PPV</a>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-495" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-495"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>493<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></b></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Best_Box_Office_Draw" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Best Box Office Draw</a> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-WON2021_496-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON2021-496"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Best_Gimmick" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Best Gimmick</a> (2009, 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-WON09_497-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON09-497"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>495<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON11_498-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON11-498"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Best_on_Interviews" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Best on Interviews</a> (2011, 2012)<sup id="cite_ref-WON11_498-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON11-498"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON12_499-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON12-499"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>497<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Feud_of_the_Year" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Feud of the Year</a> (2009) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. Jeff Hardy</span><sup id="cite_ref-WON09_497-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON09-497"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>495<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Feud of the Year (2011) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. John Cena</span><sup id="cite_ref-WON11_498-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON11-498"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Most_Charismatic" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Most Charismatic</a> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-WON2021_496-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON2021-496"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Most_Disgusting_Promotional_Tactic" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic</a> (2012) <span style="font-size:85%;">Exploiting <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a>'s legitimate heart attack</span><sup id="cite_ref-WONtactics_500-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WONtactics-500"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>498<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (2013) <span style="font-size:85%;">Exploiting the death of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bearer" title="Paul Bearer">Paul Bearer</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-WONtactics_500-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WONtactics-500"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>498<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Pro_Wrestling_Match_of_the_Year" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Pro Wrestling Match of the Year</a> (2011) <span style="font-size:85%;">vs. John Cena at Money in the Bank</span><sup id="cite_ref-WON11_498-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON11-498"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a> lost the WWF Heavyweight Championship to <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Inoki" title="Antonio Inoki">Antonio Inoki</a> after 648 days, but WWE does not officially acknowledge the title change and recognizes Backlund's reign as uninterrupted at 2,135 days.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-470"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-470">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Punk held the title concurrently with <a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> during his first reign. After defeating Cena, Punk became the undisputed champion, but he was not recognized by WWE as having won the title a second time.<sup id="cite_ref-wwetitle_469-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwetitle-469"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>468<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wwebio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wwebio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wwebio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wwebio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wwe.com/superstars/cmpunk">"CM Punk"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a>.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 11,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ProWrestling.net&amp;rft.atitle=8%2F10+AEW+Dynamite+results%3A+Powell%27s+live+review+of+Jon+Moxley+vs.+Chris+Jericho+for+the+Interim+AEW+World+Championship%2C+Darby+Allin+vs.+Brody+King+in+a+Coffin+Match%2C+Penta+Oscuro+and+Rey+Fenix+vs.+Andrade+El+Idolo+and+Rush+in+a+tornado+tag+match%2C+Jade+Cargill+vs.+Madison+Rayne+for+the+TBS+Title%2C+Ricky+Starks+vs.+Aaron+Solo&amp;rft.date=2022-08-10&amp;rft.aulast=Powell&amp;rft.aufirst=Jason&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprowrestling.net%2Fsite%2F2022%2F08%2F10%2F8-10-aew-dynamite-results-powells-live-review-of-jon-moxley-vs-chris-jericho-for-the-interim-aew-world-championship-darby-allin-vs-brody-king-in-a-coffin-match-penta-oscuro-and-rey-fe%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dynamite08242022-283"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dynamite08242022_283-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnett2022" class="citation web cs1">Barnett, Jake (August 24, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/08/24/8-24-aew-dynamite-results-barnetts-live-review-of-cm-punk-vs-jon-moxley-for-the-unified-aew-world-championship-death-triangle-vs-will-ospreay-and-aussie-open-in-an-aew-trios-title-tournament-mat/">"8/24 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of CM Punk vs. Jon Moxley for the unified AEW World Championship, Death Triangle vs. Will Ospreay and Aussie Open in an AEW Trios Title tournament match, Dax Harwood vs. Jay Lethal, Billy Gunn vs. Colten Gunn, Britt Baker vs. KiLynn King, Chris Jericho and Daniel Garcia meeting"</a>. <i>ProWrestling.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 25,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ProWrestling.net&amp;rft.atitle=8%2F24+AEW+Dynamite+results%3A+Barnett%27s+live+review+of+CM+Punk+vs.+Jon+Moxley+for+the+unified+AEW+World+Championship%2C+Death+Triangle+vs.+Will+Ospreay+and+Aussie+Open+in+an+AEW+Trios+Title+tournament+match%2C+Dax+Harwood+vs.+Jay+Lethal%2C+Billy+Gunn+vs.+Colten+Gunn%2C+Britt+Baker+vs.+KiLynn+King%2C+Chris+Jericho+and+Daniel+Garcia+meeting&amp;rft.date=2022-08-24&amp;rft.aulast=Barnett&amp;rft.aufirst=Jake&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprowrestling.net%2Fsite%2F2022%2F08%2F24%2F8-24-aew-dynamite-results-barnetts-live-review-of-cm-punk-vs-jon-moxley-for-the-unified-aew-world-championship-death-triangle-vs-will-ospreay-and-aussie-open-in-an-aew-trios-title-tournament-mat%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dynamite08312022-284"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Dynamite08312022_284-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnett2022" class="citation web cs1">Barnett, Jake (August 31, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/08/31/8-31-aew-dynamite-results-barnetts-live-review-of-kenny-omega-and-the-young-bucks-vs-will-ospreay-and-aussie-open-in-an-aew-trios-titles-tournament-semifinal-match-bryan-danielson-vs-jake-h/">"8/31 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Will Ospreay and Aussie Open in an AEW Trios Titles tournament semifinal match, Bryan Danielson vs. Jake Hager, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley promo"</a>. <i>ProWrestling.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 31,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ProWrestling.net&amp;rft.atitle=8%2F31+AEW+Dynamite+results%3A+Barnett%27s+live+review+of+Kenny+Omega+and+The+Young+Bucks+vs.+Will+Ospreay+and+Aussie+Open+in+an+AEW+Trios+Titles+tournament+semifinal+match%2C+Bryan+Danielson+vs.+Jake+Hager%2C+Britt+Baker+and+Jamie+Hayter+vs.+Hikaru+Shida+and+Toni+Storm%2C+AEW+World+Champion+Jon+Moxley+promo&amp;rft.date=2022-08-31&amp;rft.aulast=Barnett&amp;rft.aufirst=Jake&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprowrestling.net%2Fsite%2F2022%2F08%2F31%2F8-31-aew-dynamite-results-barnetts-live-review-of-kenny-omega-and-the-young-bucks-vs-will-ospreay-and-aussie-open-in-an-aew-trios-titles-tournament-semifinal-match-bryan-danielson-vs-jake-h%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AllOut2022-285"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AllOut2022_285-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2022" class="citation web cs1">Powell, Jason (September 4, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prowrestling.net/site/2022/09/04/aew-all-out-results-powells-live-review-of-jon-moxley-vs-cm-punk-for-the-aew-world-championship-toni-storm-vs-britt-baker-vs-jamie-hayter-vs-hikaru-shida-for-the-interim-aew-womens-title-ch/">"AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship, Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida for the Interim AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry vs. Christian Cage, Casino Ladder Match"</a>. <i>ProWrestling.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 4,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ProWrestling.net&amp;rft.atitle=AEW+All+Out+results%3A+Powell%27s+live+review+of+Jon+Moxley+vs.+CM+Punk+for+the+AEW+World+Championship%2C+Toni+Storm+vs.+Britt+Baker+vs.+Jamie+Hayter+vs.+Hikaru+Shida+for+the+Interim+AEW+Women%27s+Title%2C+Chris+Jericho+vs.+Bryan+Danielson%2C+Ricky+Starks+vs.+Powerhouse+Hobbs%2C+%22Jungle+Boy%22+Jack+Perry+vs.+Christian+Cage%2C+Casino+Ladder+Match&amp;rft.date=2022-09-04&amp;rft.aulast=Powell&amp;rft.aufirst=Jason&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprowrestling.net%2Fsite%2F2022%2F09%2F04%2Faew-all-out-results-powells-live-review-of-jon-moxley-vs-cm-punk-for-the-aew-world-championship-toni-storm-vs-britt-baker-vs-jamie-hayter-vs-hikaru-shida-for-the-interim-aew-womens-title-ch%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DeFelice2022-286"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DeFelice2022_286-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeFeliceLambert2022" class="citation news cs1">DeFelice, Robert; Lambert, Jeremy (September 5, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/cm-punk-details-issues-colt-cabana-evps-and-hangman-page">"CM Punk Details Issues With Colt Cabana, EVPs, And Hangman Page"</a>. <i>Fightful.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 25,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=CM+Punk+undergoes+surgery+to+repair+torn+triceps+suffered+at+AEW+All+Out&amp;rft.pub=F4Wonline.com&amp;rft.date=2022-09-09&amp;rft.aulast=Renner&amp;rft.aufirst=Ethan&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f4wonline.com%2Fnews%2Faew%2Fcm-punk-undergoes-surgery-to-repair-torn-triceps-suffered-at-aew-all-out&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Collision06172023-293"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Collision06172023_293-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJason2023" class="citation web cs1">Jason, Powell (June 17, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/06/17/aew-collision-results-6-17-powells-live-review-of-cm-punk-and-ftr-vs-samoa-joe-jay-white-and-juice-robinson-wardlow-vs-luchasaurus-for-the-tnt-title-toni-storm-and-ruby-soho-vs-w/">"AEW Collision results (6/17): Powell's live review of CM Punk and FTR vs. Samoa Joe, Jay White, and Juice Robinson, Wardlow vs. Luchasaurus for the TNT Title, Toni Storm and Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue, Andrade El Idolo vs. Buddy Matthews, Miro in action"</a>. <i>ProWrestling.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 21,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ProWrestling.net&amp;rft.atitle=AEW+Dynamite+results+%286%2F21%29%3A+Powell%27s+live+review+of+Chris+Jericho%2C+Minoru+Suzuki%2C+and+Sammy+Guevara+vs.+Darius+Martin%2C+Action+Andretti%2C+and+AR+Fox%2C+Jeff+Jarrett+vs.+Mark+Briscoe+in+a+Concession+Stand+Brawl%2C+Kris+Statlander+vs.+Taya+Valkyrie+for+the+TBS+Title&amp;rft.date=2023-06-21&amp;rft.aulast=Powell&amp;rft.aufirst=Jason&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprowrestling.net%2Fsite%2F2023%2F06%2F21%2Faew-dynamite-results-6-21-powells-live-review-of-chris-jericho-minoru-suzuki-and-sammy-guevara-vs-darius-martin-action-andretti-and-ar-fox-jeff-jarrett-vs-mark-briscoe-in-a-concession-stan%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FD2023-295"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FD2023_295-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2023" class="citation web cs1">Powell, Jason (June 25, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/06/25/aew-njpw-forbidden-door-results-powells-live-review-of-bryan-danielson-vs-kazuchika-okada-kenny-omega-vs-will-ospreay-for-the-iwgp-u-s-championship-mjf-vs-hiroshi-tanahashi-for-the-aew-world/">"AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP U.S. Championship, MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the AEW World Championship"</a>. <i>ProWrestling.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 30,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BleacherReport.com&amp;rft.atitle=AEW+Collision%2C+Battle+of+the+Belts+VII+Results%3A+Winners%2C+Grades%2C+Reaction%2C+Highlights&amp;rft.aulast=Mueller&amp;rft.aufirst=Chris&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F10082834-aew-collision-battle-of-the-belts-vii-results-winners-grades-reaction-highlights&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACM+Punk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barrasso2023B-298"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barrasso2023B_298-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarrasso2023" class="citation magazine cs1">Barrasso, Justin (August 5, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/cm-punk-on-aew-collision-its-a-team-effort">"CM Punk on AEW Collision: 'It's a Team Effort'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230807002324/https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/cm-punk-on-aew-collision-its-a-team-effort">Archived</a> from the original on August 7, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Out <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/All_Out_(2022)" title="All Out (2022)">2022</a>)</span></li> <li>Breaking Point <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/WWE_Breaking_Point" title="WWE Breaking Point">2009</a>)</span></li> <li>Double or Nothing <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Double_or_Nothing_(2022)" title="Double or Nothing (2022)">2022</a>)</span></li> <li>Elimination Chamber <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2010)" title="Elimination Chamber (2010)">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2013)" title="Elimination Chamber (2013)">2013</a>)</span></li> <li>Extreme Rules <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2009)" title="Extreme Rules (2009)">2009</a>)</span></li> <li>Hell in a Cell <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2011)" title="Hell in a Cell (2011)">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2012)" title="Hell in a Cell (2012)">2012</a>)</span></li> <li>Money in the Bank <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2013)" title="Money in the Bank (2013)">2013</a>)</span></li> <li>Night of Champions <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2009)" title="Night of Champions (2009)">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2011)" title="Night of Champions (2011)">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2012)" title="Night of Champions (2012)">2012</a>)</span></li> <li>Royal Rumble <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2012)" title="Royal Rumble (2012)">2012</a>)</span></li> <li>SummerSlam <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2009)" title="SummerSlam (2009)">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2011)" title="SummerSlam (2011)">2011</a>)</span></li> <li>Survivor Series <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2012)" title="Survivor Series 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href="/wiki/Akam_(wrestler)" title="Akam (wrestler)">Akam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Tozawa" title="Akira Tozawa">Akira Tozawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bron_Breakker" title="Bron Breakker">Bron Breakker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronson_Reed" title="Bronson Reed">Bronson Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_Brothers" title="Creed Brothers">Brutus Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlito_(wrestler)" title="Carlito (wrestler)">Carlito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Gable" title="Chad Gable">Chad Gable</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Mendoza" title="Raul Mendoza">Cruz Del Toro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damian_Priest" title="Damian Priest">Damian Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Lumis" title="Dexter Lumis">Dexter Lumis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominik_Mysterio" title="Dominik Mysterio">Dominik Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Lee_(wrestler)" title="Dragon Lee (wrestler)">Dragon Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_(wrestler)" title="Erik (wrestler)">Erik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunther_(wrestler)" title="Gunther (wrestler)">Gunther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilja_Dragunov" title="Ilja Dragunov">Ilja Dragunov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivar_(wrestler)" title="Ivar (wrestler)">Ivar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JD_McDonagh" title="JD McDonagh">JD McDonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jey_Uso" title="Jey Uso">Jey Uso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Wilde" title="Joaquin Wilde">Joaquin Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gacy" title="Joe Gacy">Joe Gacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_Brothers" title="Creed Brothers">Julius Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karrion_Kross" title="Karrion Kross">Karrion Kross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Kaiser" title="Ludwig Kaiser">Ludwig Kaiser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_(wrestler)" title="Otis (wrestler)">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Dunne" title="Pete Dunne">Pete Dunne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rezar" title="Rezar">Rezar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-Truth" title="R-Truth">R-Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sami_Zayn" title="Sami Zayn">Sami Zayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth "Freakin" Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Bate" title="Tyler Bate">Tyler Bate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Dallas" title="Bo Dallas">Uncle Howdy</a></li> <li><a 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James">Kiana James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liv_Morgan" title="Liv Morgan">Liv Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyra_Valkyria" title="Lyra Valkyria">Lyra Valkyria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxxine_Dupri" title="Maxxine Dupri">Maxxine Dupri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalya_Neidhart" title="Natalya Neidhart">Natalya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Cross" title="Nikki Cross">Nikki Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raquel_Rodriguez_(wrestler)" title="Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)">Raquel Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhea_Ripley" title="Rhea Ripley">Rhea Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Bordeaux" title="Scarlett Bordeaux">Scarlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayna_Baszler" title="Shayna Baszler">Shayna Baszler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonya_Deville" title="Sonya Deville">Sonya Deville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelina_Vega" title="Zelina Vega">Zelina Vega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoey_Stark" title="Zoey Stark">Zoey Stark</a></li></ul> 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Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latino_World_Order" title="Latino World Order">Latino World Order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(professional_wrestling)" title="The New Day (professional wrestling)">The New Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pure_Fusion_Collective" title="Pure Fusion Collective">Pure Fusion Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Unholy_Union" title="The Unholy Union">The Unholy Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Viking_Raiders" title="The Viking Raiders">The War Raiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wyatt_Sicks" title="The Wyatt Sicks">The Wyatt Sicks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Other on-air talent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Pearce" title="Adam Pearce">Adam Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ellering" title="Paul Ellering">Paul Ellering</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Referees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Engler" title="Dan Engler">Dan Engler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daphanie_LaShaunn" title="Daphanie LaShaunn">Daphanie LaShaunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cone" title="John Cone">John Cone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;background-color:#ccf;"><a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">SmackDown</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Shelley" title="Alex Shelley">Alex Shelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrade_El_Idolo" title="Andrade El Idolo">Andrade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angel_Garza" title="Angel Garza">Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Dawkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Angelo Dawkins">Angelo Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Crews" title="Apollo Crews">Apollo Crews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Theory" title="Austin Theory">Austin Theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humberto_Carrillo" title="Humberto Carrillo">Berto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Hayes" title="Carmelo Hayes">Carmelo Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Sabin" title="Chris Sabin">Chris Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Elton Prince">Elton Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Vinci" title="Giovanni Vinci">Giovanni Vinci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_Waller" title="Grayson Waller">Grayson Waller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Fatu" title="Jacob Fatu">Jacob Fatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Uso" title="Jimmy Uso">Jimmy Uso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Kit Wilson">Kit Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LA_Knight" title="LA Knight">LA Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Paul" title="Logan Paul">Logan Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Gallows" title="Doc Gallows">Luke Gallows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montez_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Montez Ford">Montez Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santos_Escobar" title="Santos Escobar">Santos Escobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinsuke_Nakamura" title="Shinsuke Nakamura">Shinsuke Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solo_Sikoa" title="Solo Sikoa">Solo Sikoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama_Tonga" title="Tama Tonga">Tama Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanga_Loa" title="Tanga Loa">Tonga Loa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommaso_Ciampa" title="Tommaso Ciampa">Tommaso Ciampa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B-Fab" title="B-Fab">B-Fab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayley_(wrestler)" title="Bayley (wrestler)">Bayley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Belair" title="Bianca Belair">Bianca Belair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Davenport" title="Blair Davenport">Blair Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candice_LeRae" title="Candice LeRae">Candice LeRae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Green" title="Chelsea Green">Chelsea Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Lopez" title="Elektra Lopez">Elektra Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jade_Cargill" title="Jade Cargill">Jade Cargill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Yim" title="Mia Yim">Michin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_(wrestler)" title="Naomi (wrestler)">Naomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nia_Jax" title="Nia Jax">Nia Jax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper_Niven" title="Piper Niven">Piper Niven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Stratton" title="Tiffany Stratton">Tiffany Stratton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Stables and <br /> tag teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-Town_Down_Under" title="A-Town Down Under">A-Town Down Under</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bloodline_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Bloodline (professional wrestling)">The Bloodline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guerrillas_of_Destiny" title="Guerrillas of Destiny">Sons of Tonga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_OG_Bloodline_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="The OG Bloodline (professional wrestling)">The OG Bloodline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Usos" title="The Usos">The Usos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DIY_(professional_wrestling)" title="DIY (professional wrestling)">DIY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legado_Del_Fantasma" title="Legado Del Fantasma">Legado Del Fantasma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motor_City_Machine_Guns" title="Motor City Machine Guns">The Motor City Machine Guns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Deadly_(professional_wrestling)" title="Pretty Deadly (professional wrestling)">Pretty Deadly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_Profits" title="Street Profits">The Street Profits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Other on-air talent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Aldis" title="Nick Aldis">Nick Aldis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Referees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Robinson_(referee)" title="Charles Robinson (referee)">Charles Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Ayers" title="Jason Ayers">Jason Ayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessika_Carr" title="Jessika Carr">Jessika Carr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Nonexclusive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikuleo_(wrestler)" title="Hikuleo (wrestler)">Hikuleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Anoa%27i" title="Lance Anoa&#39;i">Lance Anoa'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omos" title="Omos">Omos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexa_Bliss" title="Alexa Bliss">Alexa Bliss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmella_(wrestler)" title="Carmella (wrestler)">Carmella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotzi_Blackheart" title="Shotzi Blackheart">Shotzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamina_Snuka" title="Tamina Snuka">Tamina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Logan" title="Sarah Logan">Valhalla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;background-color:#ffa;"><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">NXT</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Chase" title="Andre Chase">Andre Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashante_%22Thee%22_Adonis" title="Ashante &quot;Thee&quot; Adonis">Ashante "Thee" Adonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-Kid" class="mw-redirect" title="A-Kid">Axiom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Jensen" title="Brooks Jensen">Brooks Jensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Alexander" title="Cedric Alexander">Cedric Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channing_%22Stacks%22_Lorenzo" title="Channing &quot;Stacks&quot; Lorenzo">Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Dempsey_(wrestler)" title="Charlie Dempsey (wrestler)">Charlie Dempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Chen" title="Dante Chen">Dante Chen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Hudson" title="Duke Hudson">Duke Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Fredericks" title="Karl Fredericks">Eddy Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Page" title="Ethan Page">Ethan Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Je%27Von_Evans" title="Je&#39;Von Evans">Je'Von Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Coffey_(wrestler)" title="Joe Coffey (wrestler)">Joe Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Briggs" title="Josh Briggs">Josh Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Pillman Jr.">Lexis King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luca_Crusifino" title="Luca Crusifino">Luca Crusifino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Blade" title="Malik Blade">Malik Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Coffey" title="Mark Coffey">Mark Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stone_(wrestler)" title="Robert Stone (wrestler)">Mr. Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myles_Borne" title="Myles Borne">Myles Borne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Frazer" title="Nathan Frazer">Nathan Frazer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noam_Dar" title="Noam Dar">Noam Dar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oba_Femi" title="Oba Femi">Oba Femi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oro_Mensah" title="Oro Mensah">Oro Mensah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge_Holland" title="Ridge Holland">Ridge Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_Osborne" title="Riley Osborne">Riley Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Spears" title="Shawn Spears">Shawn Spears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%27Angelo_Hancock" title="G&#39;Angelo Hancock">Tavion Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_D%27Angelo" title="Tony D&#39;Angelo">Tony D'Angelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trick_Williams" title="Trick Williams">Trick Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Lee" title="Wes Lee">Wes Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_(wrestler)" title="Wolfgang (wrestler)">Wolfgang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women's division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adriana_Rizzo" title="Adriana Rizzo">Adriana Rizzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arianna_Grace" title="Arianna Grace">Arianna Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brinley_Reece" title="Brinley Reece">Brinley Reece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlee_Bright" title="Carlee Bright">Carlee Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cora_Jade" title="Cora Jade">Cora Jade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fallon_Henley" title="Fallon Henley">Fallon Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigi_Dolin" title="Gigi Dolin">Gigi Dolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giulia_(wrestler)" title="Giulia (wrestler)">Giulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izzi_Dame" title="Izzi Dame">Izzi Dame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacy_Jayne" title="Jacy Jayne">Jacy Jayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaida_Parker" title="Jaida Parker">Jaida Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakara_Jackson" title="Jakara Jackson">Jakara Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazmyn_Nyx" title="Jazmyn Nyx">Jazmyn Nyx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karmen_Petrovic" title="Karmen Petrovic">Karmen Petrovic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelani_Jordan" title="Kelani Jordan">Kelani Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendal_Grey" title="Kendal Grey">Kendal Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lash_Legend" title="Lash Legend">Lash Legend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lola_Vice" title="Lola Vice">Lola Vice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiko_Satomura" title="Meiko Satomura">Meiko Satomura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikkita_Lyons" title="Nikkita Lyons">Nikkita Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxanne_Perez" title="Roxanne Perez">Roxanne Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Ruca" title="Sol Ruca">Sol Ruca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Vaquer" title="Stephanie Vaquer">Stephanie Vaquer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Turner" title="Stevie Turner">Stevie Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatum_Paxley" title="Tatum Paxley">Tatum Paxley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thea_Hail" title="Thea Hail">Thea Hail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Choo" title="Wendy Choo">Wendy Choo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wren_Sinclair" title="Wren Sinclair">Wren Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaria_(wrestler)" title="Zaria (wrestler)">Zaria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Stables and<br /> tag teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallus_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gallus (professional wrestling)">Gallus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Meta-Four" title="The Meta-Four">The Meta-Four</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Quarter_Catch_Crew" title="No Quarter Catch Crew">No Quarter Catch Crew</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Other on-air talent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ava_(wrestler)" title="Ava (wrestler)">Ava</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;background-color:#E3DAC9;"><a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">Performance</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men's trainees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shiloh_Hill" title="Shiloh Hill">Shiloh Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brogan_Finlay" title="Brogan Finlay">Uriah Connors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women's trainees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamyra_Mensah-Stock" title="Tamyra Mensah-Stock">Tyra Mae Steele</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Trainers and staff</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_James_(wrestler)" title="Alexander James (wrestler)">Alexander James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fit_Finlay" title="Fit Finlay">Fit Finlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bloom" title="Matt Bloom">Matt Bloom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Smiley" title="Norman Smiley">Norman Smiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oney_Lorcan" title="Oney Lorcan">Oney Lorcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Brookside" title="Robbie Brookside">Robbie Brookside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santana_Garrett" title="Santana Garrett">Santana Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Del_Rey" title="Sara Del Rey">Sara Amato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Corino" title="Steve Corino">Steve Corino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Taylor" title="Terry Taylor">Terry Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Breeze" title="Tyler Breeze">Tyler Breeze</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Broadcast<br /> team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Warrington" title="Alicia Warrington">Alicia Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Dogg" title="Road Dogg">Brian James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Saxton" title="Byron Saxton">Byron Saxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Kelley" title="Cathy Kelley">Cathy Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Graves" title="Corey Graves">Corey Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoichi_Funaki" title="Shoichi Funaki">Funaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Redmond" title="Jackie Redmond">Jackie Redmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Soto" title="Jerry Soto">Jerry Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimena_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Jimena Sánchez">Jimena Sánchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tessitore" title="Joe Tessitore">Joe Tessitore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilian_Garcia" title="Lilian Garcia">Lilian Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcelo_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Marcelo Rodríguez">Marcelo Rodríguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rome" title="Mike Rome">Mike Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moein_Al_Bastaki" title="Moein Al Bastaki">Moein Al Bastaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_McAfee" title="Pat McAfee">Pat McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Rosenberg" title="Peter Rosenberg">Peter Rosenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Roberts_(radio_personality)" title="Sam Roberts (radio personality)">Sam Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Stanford" title="Scott Stanford">Scott Stanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Joseph" title="Vic Joseph">Vic Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">Wade Barrett</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Ambassadors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Estrada" title="Armando Estrada">Armando Estrada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Boogeyman_(wrestler)" title="The Boogeyman (wrestler)">The Boogeyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bubba_Ray_Dudley" title="Bubba Ray Dudley">Bubba Ray Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Von_Dudley" title="D-Von Dudley">D-Von Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page" title="Diamond Dallas Page">Diamond Dallas Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eve_Torres" title="Eve Torres">Eve Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(wrestler)" title="The Godfather (wrestler)">The Godfather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornswoggle" title="Hornswoggle">Hornswoggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Moore" title="Jacqueline Moore">Jacqueline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Ventura" title="Jesse Ventura">Jesse Ventura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hart" title="Jimmy Hart">Jimmy Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Duggan" title="Jim Duggan">Jim Duggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Menounos" title="Maria Menounos">Maria Menounos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryse_Mizanin" title="Maryse Mizanin">Maryse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosh_(wrestler)" title="Mosh (wrestler)">Mosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">Sean Waltman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Slaughter" title="Sgt. Slaughter">Sgt. Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatanka_(wrestler)" title="Tatanka (wrestler)">Tatanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsumi_Fujinami" title="Tatsumi Fujinami">Tatsumi Fujinami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">Ted DiBiase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_O%27Neil" title="Titus O&#39;Neil">Titus O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrasher_(wrestler)" title="Thrasher (wrestler)">Thrasher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Varon" title="Lisa Marie Varon">Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Producers <br />and writers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Kidman" title="Billy Kidman">Billy Kidman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Chris Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drake_Maverick" title="Drake Maverick">Drake Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Sapolsky" title="Gabe Sapolsky">Gabe Sapolsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Noble" title="Jamie Noble">Jamie Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jordan" title="Jason Jordan">Jason Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Borash" title="Jeremy Borash">Jeremy Borash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Smallman" title="Jim Smallman">Jim Smallman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dykstra" title="Kenny Dykstra">Kenny Dykstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler)" title="Michael Hayes (wrestler)">Michael Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Holly" title="Molly Holly">Molly Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petey_Williams" title="Petey Williams">Petey Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Roode" title="Bobby Roode">Robert Roode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Q._Money" title="G. Q. Money">Ryan Katz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Helms" class="mw-redirect" title="Shane Helms">Shane Helms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Daivari" title="Shawn Daivari">Shawn Daivari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyson_Kidd" title="Tyson Kidd">TJ Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Executive<br /> personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ari_Emanuel" title="Ari Emanuel">Ari Emanuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Prichard" title="Bruce Prichard">Bruce Prichard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Khan" title="Nick Khan">Nick Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/World_Wonder_Ring_Stardom" title="World Wonder Ring Stardom">Stardom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iyo_Sky" title="Iyo Sky">Io Shirai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayu_Iwatani" title="Mayu Iwatani">Mayu Iwatani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ice_Ribbon" title="Ice Ribbon">IR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsukasa_Fujimoto" title="Tsukasa Fujimoto">Tsukasa Fujimoto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Young_(wrestler)" title="Eric Young (wrestler)">Eric Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Aries" title="Austin Aries">Austin Aries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">ROH</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Daniels" title="Christopher Daniels">Christopher Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Taven" title="Matt Taven">Matt Taven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Lethal" title="Jay Lethal">Jay Lethal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">NJPW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Men" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Owens" title="Kevin Owens">Kevin Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">AAA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9nix_(wrestler)" title="Fénix (wrestler)">Fénix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Banderas" title="Ricky Banderas">El Mesías</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/All_American_Wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="All American Wrestling">AAW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ACH_(wrestler)" title="ACH (wrestler)">ACH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs" title="Jimmy Jacobs">Jimmy Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Elgin" title="Michael Elgin">Michael Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentag%C3%B3n_Jr." title="Pentagón Jr.">Penta el 0M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">AEW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Omega" title="Kenny Omega">Kenny Omega</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Chaotic_Wrestling" title="Chaotic Wrestling">CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._J._Brewer" title="R. J. Brewer">John Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mailhot" title="Brian Mailhot">Brian Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dijak" title="Dijak">Donovan Dijak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Hayes" title="Carmelo Hayes">Christian Casanova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Greene_(wrestler)" title="Anthony Greene (wrestler)">Anthony Greene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Combat_Zone_Wrestling" title="Combat Zone Wrestling">CZW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justice_Pain" title="Justice Pain">Justice Pain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruckus_(wrestler)" title="Ruckus (wrestler)">Ruckus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drake_Wuertz" title="Drake Wuertz">Drake Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Gulak" title="Drew Gulak">Drew Gulak</a></li> <li>Devon Moore</li> <li>Sozio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BLK_Jeez" title="BLK Jeez">BLK Jeez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikey_Whipwreck" title="Mikey Whipwreck">Mikey Whipwreck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler)" title="Sabu (wrestler)">Sabu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taz_(wrestler)" title="Taz (wrestler)">Taz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Explosive_Pro_Wrestling" title="Explosive Pro Wrestling">EPW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcius_Pitt" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcius Pitt">Marcius Pitt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Full_Impact_Pro" title="Full Impact Pro">FIP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erick_Stevens" title="Erick Stevens">Erick Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Davis_(wrestler)" title="Jon Davis (wrestler)">Jon Davis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ice_Ribbon" title="Ice Ribbon">IR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Riho" title="Riho">Riho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyako_Matsumoto" title="Miyako Matsumoto">Miyako Matsumoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukasa_Fujimoto" title="Tsukasa Fujimoto">Tsukasa Fujimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Yukihi" title="Maya Yukihi">Maya Yukihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satsuki_Totoro" title="Satsuki Totoro">Satsuki Totoro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Men" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">A.J. Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abyss_(wrestler)" title="Abyss (wrestler)">Abyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Aries" title="Austin Aries">Austin Aries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Sabin" title="Chris Sabin">Chris Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Young_(wrestler)" title="Eric Young (wrestler)">Eric Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Edwards_(wrestler)" title="Eddie Edwards (wrestler)">Eddie Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Alexander" title="Josh Alexander">Josh Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Shelley" title="Alex Shelley">Alex Shelley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jordynne_Grace" title="Jordynne Grace">Jordynne Grace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">ICW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._T._Gunn" title="B. T. Gunn">B. T. Gunn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Underground" title="Lucha Underground">LU</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9nix_(wrestler)" title="Fénix (wrestler)">Fénix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Mundo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_Wrestling" title="Melbourne City Wrestling">MCW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronson_Reed" title="Bronson Reed">Jonah Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brooks_(wrestler)" title="Adam Brooks (wrestler)">Adam Brooks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">NJPW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Naito" title="Tetsuya Naito">Tetsuya Naito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evil_(wrestler)" title="Evil (wrestler)">Evil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kota_Ibushi" title="Kota Ibushi">Kota Ibushi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Tanahashi" title="Hiroshi Tanahashi">Hiroshi Tanahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_White" title="Jay White">Jay White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">NWA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Men" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jax_Dane" title="Jax Dane">Jax Dane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Latimer" title="Thom Latimer">Thom Latimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Murdoch" title="Trevor Murdoch">Trevor Murdoch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenzie_Paige" title="Kenzie Paige">Kenzie Paige</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling" title="Ohio Valley Wrestling">OVW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Albright" title="Brent Albright">Brent Albright</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Sandow" class="mw-redirect" title="Damien Sandow">Idol Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Runnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mondo" title="Mike Mondo">Mike Mondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Terry" title="Rob Terry">Rob Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Compton" title="Cliff Compton">Cliff Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamin_Olivencia" title="Jamin Olivencia">Jamin Olivencia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a></li> <li>Mohamad Ali Vaez</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Burke" title="Elijah Burke">Elijah Burke</a></li> <li>Tony Gunn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Bradley" title="Jay Bradley">Jay Bradley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling" title="Progress Wrestling">Progress</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killian_Dain" title="Killian Dain">Big Damo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Revolution_Pro_Wrestling" title="Revolution Pro Wrestling">RevPro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Scurll" title="Marty Scurll">Marty Scurll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Oku" title="Michael Oku">Michael Oku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Ospreay" title="Will Ospreay">Will Ospreay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor">ROH</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Edwards_(wrestler)" title="Eddie Edwards (wrestler)">Eddie Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Strong" title="Roderick Strong">Roderick Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Lethal" title="Jay Lethal">Jay Lethal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Daniels" title="Christopher Daniels">Christopher Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Taven" title="Matt Taven">Matt Taven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Gresham" title="Jonathan Gresham">Jonathan Gresham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_Joe" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Oz_Academy" title="Oz Academy">Oz</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mika_Akino" title="Mika Akino">Akino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaori_Yoneyama" title="Kaori Yoneyama">Kaori Yoneyama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sendai_Girls%27_Pro_Wrestling" title="Sendai Girls&#39; Pro Wrestling">Sendai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Millie_McKenzie" title="Millie McKenzie">Millie McKenzie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Joshi_Pro-Wrestling" title="Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling">TJPW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rika_Tatsumi" title="Rika Tatsumi">Rika Tatsumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miu_Watanabe" title="Miu Watanabe">Miu Watanabe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Westside_Xtreme_Wrestling" title="Westside Xtreme Wrestling">wXw</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axel_Tischer" class="mw-redirect" title="Axel Tischer">Axel Tischer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilja_Dragunov" title="Ilja Dragunov">Ilja Dragunov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Klinger" class="mw-redirect" title="John Klinger">John Klinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absolute_Andy" title="Absolute Andy">Absolute Andy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dreissker" title="Robert Dreissker">Robert Dreissker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurance_Roman" title="Laurance Roman">Laurance Roman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page" title="Diamond Dallas Page">Diamond Dallas Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Goldberg" title="Bill Goldberg">Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Men" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AJ_Styles" title="AJ Styles">AJ Styles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayley_(wrestler)" title="Bayley (wrestler)">Bayley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexa_Bliss" title="Alexa Bliss">Alexa Bliss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asuka_(wrestler)" title="Asuka (wrestler)">Asuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercedes_Mon%C3%A9" title="Mercedes Moné">Sasha Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhea_Ripley" title="Rhea Ripley">Rhea Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronda_Rousey" title="Ronda Rousey">Ronda Rousey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Belair" title="Bianca Belair">Bianca Belair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Tag Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FTR_(professional_wrestling)" title="FTR (professional wrestling)">The Revival</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dax_Harwood" title="Dax Harwood">Scott Dawson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cash_Wheeler" title="Cash Wheeler">Dash Wilder</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_Profits" title="Street Profits">Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Day_(professional_wrestling)" title="The New Day (professional wrestling)">The New Day</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Woods" title="Xavier Woods">Xavier Woods</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Cole" title="Adam Cole">Adam Cole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/NXT_UK_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT UK (WWE brand)">NXT UK</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Bate" title="Tyler Bate">Tyler Bate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="WWE_Champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Eudy" title="Sid Eudy">Sycho Sid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Mr. McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Patera" title="Ken Patera">Ken Patera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Muraco" title="Don Muraco">Don Muraco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Valentine" title="Greg Valentine">Greg Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Steamboat" title="Ricky Steamboat">Ricky Steamboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Honky_Tonk_Man" title="The Honky Tonk Man">The Honky Tonk Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Warrior" title="The Ultimate Warrior">The Ultimate Warrior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Rude" title="Rick Rude">Rick Rude</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Von_Erich" title="Kerry Von Erich">The Texas Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau" title="Jacques Rougeau">The Mountie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">The British Bulldog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Douglas" title="Shane Douglas">Dean Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes" title="Dustin Rhodes">Goldust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Johnson" title="Ahmed Johnson">Ahmed Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Mero" title="Marc Mero">Marc Mero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Hunter Hearst Helmsley/Triple H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Rocky Maivia/The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Dogg" title="Road Dogg">Road Dogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(wrestler)" title="The Godfather (wrestler)">The Godfather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Lo_Brown" title="D&#39;Lo Brown">D'Lo Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chyna" title="Chyna">Chyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)" title="Rikishi (wrestler)">Rikishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Guerrero" title="Eddie Guerrero">Eddie Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Bloom" title="Matt Bloom">Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Test_(wrestler)" title="Test (wrestler)">Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlito_(wrestler)" title="Carlito (wrestler)">Carlito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro/John Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umaga_(wrestler)" title="Umaga (wrestler)">Umaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santino_Marella" title="Santino Marella">Santino Marella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Mysterio" title="Rey Mysterio">Rey Mysterio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">Wade Barrett/Bad News Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_Jackson" title="Ezekiel Jackson">Ezekiel Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a></li> <li><a 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Champions">current</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jey_Uso" title="Jey Uso">Jey Uso</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="WWE_World_Tag_Team_Champions_(1971–2010)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE,_1971%E2%80%932010)" title="Template:World Tag Team Championship 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style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Graham_(wrestler)" title="Luke Graham (wrestler)">Luke Graham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Tyler" title="Tarzan Tyler">Tarzan Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Gotch" title="Karl Gotch">Karl Gotch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rene_Goulet" title="Rene Goulet">Rene Goulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Curtis_Iaukea" title="King Curtis Iaukea">King Curtis Iaukea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mikel_Scicluna" title="Mikel Scicluna">Mikel Scicluna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Jay_Strongbow" title="Chief Jay Strongbow">Chief Jay Strongbow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonny_King_(wrestler)" title="Sonny King (wrestler)">Sonny King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Fuji" title="Mr. Fuji">Mr. Fuji</a> and <a href="/wiki/Professor_Tanaka" title="Professor Tanaka">Professor Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haystacks_Calhoun" title="Haystacks Calhoun">Haystacks Calhoun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Garea" title="Tony Garea">Tony Garea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Ho_(wrestler)" title="Dean Ho (wrestler)">Dean Ho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Garea" title="Tony Garea">Tony Garea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiant_Brothers" title="Valiant Brothers">Valiant Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Valiant" title="Jimmy Valiant">Jimmy Valiant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Valiant" title="Johnny Valiant">Johnny Valiant</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_DeNucci" title="Dominic DeNucci">Dominic DeNucci</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Barrett_(wrestler)" title="Pat Barrett (wrestler)">Pat Barrett</a>/<a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Rivera_(wrestler)" title="Víctor Rivera (wrestler)">Víctor Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blackjacks" title="The Blackjacks">The Blackjacks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blackjack_Lanza" title="Blackjack Lanza">Blackjack Lanza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackjack_Mulligan" title="Blackjack Mulligan">Blackjack Mulligan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Brito" title="Gino Brito">Louis Cerdan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parisi_(wrestler)" title="Tony Parisi (wrestler)">Tony Parisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executioners_(professional_wrestling)" title="Executioners (professional wrestling)">Executioners</a> (<a href="/wiki/Killer_Kowalski" title="Killer Kowalski">Executioner #1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_John_Studd" title="Big John Studd">Executioner #2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_Al-Kaissie" title="Adnan Al-Kaissie">Billy White Wolf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Jay_Strongbow" title="Chief Jay Strongbow">Chief Jay Strongbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Bravo" title="Dino Bravo">Dino Bravo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominic_DeNucci" title="Dominic DeNucci">Dominic DeNucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon_Lumberjacks" title="Yukon Lumberjacks">Yukon Lumberjacks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scott_Irwin" title="Scott Irwin">Lumberjack Eric</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lumberjack_Pierre" title="Lumberjack Pierre">Lumberjack Pierre</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Zbyszko" title="Larry Zbyszko">Larry Zbyszko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Garea" title="Tony Garea">Tony Garea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiant_Brothers" title="Valiant Brothers">Valiant Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Hill_(wrestler)" title="John Hill (wrestler)">Jerry Valiant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Valiant" title="Johnny Valiant">Johnny Valiant</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Putski" title="Ivan Putski">Ivan Putski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Samoans" title="Wild Samoans">Wild Samoans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Afa_Anoa%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Afa Anoa&#39;i">Afa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sika_Anoa%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Sika Anoa&#39;i">Sika</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Backlund" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Morales" title="Pedro Morales">Pedro Morales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Martel" title="Rick Martel">Rick Martel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Garea" title="Tony Garea">Tony Garea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moondogs_(professional_wrestling)" title="Moondogs (professional wrestling)">Moondogs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moondog_Rex" title="Moondog Rex">Moondog Rex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moondog_King" title="Moondog King">Moondog King</a>/<a href="/wiki/Moondog_Spot" title="Moondog Spot">Moondog Spot</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Fuji" title="Mr. Fuji">Mr. Fuji</a> and <a href="/wiki/Masa_Saito" title="Masa Saito">Mr. Saito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Jay_Strongbow" title="Chief Jay Strongbow">Chief Jay Strongbow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jules_Strongbow" title="Jules Strongbow">Jules Strongbow</a></li> <li>Soul Patrol (<a href="/wiki/Rocky_Johnson" title="Rocky Johnson">Rocky Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Atlas" title="Tony Atlas">Tony Atlas</a>)</li> <li>North-South Connection (<a href="/wiki/Adrian_Adonis" title="Adrian Adonis">Adrian Adonis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Murdoch" title="Dick Murdoch">Dick Murdoch</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Express" title="U.S. Express">U.S. Express</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barry_Windham" title="Barry Windham">Barry Windham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rotunda" title="Mike Rotunda">Mike Rotundo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik_and_Nikolai_Volkoff" title="The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff">The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_Team_(professional_wrestling)" title="Dream Team (professional wrestling)">Dream Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake" title="Brutus Beefcake">Brutus Beefcake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Valentine" title="Greg Valentine">Greg Valentine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_British_Bulldogs" title="The British Bulldogs">The British Bulldogs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">Davey Boy Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hart Foundation">The Hart Foundation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Neidhart" title="Jim Neidhart">Jim Neidhart</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strike_Force_(professional_wrestling)" title="Strike Force (professional wrestling)">Strike Force</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rick_Martel" title="Rick Martel">Rick Martel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tito_Santana" title="Tito Santana">Tito Santana</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demolition_(professional_wrestling)" title="Demolition (professional wrestling)">Demolition</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ax_(wrestler)" title="Ax (wrestler)">Ax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Adams_(wrestler)" title="Brian Adams (wrestler)">Crush</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Smash_(wrestler)" title="Smash (wrestler)">Smash</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brain_Busters" title="Brain Busters">Brain Busters</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arn_Anderson" title="Arn Anderson">Arn Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tully_Blanchard" title="Tully Blanchard">Tully Blanchard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colossal_Connection" title="Colossal Connection">Colossal Connection</a> (<a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant" title="André the Giant">André the Giant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haku_(wrestler)" title="Haku (wrestler)">Haku</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Nasty_Boys" title="The Nasty Boys">The Nasty Boys</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brian_Knobbs" title="Brian Knobbs">Brian Knobbs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sags" title="Jerry Sags">Jerry Sags</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Warriors" title="Road Warriors">Legion of Doom</a> (<a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Animal" title="Road Warrior Animal">Animal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Road_Warrior_Hawk" title="Road Warrior Hawk">Hawk</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_Inc." title="Money Inc.">Money Inc.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Rotunda" title="Mike Rotunda">Irwin R. Schyster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">Ted DiBiase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters" title="The Natural Disasters">The Natural Disasters</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Tenta" title="John Tenta">Earthquake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ottman" title="Fred Ottman">Typhoon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steiner_Brothers" title="Steiner Brothers">Steiner Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rick_Steiner" title="Rick Steiner">Rick Steiner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Steiner" title="Scott Steiner">Scott Steiner</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Quebecers" title="The Quebecers">The Quebecers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jacques_Rougeau" title="Jacques Rougeau">Quebecer Jacques</a> and <a href="/wiki/PCO_(wrestler)" title="PCO (wrestler)">Quebecer Pierre</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">1-2-3 Kid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_on_a_Mission" title="Men on a Mission">Men on a Mission</a> (<a href="/wiki/Viscera_(wrestler)" title="Viscera (wrestler)">Mabel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mo_(wrestler)" title="Mo (wrestler)">Mo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_SWAT_Team" title="Samoan SWAT Team">Headshrinkers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)" title="Rikishi (wrestler)">Fatu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samu_(wrestler)" title="Samu (wrestler)">Samu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Dudes_with_Attitudes" title="Two Dudes with Attitudes">Two Dudes with Attitudes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">The 1-2-3 Kid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Holly" title="Hardcore Holly">Bob Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_Gunns" title="Smoking Gunns">Smoking Gunns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Polchlopek" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Polchlopek">Bart Gunn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart_and_Yokozuna" title="Owen Hart and Yokozuna">Owen Hart and Yokozuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodydonnas" title="Bodydonnas">Bodydonnas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chris_Candido" title="Chris Candido">Skip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Prichard" title="Tom Prichard">Zip</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Godwinns" class="mw-redirect" title="The Godwinns">The Godwinns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Henry_O._Godwinn" title="Henry O. Godwinn">Henry O. Godwinn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mideon" title="Mideon">Phineas I. Godwinn</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart_and_the_British_Bulldog" title="Owen Hart and the British Bulldog">Owen Hart and the British Bulldog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Dude Love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Headbangers" title="The Headbangers">The Headbangers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mosh_(wrestler)" title="Mosh (wrestler)">Mosh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thrasher_(wrestler)" title="Thrasher (wrestler)">Thrasher</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Age_Outlaws" title="New Age Outlaws">New Age Outlaws</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billy_Gunn" title="Billy Gunn">Billy Gunn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Road_Dogg" title="Road Dogg">Road Dogg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Cactus Jack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Funk" title="Terry Funk">Chainsaw Charlie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Boss_Man" title="Big Boss Man">Big Boss Man</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Shamrock" title="Ken Shamrock">Ken Shamrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jarrett" title="Jeff Jarrett">Jeff Jarrett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">X-Pac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acolytes_Protection_Agency" title="Acolytes Protection Agency">Acolytes Protection Agency</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">Bradshaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Simmons" title="Ron Simmons">Faarooq</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_Boyz" title="Hardy Boyz">Hardy Boyz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hardy" title="Jeff Hardy">Jeff Hardy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hardy" title="Matt Hardy">Matt Hardy</a>)</li> <li>The Unholy Alliance (<a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Sock_Connection" title="Rock &#39;n&#39; Sock Connection">Rock 'n' Sock Connection</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cousins" title="Holly Cousins">Holly Cousins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Crash_Holly" title="Crash Holly">Crash Holly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Holly" title="Hardcore Holly">Hardcore Holly</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Snow" title="Al Snow">Al Snow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Boyz" title="Dudley Boyz">Dudley Boyz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bubba_Ray_Dudley" title="Bubba Ray Dudley">Bubba Ray Dudley</a> and <a href="/wiki/D-Von_Dudley" title="D-Von Dudley">D-Von Dudley</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_and_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Edge and Christian">Edge and Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Too_Cool" title="Too Cool">Too Cool</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brian_Christopher" title="Brian Christopher">Grandmaster Sexay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotty_2_Hotty" title="Scotty 2 Hotty">Scotty 2 Hotty</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Censor" title="Right to Censor">Right to Censor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bull_Buchanan" title="Bull Buchanan">Bull Buchanan</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_(wrestler)" title="The Godfather (wrestler)">The Goodfather</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_Destruction" title="Brothers of Destruction">Brothers of Destruction</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-Man_Power_Trip" title="Two-Man Power Trip">Two-Man Power Trip</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Dallas_Page" title="Diamond Dallas Page">Diamond Dallas Page</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Kanyon" title="Chris Kanyon">Chris Kanyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> and <a href="/wiki/Test_(wrestler)" title="Test (wrestler)">Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Dudley" title="Spike Dudley">Spike Dudley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taz_(wrestler)" title="Taz (wrestler)">Tazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_and_Chuck" title="Billy and Chuck">Billy and Chuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rico_Constantino" title="Rico Constantino">Rico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)" title="Rikishi (wrestler)">Rikishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Un-Americans" title="The Un-Americans">The Un-Americans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Helms" title="Gregory Helms">The Hurricane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Cage" title="Christian Cage">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Rhodes" title="Dustin Rhodes">Goldust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Chief Morley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Storm" title="Lance Storm">Lance Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_R%C3%A9sistance_(professional_wrestling)" title="La Résistance (professional wrestling)">La Résistance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Dupr%C3%A9e" title="René Duprée">René Duprée</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Grenier" title="Sylvain Grenier">Sylvain Grenier</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(professional_wrestling)" title="Evolution (professional wrestling)">Evolution</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_R%C3%A9sistance_(professional_wrestling)" title="La Résistance (professional wrestling)">La Résistance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rob_Conway" title="Rob Conway">Robért Conway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Grenier" title="Sylvain Grenier">Sylvain Grenier</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_(wrestler)" title="Eugene (wrestler)">Eugene</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Tajiri" title="Yoshihiro Tajiri">Tajiri</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Regal" title="William Regal">William Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hurricane_and_Rosey" title="The Hurricane and Rosey">The Hurricane and Rosey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Cade_and_Trevor_Murdoch" title="Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch">Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Show_and_Kane" title="Big Show and Kane">Big Show and Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Squad" title="Spirit Squad">Spirit Squad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Jeter" title="Johnny Jeter">Johnny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dykstra" title="Kenny Dykstra">Kenny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mondo" title="Mike Mondo">Mikey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Mitchell" title="Nick Mitchell">Mitch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Nicky</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rated-RKO" title="Rated-RKO">Rated-RKO</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_London_and_Brian_Kendrick" title="Paul London and Brian Kendrick">Paul London and Brian Kendrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_Holly" title="Hardcore Holly">Hardcore Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Legacy_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Legacy (professional wrestling)">The Legacy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Rhodes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase_Jr." title="Ted DiBiase Jr.">Ted DiBiase Jr.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Batista</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Kingston" title="Kofi Kingston">Kofi Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_and_the_Miz" title="John Morrison and the Miz">John Morrison and the Miz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Col%C3%B3ns_(2002%E2%80%932010)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Colóns (2002–2010)">The Colóns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlito_(wrestler)" title="Carlito (wrestler)">Carlito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Primo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Primo Colón">Primo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeri-Show" title="Jeri-Show">Jeri-Show</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ShoMiz" title="ShoMiz">ShoMiz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hart_Dynasty" title="The Hart Dynasty">The Hart Dynasty</a> (<a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith_Jr." title="Davey Boy Smith Jr.">David Hart Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Kidd" title="Tyson Kidd">Tyson Kidd</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Money_in_the_Bank_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Money_in_the_Bank_winners" title="Template:Money in the Bank winners"><abbr 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(wrestler)">Edge</a> (<a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_21" title="WrestleMania 21">2005</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam" title="Rob Van Dam">Rob Van Dam</a> (<a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_22" title="WrestleMania 22">2006</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(wrestler)" title="Ken Anderson (wrestler)">Mr. Kennedy</a> (<a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_23" title="WrestleMania 23">2007</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a> (<a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV" title="WrestleMania XXIV">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_25" title="WrestleMania 25">2009</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Hager" title="Jake Hager">Jack Swagger</a> (<a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXVI" title="WrestleMania XXVI">2010</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2010)" title="Money in the Bank (2010)">2010</a>, Raw)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2010)" title="Money in the Bank (2010)">2010</a>, SmackDown)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">2011</a>, Raw)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)" title="Money in the Bank (2011)">2011</a>, SmackDown)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2012)" title="Money in the Bank (2012)">2012</a>, Raw)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2012)" title="Money in the Bank (2012)">2012</a>, SmackDown)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Orton" title="Randy Orton">Randy Orton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2013)" title="Money in the Bank (2013)">2013</a>, Raw)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damien_Sandow" class="mw-redirect" title="Damien Sandow">Damien Sandow</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2013)" title="Money in the Bank (2013)">2013</a>, SmackDown)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2014)" title="Money in the Bank (2014)">2014</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2015)" title="Money in the Bank (2015)">2015</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Moxley" title="Jon Moxley">Dean Ambrose</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2016)" title="Money in the Bank (2016)">2016</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Baron_Corbin" title="Baron Corbin">Baron Corbin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2017)" title="Money in the Bank (2017)">2017</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2018)" title="Money in the Bank (2018)">2018</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2019)" title="Money in the Bank (2019)">2019</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Otis_(wrestler)" title="Otis (wrestler)">Otis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2020)" title="Money in the Bank (2020)">2020</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Big_E_(wrestler)" title="Big E (wrestler)">Big E</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2021)" title="Money in the Bank (2021)">2021</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Theory" title="Austin Theory">Theory</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2022)" title="Money in the Bank (2022)">2022</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Priest" title="Damian Priest">Damian Priest</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2023)" title="Money in the Bank (2023)">2023</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drew_McIntyre" title="Drew McIntyre">Drew McIntyre</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2024)" title="Money in the Bank (2024)">2024</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carmella_(wrestler)" title="Carmella (wrestler)">Carmella</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2017)" title="Money in the Bank (2017)">2017</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexa_Bliss" title="Alexa Bliss">Alexa Bliss</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2018)" title="Money in the Bank (2018)">2018</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bayley_(wrestler)" title="Bayley (wrestler)">Bayley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2019)" title="Money in the Bank (2019)">2019</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asuka_(wrestler)" title="Asuka (wrestler)">Asuka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2020)" title="Money in the Bank (2020)">2020</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Cross" title="Nikki Cross">Nikki A. S. 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Whitmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Maff" title="Dan Maff">Dan Maff</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rottweilers" title="The Rottweilers">The Rottweilers</a>/<a href="/wiki/Havana_Pitbulls" title="Havana Pitbulls">Havana Pitbulls</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ricky_Reyes" title="Ricky Reyes">Ricky Reyes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Romero" title="Rocky Romero">Rocky Romero</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._J._Whitmer" title="B. J. Whitmer">B. J. Whitmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs" title="Jimmy Jacobs">Jimmy Jacobs</a></li> <li>Carnage Crew (<a href="/wiki/H._C._Loc" title="H. C. Loc">H. C. 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(professional wrestling)">S.C.U.M.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs" title="Jimmy Jacobs">Jimmy Jacobs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Corino" title="Steve Corino">Steve Corino</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ReDRagon" title="ReDRagon">reDRagon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fish" title="Bobby Fish">Bobby Fish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyle_O%27Reilly" title="Kyle O&#39;Reilly">Kyle O'Reilly</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forever_Hooligans" title="Forever Hooligans">Forever Hooligans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alex_Koslov" title="Alex Koslov">Alex Koslov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Romero" title="Rocky Romero">Rocky Romero</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Bucks" title="The Young Bucks">The Young Bucks</a> (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SoCal_Uncensored" title="SoCal Uncensored">The Addiction</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christopher_Daniels" title="Christopher Daniels">Christopher Daniels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Kazarian" title="Frankie Kazarian">Frankie Kazarian</a>)</li> <li><a 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Smooth</li> <li>Prophet Daniel Quinn</li> <li>Richard X</li> <li>Mark Wolf</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a></li> <li>Kurt Krueger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Steel" title="Ace Steel">Ace Steel</a></li> <li>Vic Capri</li> <li>Nate Webb</li> <li>Danny Daniels</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark_Boy" title="Shark Boy">Shark Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._C._Bailey" title="J. C. Bailey">J. C. Bailey</a></li> <li>Michael Todd Stratton (Todd Morton)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonjay_Dutt" title="Sonjay Dutt">Sonjay Dutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Sydal" title="Matt Sydal">Matt Sydal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delirious_(wrestler)" title="Delirious (wrestler)">Delirious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jacobs" title="Jimmy Jacobs">Jimmy Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Abercrombie" title="Josh Abercrombie">Josh Abercrombie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Tyler Black</a></li> <li>Brandon Thomaselli</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(wrestler)" title="Chuck Taylor (wrestler)">Chuck Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quackenbush" title="Mike Quackenbush">Mike Quackenbush</a></li> <li>Jason Hades</li> <li>Dingo</li> <li>Quick Carter Gray</li> <li>Jason Hades</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#757575; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 red, inset -2px -2px 0 red;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ryan Phoenix</li> <li>Jaysin Strife</li> <li>BJ Whitmer</li> <li>Bucky Collins</li> <li>Oliver Cain</li> <li>Devon Moore</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="IWC_Heavyweight_Champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#000000; 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background:#F9F295; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Asher Knight</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ali/Mohamad Ali Vaez</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chad_Collyer" title="Chad Collyer">The Metal Master</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Silva_(wrestler)" title="Alex Silva (wrestler)">Alex Silva</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Terry" title="Rob Terry">Rob Terry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Tony Gunn</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Compton" title="Cliff Compton">Cliff Compton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drake_Maverick" title="Drake Maverick">Rockstar Spud</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Burke" title="Elijah Burke">Elijah Burke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Godderz" title="Jessie Godderz">Jessie Godderz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Bradley" title="Jay Bradley">Jay Bradley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhyno" title="Rhyno">Rhino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andreas_John_Ziegler" title="Andreas John Ziegler">A. 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Z.</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="OVW_Tag_Team_Champions" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#F9F295; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:OVW_Tag_Team_Championship" title="Template:OVW Tag Team Championship"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:OVW_Tag_Team_Championship" title="Template talk:OVW Tag Team Championship"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:OVW_Tag_Team_Championship" title="Special:EditPage/Template:OVW Tag Team Championship"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="OVW_Tag_Team_Champions" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/OVW_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship" title="OVW Southern Tag Team Championship"><span style="color:black">OVW Tag Team</span></a> <a href="/wiki/OVW_Southern_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" title="OVW Southern Tag Team Championship"><span style="color:black">Champions</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#F9F295; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828;">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_(wrestler)" title="Eugene (wrestler)">Nick Dinsmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a></li> <li>David C. and Jason Lee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Basham" title="Doug Basham">Doug Basham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a></li> <li>The Lords of the Ring (<a href="/wiki/Eugene_(wrestler)" title="Eugene (wrestler)">Nick Dinsmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Conway" title="Rob Conway">Rob Conway</a>)</li> <li>Dave the Rave and <a href="/wiki/Rip_Rogers" title="Rip Rogers">Rip Rogers</a></li> <li>Dave the Rave and Juan Hurtado</li> <li>Cousin Otter and Jebediah Blackhawk</li> <li>Bryan Cash and Juan Hurtado</li> <li>The Andretti Express (Guido Andretti and Vito Andretti)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hollie" title="Daniel Hollie">Damaja</a> and David C.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a> and Trailer Park Trash</li> <li>The Suicide Blondes (Jason Lee and <a href="/wiki/Rip_Rogers" title="Rip Rogers">Rip Rogers</a>)</li> <li>Jebediah Blackhawk and Trailer Park Trash</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#F9F295; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828;">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Bolin Services (Mr. Black and <a href="/wiki/Bull_Buchanan" title="Bull Buchanan">Bull Buchanan</a>)</li> <li>The Paynethrillers (B.J. Payne and Scotty Sabre)</li> <li>The Suicide Blondes (Derrick King and Jason Lee)</li> <li>The Disciples of Synn (Damian and <a href="/wiki/Wolfie_D" title="Wolfie D">Slash</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Armstrong" title="Steve Armstrong">Steve Armstrong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Smothers" title="Tracy Smothers">Tracy Smothers</a></li> <li>B.J. Payne and <a href="/wiki/Flash_Flanagan" title="Flash Flanagan">Flash Flanagan</a></li> <li>The Disciples of Synn (B.J. Payne and Damian)</li> <li>The Minnesota Stretching Crew (<a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a>)</li> <li>Bolin Services (<a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">The Prototype</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rico_Constantino" title="Rico Constantino">Rico Constantino</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basham_Brothers" title="Basham Brothers">Basham Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hollie" title="Daniel Hollie">Damaja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_Basham" title="Doug Basham">Doug Basham</a>)</li> <li>The Dogg Pound (<a href="/wiki/Rodney_Mack" title="Rodney Mack">Redd Dogg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shelton_Benjamin" title="Shelton Benjamin">Shelton Benjamin</a>)</li> <li>The Disciples of Synn (<a href="/wiki/Kevin_Thorn" title="Kevin Thorn">Seven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tomko" title="Travis Tomko">Travis Bane</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acolytes_Protection_Agency" title="Acolytes Protection Agency">The APA</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">Bradshaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Simmons" title="Ron Simmons">Ron Simmons</a>)</li> <li>Adrenaline (<a href="/wiki/Caylen_Croft" title="Caylen Croft">Chris Cage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tank_Toland" title="Tank Toland">Tank Toland</a>)</li> <li>The Jersey Shore Crew (<a href="/wiki/Aron_Stevens" title="Aron Stevens">Aaron Stevens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bucci" title="Mike Bucci">Nova</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Albright" title="Brent Albright">Brent Albright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Masters" title="Chris Masters">Chris Masters</a></li> <li>Mac Johnson and Seth Skyfire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MNM_(professional_wrestling)" title="MNM (professional wrestling)">MNM</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joey_Mercury" title="Joey Mercury">Joey Matthews</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Morrison_(wrestler)" title="John Morrison (wrestler)">Johnny Nitro</a>)</li> <li>The Thrillseekers (<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Jeter" title="Johnny Jeter">Johnny Jeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cappotelli" title="Matt Cappotelli">Matt Cappotelli</a>)</li> <li>The Blonde Bombers (<a href="/wiki/Chad_Wicks" title="Chad Wicks">Chad Toland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tank_Toland" title="Tank Toland">Tank Toland</a>)</li> <li>Chet Jablonski and Seth Skyfire</li> <li>Bolin Services (<a href="/wiki/Caylen_Croft" title="Caylen Croft">Chris Cage</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deuce_%27n_Domino" title="Deuce &#39;n Domino">The Untouchables</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deuce_(wrestler)" title="Deuce (wrestler)">Deuce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Compton" title="Cliff Compton">Domino</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasey_James" title="Kasey James">Kasey James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roadkill_(wrestler)" title="Roadkill (wrestler)">Roadkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryme_Tyme" title="Cryme Tyme">The Gang Stars/Cryme Tyme</a> (<a href="/wiki/JTG" title="JTG">The Neighborhoodie/JTG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shad_Gaspard" title="Shad Gaspard">Shad Gaspard</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CM Punk</a> and Seth Skyfire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Rhodes" title="Cody Rhodes">Cody Runnels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Spears" title="Shawn Spears">Shawn Spears</a></li> <li>Bolin Services (Charles Evans and <a href="/wiki/Bam_Neely" title="Bam Neely">Justin LaRouche</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Players" title="Major Players">The Major Brothers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matt_Cardona" title="Matt Cardona">Brett Major</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Myers" title="Brian Myers">Brian Major</a>)</li> <li>The James Boys (<a href="/wiki/Kasey_James" title="Kasey James">K.C. James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cassidy_O%27Reilly" title="Cassidy O&#39;Reilly">Kassidy James</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamin_Olivencia" title="Jamin Olivencia">Jamin Olivencia</a> and T.J. Dalton</li> <li>Terminal Velocity (Chet Jablonski and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Lewington" title="Steven Lewington">Steve Lewington</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Spears" title="Shawn Spears">Shawn Spears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Cabana" title="Colt Cabana">Colt Cabana</a> and Charles Evans</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Burchill" title="Paul Burchill">Paul Burchill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">Stu Sanders</a></li> <li>Los Locos (<a href="/wiki/Anarquia" title="Anarquia">Ramón/Anarquia</a> and Raúl/Raul LaMotta)</li> <li>The Insurgency (Ali Akbar and Omar Akbar)</li> <li>The Men of Iron (<a href="/wiki/Pat_Buck" title="Pat Buck">Pat Buck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Conway" title="Rob Conway">Rob Conway</a>)</li> <li>Darriel Kelly and Josh Lowry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_(wrestler)" title="Viktor (wrestler)">Apoc</a> and Vaughn Lilas</li> <li>Dirty Money and Scott Cardinal</li> <li>Totally Awesome (Kamikaze Kid and Sucio)</li> <li>Fang and Igotta Brewski</li> <li>Top Shelf Talent (JD Maverick and <a href="/wiki/Pat_Buck" title="Pat Buck">Pat Buck</a>)</li> <li>The Network (Andrew the Director and Benny the Producer)</li> <li>Big Men on Campus (Moose and Tilo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mondo" title="Mike Mondo">Mike Mondo</a> and Turcan Celik</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background:#F9F295; color:black; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828;">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Benjamin Bray</li> <li>Benjamin Bray and Andrew LaCroix</li> <li>The Elite (Adam Revolver and Ted McNaler)</li> <li>The Invincibles/The Fighting Spirit (Fang/Christopher Silvio and Sucio/Raphael Constantine)</li> <li>Christopher Silvio and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Nemeth" title="Ryan Nemeth">Ryan Nemeth</a></li> <li>Paredyse and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Nemeth" title="Ryan Nemeth">Ryan Nemeth</a></li> <li>The Fat and The Furious (Mr. Black and Trailer Park Trash)</li> <li>Bolin Services 2.0 (James "Moose" Thomas and Rocco Bellagio)</li> <li>OMG (Johnny Spade and Shiloh Jonze)</li> <li>The Mascagni Family (<a href="/wiki/Jessie_Godderz" title="Jessie Godderz">Jessie Godderz</a> and Marcus Anthony)</li> <li>The Family (<a href="/wiki/Jessie_Godderz" title="Jessie Godderz">Jessie Godderz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rob_Terry" title="Rob Terry">Rob Terry</a> and Rudy Switchblade)</li> <li>The Best Team Ever (<a href="/wiki/Jessie_Godderz" title="Jessie Godderz">Jessie Godderz</a> and Rudy Switchblade)</li> <li>Loco-MG (Raul LaMotta and Shiloh Jonze)</li> <li>The Gutcheckers (<a href="/wiki/Alex_Silva_(wrestler)" title="Alex Silva (wrestler)">Alex Silva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dexter_Lumis" title="Dexter Lumis">Sam Shaw</a>)</li> <li>The Coalition (<a href="/wiki/Crimson_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimson (wrestler)">Crimson</a> and Jason Wayne)</li> <li>Michael Hayes and Mohammed Ali Vaez</li> <li>Dylan Bostic and The Mexicutioner</li> <li>The Skywalkers (Aaron Sky and Robbie Walker)</li> <li>The Fabulous Free Bodies (The Bodyguy and Big Jon)</li> <li>Silvi-O-livencia (Chris Silvio and <a href="/wiki/Jamin_Olivencia" title="Jamin Olivencia">Jamin Olivencia</a>)</li> <li>War Machine (Eric Locker and Shiloh Jonze)</li> <li>TerreMex (The Mexicutioner and Randy Terrez)</li> <li>Walk on the Wylde side (Adam Wylde and Robbie Walker)</li> <li>War Machine (Eric Locker and Big Jon)</li> <li>The Van Zandt Family Circus (Dapper Dan Van Zandt and The Ringmaster)</li> <li>Band of Brothaz (<a href="/wiki/Elijah_Burke" title="Elijah Burke">General Pope</a> and Private Anthony)</li> <li>The Tag Buddies (Adam Revolver and Reverend Stuart Miles)</li> <li>The Bad Boys Club (Randy Royal and Shane Andrews)</li> <li>The Van Zandt Family Circus (Dapper Dan Van Zandt and <a href="/wiki/Mad_Man_Pondo" title="Mad Man Pondo">Mad Man Pondo</a>)</li> <li>Adam Revolver and The Mexicutioner</li> <li>The Legacy of Brutality (Big Zo and Hy-Zaya)</li> <li>Big Jon and <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Burke" title="Elijah Burke">Elijah Burke</a></li> <li>Big Smooth (Big Jon and Justin Smooth)</li> <li>Team Next Level (Devin Driscoll and Tony Gunn)</li> <li>Billy O and Kevin Giza</li> <li>Legacy of Brutality (Ca$h Flo and Dapper Dan)</li> <li>The Top Guyz (Adam Slade and Kevin Giza)</li> <li>The Bro Godz (Colton Cage and Dustin Jackson)</li> <li>David Lee Lorenze III and Scott Cardinal</li> <li>David Lee Lorenze III and Shiloh Jonze</li> <li>War Kings (<a href="/wiki/Crimson_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimson (wrestler)">Crimson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jax_Dane" title="Jax Dane">Jax Dane</a>)</li> <li>Kings Ransom (Leonis Khan and Maximus Khan)</li> <li>The Legacy of 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