CM Punk

Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, actor and former mixed martial artist, born on October 26, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois. He began on the independent circuit in 1997, joined Ring of Honor in 2002 and won its world title once, then signed with WWE in 2005, where he won the World Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWE Championship twice, and became the only back-to-back winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match in 2008 and 2009. After leaving WWE in 2014 he retired, returned in 2021 with All Elite Wrestling and won the AEW World Championship twice, and rejoined WWE in 2023. He fought twice in the UFC and is known for his outspoken straight edge persona.