Phil Brooks

Phil Brooks
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. His 434-day WWE Championship reign stands recognized as the seventh longest in history. Brooks began his wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1997 and signed with Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002, where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship once each. He also won the Money in the Bank ladder match in 2008 and 2009, making him its only back-to-back winner. He was named Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards and was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Brooks acrimoniously left WWE in 2014 and largely retired from wrestling. From 2019 to 2020, he appeared as a pundit on WWE Backstage. Brooks returned to wrestling in August 2021 when he joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he won the AEW World Championship twice, but was fired in September 2023 after backstage controversies. He returned to WWE two months later. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE and AEW, including WrestleMania 41. Brooks has used the CM Punk moniker for his entire career. His character has been consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic, most of which are inspired by his real-life self. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, he emphasizes different aspects to garner heat and discourse. Brooks was inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022. Outside of wrestling, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA) and joined the welterweight division of the UFC, losing via submission to Mickey Gall in his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016. He lost his second fight to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision at UFC 225 in 2018, which was later overturned to a no-contest; he was released and retired from MMA shortly after. Brooks appears as a part-time color commentator for Cage Fury Fighting Championships and has also starred in the horror films Rabid, Girl on the Third Floor (both 2019), and Jakob's Wife (2021), as well as having a recurring role in the wrestling drama series Heels (2021–2023). (Via Wikipedia)
Origin
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born
October 26, 1978
Age
46
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. His 434-day WWE Championship reign stands recognized as the seventh longest in history. Brooks began his wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1997 and signed with Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002, where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship once each. He also won the Money in the Bank ladder match in 2008 and 2009, making him its only back-to-back winner. He was named Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards and was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Brooks acrimoniously left WWE in 2014 and largely retired from wrestling. From 2019 to 2020, he appeared as a pundit on WWE Backstage. Brooks returned to wrestling in August 2021 when he joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he won the AEW World Championship twice, but was fired in September 2023 after backstage controversies. He returned to WWE two months later. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE and AEW, including WrestleMania 41. Brooks has used the CM Punk moniker for his entire career. His character has been consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic, most of which are inspired by his real-life self. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, he emphasizes different aspects to garner heat and discourse. Brooks was inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022. Outside of wrestling, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA) and joined the welterweight division of the UFC, losing via submission to Mickey Gall in his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016. He lost his second fight to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision at UFC 225 in 2018, which was later overturned to a no-contest; he was released and retired from MMA shortly after. Brooks appears as a part-time color commentator for Cage Fury Fighting Championships and has also starred in the horror films Rabid, Girl on the Third Floor (both 2019), and Jakob's Wife (2021), as well as having a recurring role in the wrestling drama series Heels (2021–2023). (Via Wikipedia)