0.0
Guarding Stars
2026
Phil Brooks
Acting
Born October 26, 1978Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), best known for his influential WWE career, highlighted by his era-defining rivalry with John Cena. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, most notably with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and went on to become a multi-time world champion, also holding the Intercontinental, ECW World Heavyweight, and World Tag Team Championships, becoming WWE’s 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest to achieve the distinction. He was the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was named Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Disillusioned with WWE, he left the company acrimoniously and retired from professional wrestling in 2014. After leaving WWE, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Competing as a welterweight, he made his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016, losing to Mickey Gall via submission, and later fought Mike Jackson at UFC 225 in 2018 in a bout that was later overturned to a no-contest, after which he was released. Following his MMA run, Brooks transitioned into sports commentary and media appearances, including work as an analyst on WWE Backstage from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, Brooks returned to professional wrestling by signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), making his highly publicized debut at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. During his run, he won the AEW World Championship twice and served as one of the promotion’s most prominent and polarizing figures before departing the company in 2023. Later that year, he returned to WWE, resuming his in-ring career with the promotion. Throughout his career, Brooks has wrestled exclusively under the CM Punk moniker, portraying an outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment character rooted in his straight-edge lifestyle. His persona has emphasized different aspects of those traits depending on whether he was positioned as a hero or a villain. Outside wrestling, Brooks has acted in film and television, including the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), recurring roles on Mayans M.C. (2019) and the Syfy supernatural series Revival (2024), adapted from a cult comic and built around the dead suddenly returning to life, and voiced zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebrowski in Disney’s animated feature Zootopia 2 (2025), alongside fellow wrestler Roman Reigns as zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebraxton.
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6.1
WWE Money in the Bank 2026
2026
5.0
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2026: Chicago
2026
7.3
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday
2026
8.0
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday - Countdown
2026
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday Post-Show
0.0
WWE SummerSlam 2026 Saturday Post-Show
2026
6.2
Saturday Night's Main Event XLV
2026
7.2
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday
2026
7.2
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
2026
6.8
Elimination Chamber
2026
0.0
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
2026
5.0
Night Patrol
2026
8.2
Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match
2025
6.7
Survivor Series: WarGames
2025
7.7
Zootopia 2
2025
6.0
Saturday Night's Main Event XLI
2025
6.0
WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025
2025
7.3
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
2025
7.0
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
2025
6.7
WWE Night of Champions 2025
2025
0.0
WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff
2025
5.8
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX
2025
7.2
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
0.0
WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show
2025
6.2
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
8.0
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
2025
6.8
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
2025
6.5
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff
2025
6.7
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025
0.0
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
2025
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff
2025
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
6.7
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
2025
7.5
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
2025
Raw on Netflix Kickoff
0.0
Raw on Netflix Kickoff
2024
6.8
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
2024
6.0
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
2024
Cm punk AEW story
0.0
Cm punk AEW story
2024
6.0
Let's Start a Cult
2024
7.9
WWE Bad Blood 2024
2024
7.1
WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
7.0
Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
0.0
Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024
2024
8.1
WWE SummerSlam 2024
2024
0.0
WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff
2024
6.8
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024
0.0
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
2024
7.4
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
2024
0.0
Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024
2024
8.2
WrestleMania XL Sunday
2024
7.5
WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
0.0
WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
9.0
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
2024
7.0
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
2024
7.4
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024
6.4
NXT Deadline 2023
2023
7.4
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
2023
0.0
CM Punk in AEW: The End
2023
8.0
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
7.9
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
2023
7.8
AEW All Out 2022
2022
6.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
0.0
AEW Awards
2022
10.0
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
8.4
AEW Revolution 2022
2022
AEW Beach Break 2022
8.3
AEW Beach Break 2022
2022
0.0
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
2022
10.0
ROH: Final Battle 2021
2021
7.6
AEW Full Gear 2021
2021
9.5
AEW Grand Slam
2021
8.0
AEW All Out 2021
2021
5.8
Jakob's Wife
2021
8.5
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
5.7
Rabid
2019
5.2
Girl on the Third Floor
2019
0.0
STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk
2019
7.0
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018
10.0
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
6.0
The True Story of the Royal Rumble
2016
8.8
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
8.8
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
2016
6.7
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
2016
10.0
CM Punk: Icon
2016
10.0
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
6.0
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016
7.0
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
2016
7.7
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
2015
6.9
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
2015
4.8
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
10.0
ROH: Year 5
2015
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
10.0
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
7.4
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
2014
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
5.8
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
8.4
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
5.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
10.0
ROH: Year Four
2014
10.0
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
8.0
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
2013
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
0.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
2013
7.3
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
2013
6.2
WWE Survivor Series 2013
2013
8.8
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
7.4
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
7.1
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
2013
7.1
WWE Battleground 2013
2013
6.9
WWE Night of Champions 2013
2013
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
9.2
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
7.5
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2013
10.0
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
7.1
WWE Payback 2013
2013
7.6
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
10.0
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
2013
6.7
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
2013
7.0
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
2013
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
10.0
ROH: Year Three
2013
10.0
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
2013
10.0
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
2013
0.0
Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son
2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
10.0
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
10.0
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013
10.0
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
2012
10.0
CM Punk: The Second City Saint
2012
7.3
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012
6.5
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
2012
0.0
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
0.0
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
2012
10.0
ROH: Year Two
2012
8.2
CM Punk: Best in the World
2012
8.0
WWE Night of Champions 2012
2012
7.6
WWE SummerSlam 2012
2012
0.0
WWE RAW 1000
2012
7.5
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
2012
10.0
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
2012
7.1
WWE No Way Out 2012
2012
6.8
WWE Over The Limit 2012
2012
7.6
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
2012
0.0
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
2012
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
10.0
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
2012
0.0
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
2012
7.9
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
7.8
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
0.0
ROH: The Summer of Punk
2012
6.4
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
2012
7.1
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
2012
10.0
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
10.0
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
2012
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011
7.0
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011
2011
7.1
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
6.8
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
8.0
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
6.6
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
6.7
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
7.8
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
6.9
WWE SummerSlam 2011
2011
7.8
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
6.7
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
7.4
The John Cena Experience
2011
5.9
WWE Over The Limit 2011
2011
7.0
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
2011
7.3
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
8.2
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
6.8
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
2011
7.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
2011
10.0
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
2011
8.2
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
2010
0.0
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
2010
7.2
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
7.0
WWE SummerSlam 2010
2010
10.0
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
7.6
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
6.8
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
7.0
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
7.7
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
6.8
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
7.8
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
0.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
2009
6.8
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
2009
0.0
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
2009
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
7.0
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
6.7
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
0.0
Hard Knocks
2009
7.4
WWE Breaking Point 2009
2009
7.5
WWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
0.0
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
2009
7.1
WWE Night of Champions 2009
2009
7.4
WWE The Bash 2009
2009
7.6
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
6.8
WWE Judgment Day 2009
2009
7.0
WWE Backlash 2009
2009
7.8
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
7.1
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009
10.0
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
0.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
2008
7.6
WWE Armageddon 2008
2008
7.2
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
7.6
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
7.4
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
7.4
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
0.0
ROH: Best In The World
2008
0.0
ROH: Greatest Rivalries
2008
0.0
ROH: Stars of Honor
2008
8.2
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
7.6
WWE Judgment Day 2008
2008
10.0
Bloodstained Honor
2008
8.1
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
6.5
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008
7.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
6.2
WWE Armageddon 2007
2007
8.0
WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
6.2
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
6.7
WWE No Mercy 2007
2007
7.1
WWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
6.1
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
6.3
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007
7.4
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
2007
7.2
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
7.3
WWE Judgment Day 2007
2007
8.3
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
6.1
WWE: The New & Improved DX
2007
8.1
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
10.0
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
2007
8.2
ECW December to Dismember
2006
7.1
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
8.3
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
0.0
ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
2005
0.0
ROH: Redemption
2005
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2
0.0
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2
2005
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1
0.0
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1
2005
0.0
ROH: The Homecoming
2005
0.0
ROH: Fate of An Angel
2005
0.0
PWG: 2nd Annual Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night Two
2005
0.0
ROH: Escape From New York
2005
0.0
ROH: Sign of Dishonor
2005
FIP Payback
0.0
FIP Payback
2005
FIP Sold Out
0.0
FIP Sold Out
2005
0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor III
2005
FIP Unstoppable
0.0
FIP Unstoppable
2005
0.0
FIP In Full Force
2005
UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
0.0
UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
2005
0.0
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
0.0
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
2005
FIP Violence is the Answer
0.0
FIP Violence is the Answer
2005
0.0
FIP The Usual Suspects
2005
FIP Bring the Pain
0.0
FIP Bring the Pain
2005
FIP With Malice
0.0
FIP With Malice
2005
FIP Dangerous Intentions
0.0
FIP Dangerous Intentions
2005
FIP New Dawn Rising
0.0
FIP New Dawn Rising
2005
FIP New Year's Classic 2005
0.0
FIP New Year's Classic 2005
2005
10.0
Straight Shootin' Series with Samoa Joe & CM Punk
2005
0.0
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You
2005
0.0
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge
2005
0.0
ROH Final Battle 2004
2004
0.0
FIP Florida Rumble
2004
0.0
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
2004
FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
0.0
FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
2004
0.0
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
2004
0.0
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
2004
0.0
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
0.0
ROH: Gold
2004
0.0
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
2004
FIP Emergence - Tag 2
0.0
FIP Emergence - Tag 2
2004
FIP Emergence - Tag 1
0.0
FIP Emergence - Tag 1
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
0.0
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
0.0
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
2004
0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor III
2004
0.0
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
2004
10.0
PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
2004
0.0
ROH: Testing The Limit
2004
0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
0.0
ROH: Reborn - Completion
2004
10.0
PWG: The Reason For The Season
2004
0.0
ROH: Survival of The Fittest
2004
7.0
PWG: Rocktoberfest
2004
0.0
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
10.0
ROH: Generation Next
2004
0.0
ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
2004
0.0
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
0.0
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
0.0
ROH: At Our Best
2004
0.0
ROH: 2nd Anniversary
2004
0.0
ROH: The Last Stand
2004
0.0
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004
8.0
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
2004
10.0
ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
2004
0.0
ROH: Collision Course
2004
0.0
ROH Final Battle 2003
2003
7.0
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
2003
0.0
ROH: War of The Wire
2003
0.0
ROH: The Conclusion
2003
9.0
PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
2003
0.0
ROH: Main Event Spectacles
2003
0.0
ROH: Empire State Showdown
2003
0.0
ROH: Tradition Continues
2003
0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor II
2003
0.0
MLW War Games
2003
0.0
ROH: Beating The Odds
2003
0.0
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
2003
0.0
MLW Rise of The Renegades
2003
0.0
ROH: Death Before Dishonor
2003
0.0
ROH: WrestleRave '03
2003
0.0
MLW Hybrid Hell
2003
0.0
ROH: Night of The Grudges
2003
0.0
ROH: Do or Die
2003
0.0
MLW Revolutions
2003
0.0
ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II
2003
0.0
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003
0.0
ROH: Night of Champions
2003
0.0
ROH: Expect The Unexpected
2003
0.0
ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
2003
0.0
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003
0.0
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
2003
0.0
ROH Final Battle 2002
2002
0.0
ROH: Night of The Butcher
2002
3.3
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
2002
0.0
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002
0.0
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
2002
0.0
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 3 - The Legacy Continues
2002
0.0
OMG! Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
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5.5
Hot Ones: Extra Heat
0.0
UFC Rivals
7.5
R.J. Decker
8.0
WWE: Unreal
8.0
WWE: Unreal
8.0
WWE: Unreal
0.0
Stephanie's Places
9.0
WWE LFG
7.0
WWE's Greatest Moments
6.2
WWE Raw Classics
8.8
Hot Ones Versus
7.7
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
7.2
WWE Rivals
6.0
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
7.4
Heels
7.1
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
6.5
AEW Unrestricted
0.0
WWE Backstage
6.0
AEW Dark
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
8.3
Dark Side of the Ring
8.0
Mayans M.C.
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
8.0
The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros
8.0
The Evolution of Punk
7.0
WWE Rivalries
0.0
Wrestlemania Rewind
7.0
Maron
7.8
WWE Main Event
7.2
Talking Dead
6.7
WWE NXT
6.7
WWE NXT
6.7
WWE NXT
Inside MMA
8.0
Inside MMA
6.4
WWE ECW
6.2
Dancing with the Stars
1.0
TNA Xplosion
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
7.4
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
6.8
Raw
6.8
Raw
8.3
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
8.3