Phil Brooks
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), best known for his influential WWE career, highlighted by his era-defining rivalry with John Cena. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, most notably with Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005 and went on to become a multi-time world champion, also holding the Intercontinental, ECW World Heavyweight, and World Tag Team Championships, becoming WWE’s 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest to achieve the distinction. He was the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was named Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Disillusioned with WWE, he left the company acrimoniously and retired from professional wrestling in 2014. After leaving WWE, Brooks pursued a career in mixed martial arts and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Competing as a welterweight, he made his professional debut at UFC 203 in 2016, losing to Mickey Gall via submission, and later fought Mike Jackson at UFC 225 in 2018 in a bout that was later overturned to a no-contest, after which he was released. Following his MMA run, Brooks transitioned into sports commentary and media appearances, including work as an analyst on WWE Backstage from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, Brooks returned to professional wrestling by signing with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), making his highly publicized debut at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. During his run, he won the AEW World Championship twice and served as one of the promotion’s most prominent and polarizing figures before departing the company in 2023. Later that year, he returned to WWE, resuming his in-ring career with the promotion. Throughout his career, Brooks has wrestled exclusively under the CM Punk moniker, portraying an outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment character rooted in his straight-edge lifestyle. His persona has emphasized different aspects of those traits depending on whether he was positioned as a hero or a villain. Outside wrestling, Brooks has acted in film and television, including the horror films Girl on the Third Floor (2019) and Rabid (2019), recurring roles on Mayans M.C. (2019) and the Syfy supernatural series Revival (2024), adapted from a cult comic and built around the dead suddenly returning to life, and voiced zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebrowski in Disney’s animated feature Zootopia 2 (2025), alongside fellow wrestler Roman Reigns as zebra ZPD officer Zebro Zebraxton.
350 acting credits
Acting · 350
Raw
1993
Zootopia 2
2025
Dancing with the Stars
2005
WWE NXT
2010
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Main Event
2012
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
Mayans M.C.
2018
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Hot Ones Versus
2024
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
Talking Dead
2011
WWE Pay Per View
1985
AEW Dark
2019
Heels
2021
WWE Rivals
2022
AEW Unrestricted
2020
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
WWE ECW
2006
Maron
2013
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
WWE LFG
2025
TNA Xplosion
2002
WWE Backstage
2019
Night Patrol
2026
WWE Rivalries
2014
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
WWE: Unreal
2025
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
2022
WWE Raw Classics
2025
Inside MMA
2007
Stephanie's Places
2025
The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
2015
Rabid
2019
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Sunday
2026
WWE SummerSlam 2011
2011
Girl on the Third Floor
2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
The John Cena Experience
2011
WWE WrestleMania 29
2013
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
WWE: Straight to the Top - Money in the Bank Anthology
2013
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
WWE Night of Champions 2010
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
WWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
WWE Survivor Series 2012
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto
2025
WWE Hell in a Cell 2013
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
2015
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
2009
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2013
WWE Night of Champions 2011
2011
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
2010
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
2012
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
WWE Money in the Bank 2011
2011
WWE Raw on Netflix Premier Post-Show
2025
WrestleMania XL Sunday
2024
WWE SummerSlam 2013
2013
WWE Survivor Series 2013
2013
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
WWE Elimination Chamber 2013
2013
WWE Over The Limit 2011
2011
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn
2011
WWE Payback 2013
2013
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
2012
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
2012
WWE Wrestlepalooza
2025
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2013
2013
WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
WWE Elimination Chamber 2012
2012
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros
2017
WWE Bad Blood 2024
2024
WWE Over The Limit 2012
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024
WWE Night of Champions 2012
2012
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
2012
WWE No Mercy 2007
2007
WWE Elimination Chamber 2011
2011
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
2014
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
WWE SummerSlam 2009
2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
2011
WWE Armageddon 2008
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
2011
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
2012
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
WWE Best of Raw 2024 Special
2025
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
2008
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023
2023
WWE WrestleMania 22
2006
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
2007
WWE Clash at the Castle 2024
2024
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
2024
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
WWE SummerSlam 2024
2024
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
2022
WWE SummerSlam 2012
2012
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
2015
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
2010
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
2016
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2011
2011
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
2009
WWE Battleground 2013
2013
WWE Hell in a Cell 2011
2011
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2025: Saturday
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2010
2010
WWE Armageddon 2007
2007
WWE Judgment Day 2008
2008
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024
Jakob's Wife
2021
WWE Backlash 2009
2009
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
2014
WWE Night of Champions 2025
2025
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
WWE The Bash 2009
2009
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
WWE: The Best of Raw & SmackDown 2012, Volume 1
2013
AEW Full Gear 2021
2021
WrestleMania 41 Saturday Post-Show
2025
Survivor Series: WarGames
2025
Let's Start a Cult
2024
WWE Judgment Day 2007
2007
Elimination Chamber
2026
WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Kickoff
2025
CM Punk: Best in the World
2012
WWE Breaking Point 2009
2009
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
WWE Judgment Day 2009
2009
WWE RAW 1000
2012
WWE Capitol Punishment 2011
2011
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
2017
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
2012
Guarding Stars
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WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
The True Story of the Royal Rumble
2016
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2009
2009
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
2012
CM Punk: Icon
2016
WWE No Way Out 2012
2012
ROH: Stars of Honor
2008
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff Press Event
2024
ROH: Final Battle 2021
2021
WWE: The New & Improved DX
2007
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
2016
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 Post-Show
2024
Brock Lesnar: Eat, Sleep. Conquer. Repeat
2016
WWE Vengeance 2011
2011
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2011
2011
WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
WWE Night of Champions 2013
2013
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
2025
ROH Final Battle 2004
2004
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
2016
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
2011
WWE Night of Champions 2009
2009
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2013
2013
AEW Beach Break 2022
2022
WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland Post Show
2024
AEW All Out 2021
2021
WWE: The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2011
2012
AEW Grand Slam
2021
ROH: Reborn - Completion
2004
AEW Revolution 2022
2022
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
2013
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
2012
AEW All Out 2022
2022
The Evolution of Punk
2016
Countdown to WWE Bash in Berlin
2024
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
2004
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
2003
ROH Final Battle 2002
2002
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
2023
ROH: Creating Excellence
2014
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 1
2005
PWG Sells Out: Volume 2
2009
ECW December to Dismember
2006
Saturday Night's Main Event - John Cena's Final Match
2025
PWG: An Inch Longer Than Average
2003
ROH: The Epic Encounter
2003
ROH: Year Four
2014
MLW War Games
2003
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
2009
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
2012
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
2010
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
2013
ROH: Year Three
2013
ROH: Best In The World
2008
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 2
2013
ROH: Greatest Rivalries
2008
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
PWG: Rocktoberfest
2004
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
2012
PWG: 2nd Annual Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night Two
2005
ROH: The Conclusion
2003
FIP New Year's Classic 2005
2005
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
AEW Awards
2022
ROH: The Last Stand
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
WWE WrestleMania XL Kickoff
2024
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2013
2013
ROH: Night of The Grudges
2003
PWG: The Secret of The Ooze
2004
ROH: Escape From New York
2005
UXW Chris Candido Memorial Show
2005
ROH: Testing The Limit
2004
Straight Shootin' Series with Samoa Joe & CM Punk
2005
NXT Deadline 2023
2023
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 1
2004
ROH: Top 100 Matches, Vol 1
2013
ROH: War of The Wire
2003
MLW Hybrid Hell
2003
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
2004
WWE Night of Champions 2025 Kickoff
2025
Raw on Netflix Kickoff
2024
ROH: Empire State Showdown
2003
ROH: The Summer of Punk
2012
ROH: Glory By Honor II
2003
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
2004
ROH: Gold
2004
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
ROH: 2nd Anniversary
2004
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
2004
IWA Mid-South Ted Petty Invitational 2004 - Night 2
2004
ROH: Generation Next
2004
IWA-MS When Hero Met Punk
2003
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018
ROH: Night of The Butcher
2002
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
2013
ROH: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
2004
ROH: At Our Best
2004
WWE Countdown to Royal Rumble 2025
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2024: Cleveland Kickoff
2024
ROH: Do or Die
2003
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
ROH: Round Robin Challenge III
2004
CM Punk: The Second City Saint
2012
ROH: Fate of An Angel
2005
UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
2016
ROH: Punk - The Final Chapter
2005
ROH: All Star Extravaganza
2002
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
2004
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
2005
ROH: Year Two
2012
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
2011
ROH: Death Before Dishonor
2003
Countdown to WWE Backlash France 2024
2024
Hard Knocks
2009
FIP Dangerous Intentions
2005
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
FIP Bring the Pain
2005
ROH: Collision Course
2004
ROH: The Rise of Generation Next
2012
ROH: The Final Showdown
2005
Saturday Night's Main Event XLI
2025
ROH: Main Event Spectacles
2003
ROH: Survival of The Fittest
2004
ROH: Glory By Honor III
2004
ROH: Tradition Continues
2003
MLW Rise of The Renegades
2003
WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto - Kickoff
2025
FIP Heatstroke 2005 - Night 2
2005
ROH: Redemption
2005
PWG Sells Out: Volume 1
2007
GCW The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
2022
Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son
2013
ROH: Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II
2003
ROH: Death Before Dishonor III
2005
Bloodstained Honor
2008
ROH: Beating The Odds
2003
FIP Violence is the Answer
2005
ROH: The Homecoming
2005
ROH: One Year Anniversary Show
2003
FIP In Full Force
2005
ROH: World Title Classic
2004
ROH: Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies
2003
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules
2009
ROH: Night of Champions
2003
FIP Emergence - Tag 1
2004
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004
MLW Revolutions
2003
FIP The Usual Suspects
2005
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
2004
Bash in Berlin Kickoff 2024
2024
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
2003
PWG: The Reason For The Season
2004
STARRCAST III: Best In The World - CM Punk
2019
Countdown to Elimination Chamber 2025
2025
FIP New Dawn Rising
2005
FIP With Malice
2005
FIP Unstoppable
2005
Chikara: The Renaissance Dawns
2002
ROH: Year 5
2015
FIP Payback
2005
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 3 - The Legacy Continues
2002
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 2 - Straight Edge
2005
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
2026
ROH: Expect The Unexpected
2003
CM Punk in AEW: The End
2023
IWA-MS House of Hardcore 2nd Anniversary
2002
ROH Final Battle 2003
2003
ROH: Sign of Dishonor
2005
ROH: WrestleRave '03
2003
FIP Sold Out
2005
FIP Florida Rumble
2004
FIP Fallout Night 1 2004
2004
FIP Emergence - Tag 2
2004
WWE Countdown to WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
Cm punk AEW story
2024
ROH: The Best of CM Punk Vol. 1 - Better Than You
2005
Countdown to Royal Rumble 2026
2026