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Phil Brooks Statistics Ring name(s) CM Punk Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight 222 lb (101 kg) Born October 26, 1978 Chicago, Illinois Trained by Ace Steel Danny Dominion Kevin Quinn Dave Taylor Dave Finlay William Regal Raven Debut 1999

Punk was born in Chicago, Illinois and first wanted to be a professional wrestler after witnessing Roddy Piper crack a coconut over Jimmy Snuka's head during an edition of the Piper's Pit.His first venture into wrestling was a stint in a backyard wrestling federation called the "Lunatic Wrestling Federation" with his friends in the mid-late 1990s where he first started using the name CM Punk as part of the tag team the Chick Magnets along with CM Venom, though he would later change that CM stood for Chick Magnet and instead portrayed the initials as having no meaning by giving different answers when asked. After leaving the federation because unlike his friends Punk genuinely wanted to be a wrestler and saw it as more than simple fun Punk enrolled as a student at the "Steel Domain" wrestling school in Minnesota, where he was trained by Ace Steel, Danny Dominion and Kevin Quinn to become a professional wrestler and as part of the training wrestled at St. Paul's Steel Domain Wrestling. It was in the Steel Domain that he met Scott Colton, who later adopted the stage name Colt Cabana.

He is known by the nicknames The Canadian Crippler and The Rabid Wolverine. -began his career in the mid-1980s in Stu's Stampede Wrestling promotion. -1989 - departed for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the name and mask of The Pegasus Kid, later simply Wild Pegasus -Upon his permanent return to the U.S. in 1995, he signed with Extreme Championship Wrestling -dropped his Pegasus gimmick for The Crippler(reference to a match in which he accidentally broke the neck of Sabu.) -After being unable to obtain a proper work visa to compete for ECW and being told flat out that as a WWF competitor he would not be able to work in Japan, Benoit decided that he would return to Japan instead of wrestling in the US until learning about the New Japan/WCW talent exchange. This lead to Benoit signing with WCW in late 1995.

-January 2000, WCW had made their last try at keeping him, giving him the WCW World Heavyweight Title in a victory over Sid Vicious. However, he was stripped of the title the next day when he decided to depart for the World Wrestling Federation. -Benoit exploited a so-called "loophole" in the rules and challenged the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H -"Prove me wrong!" "I am the greatest technical wrestler in the history of the WWF." "I am for real." "It's not about the money, the women, the cars...it's about the passion!"

-Trademarks; Throat Slash: The throat slash gesture is Benoit's traditional heat tactic, designed to promote his intensity and get a reaction from the crowd. This gesture also signals that Benoit is about to attempt his swandive headbutt.

Signature maneuvers and weapons		Extreme Championship Wrestling
Anaconda Vice (Anaconda vice or arm triangle choke) Pepsi Plunge (Top rope double underhook facebuster) (2000-2005) Shining Wizard		On June 24, 2006 Punk made his ECW debut during a house show at the former ECW Arena, defeating Stevie Richards.[59] He made his TV debut on the July 4 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, cutting a brief pre-taped face promo about his straight edge lifestyle emphasizing the disciplinary aspects of being drug and alcohol free.[60] Punk made his TV wrestling debut on August 1, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, defeating Justin Credible.[61] CM Punk established himself in ECW by going undefeated, defeating opponents such as Stevie Richards[62] and Christopher W. Anderson.[63] Punk's first feud was with "The Reject" Shannon Moore after slapping him across the face and deeming him a poseur.[64] The feud was, however, short lived with only two confrontations, both of which saw Punk squashing Moore.[65][66] Recently Punk has been feuding with Mike Knox after Knox's girlfriend, Kelly Kelly was seen to have feelings for Punk.[65] Punk defeated Mike Knox in their first singles match (to qualify for the Extreme Elimination Chamber at ECW December to Dismember) as well as the rematch after which Kelly Kelly celebrated CM Punk's victory over her boyfriend.

Punk was born, raised and lived in Chicago, Illinois with a father with alcohol problems, two younger sisters and a brother who grew up to also be a professional wrestler, using the ring name Mike Broox, however Punk and Mike had a falling out several years ago after Mike embezzled several thousand dollars from the Lunatic Wrestling Federation. While viewing his alcoholic father and reading that alcoholism may have been hereditary Punk made an agreement with himself to abstain from drinking alcohol to prevent the situation from occurring. During high school Punk discovered the punk rock music genre, most importantly Minor Threat, and by extension found the punk subculture which in turn lead to the discovery of the straight edge culture, which Punk himself adopted. After high school and beginning his wrestling career Punk moved out of the family house and lived for a time with fellow professional wrestler Allison Danger. Punk later moved into an apartment with Ace Steel, however since then Punk has made reference to living alone in Chicago. Punk worked other jobs to support himself in his early career, the last of which was as a laboratory technician for Underwriters Laboratories until he was fired due to poor conduct and work ethic in October, 2002. Punk has stated being fired was the happiest day of his life and promised himself to never work a day job again.

In relationships Punk has made reference to two ex-girlfriends, though not by name, in his early career and later was romantically linked to professional wrestlers Shannon Spruill and Tracy Brookshaw, both of whom had managed him in ROH. Punk is currently dating WWE Diva Maria, which she confirmed in an interview with The Sun after pictures of the two kissing surfaced on the Internet