History Trivia / CMPunk

* OldShame: He's quite regretful of that time he referred to a heckler in the crowd as a "homo" during a house show in Australia (which became quite {{memetic|Mutation}} after being caught on video), especially considering his support of the LGBT community.

** According to Wrestling/TripleH, Punk re-signing with the WWE was a very last minute decision that very few knew about. It’s safe to say the narrative and creative plans coming out of the Survivor Series would have been very different had Punk not returned.

* MoneyDearBoy: He did admit after his speech on the first ''Wrestling/{{WWE RAW}}'' since his return at the end of ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'' that "I'm only in it for the money." On camera, no less. Of course, this being CM Punk, it's a bit hard to tell how of much this is legit or how much was kayfabe.
* OldShame: He's quite regretful of that time he referred to a heckler in the crowd as a "homo" during a house show in Australia, especially considering his support of the LGBT community.

* MoneyDearBoy: He did admit after his speech on the first ''Wrestling/{{WWE RAW}}'' since his return at the end of ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries'' that "I'm only in it for the money." Of course, this being CM Punk, it's a bit hard to tell how of much this is legit or how much was kayfabe.

* MoneyDearBoy: He did admit after his speech on the first ''Wrestling/{{WWE RAW}}'' since his return at the end of ''Wrestling/SurviorSeries'' that "I'm only in it for the money." Of course, this being CM Punk, it's a bit hard to tell how of much this is legit or how much was kayfabe.

* RealSongThemeTune

** IWA M-S used Music/JayZ's "99 Problems", Less Than Jake's "Gainesville Rock City" and Ice Cube's "When Will They Shoot?"

** And of course his iconic use of Music/LivingColour's "Cult of Personality" in ROH, WWE, UFC ''and'' AEW, which is easily his best known theme song.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Punk is pretty infamous for his history of being difficult to work with (something that Punk himself will probably be the first to tell you about), and there's probably too many examples to list of wrestlers that he had mutual heat with. Occasionally this has been exploited to help sell an angle, such as his WorkedShoot storyline for ''Full Gear 2021'' when he feuded with Wrestling/EddieKingston -- their actual heat was from fifteen years ago and an interview with Punk indicated that it was water under the bridge, but they acted as if it were still real onscreen for the sake of their feud. Punk's history with reconciliation has also been pretty fraught -- following him being signed with AEW, he had to give out ''a lot'' of apologies when he first met with the roster, and appeared to have a mostly chill working dynamic backstage for a while, only for him to get into hugely public conflicts again from the "gripebomb" scrum at ''All Out 2022'', and eventually his ''All In 2023'' brawl with Jack Perry that [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor resulted in him being fired]]. Meanwhile, Punk's beef with the WWE and especially Wrestling/TripleH has been well-documented even before Punk walked out of the company on 2014, but almost a decade later, Punk and Trips managed to privately bury the hatchet in 2023, with Punk returning to wrestling on WWE just months following his AEW release -- time will tell how long this will last.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Probably too many to list, with his well-known hatred of Wrestling/TripleH being the most famous example. Punk will be the first to tell you that he can be very difficult to work with, and mentioned in an interview after he signed with AEW that he had to give out a ''lot'' of apologies when he first met with the rest of the roster. One such case, Wrestling/EddieKingston, even ended up being used for a WorkedShoot storyline for ''Full Gear 2021''; the actual heat was from fifteen years ago and an interview with Punk indicated that it was water under the bridge for them now, but they acted as if it were still real onscreen for the sake of their feud. For what it's worth, it's been said he's been very chill and helpful since signing with AEW, and overall much easier to work with than he used to be...or not, given his behavior after All Out 2022, which resulted in a backstage fight and Brooks' subsequent suspension. In 2023, he would have a repeat performance at All In where he brawled with Jack Perry backstage and was suspended... only to be [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor fired from the company later on]].

* HostilityOnTheSet: Probably too many to list, with his well-known hatred of Wrestling/TripleH being the most famous example. Punk will be the first to tell you that he can be very difficult to work with, and mentioned in an interview after he signed with AEW that he had to give out a ''lot'' of apologies when he first met with the rest of the roster. One such case, Wrestling/EddieKingston, even ended up being used for a WorkedShoot storyline for ''Full Gear 2021''; the actual heat was from fifteen years ago and an interview with Punk indicated that it was water under the bridge for them now, but they acted as if it were still real onscreen for the sake of their feud. For what it's worth, it's been said he's been very chill and helpful since signing with AEW, and overall much easier to work with than he used to be...or not, given his behavior after All Out 2022, which resulted in a backstage fight and Brooks' subsequent suspension. In 2023, he would have a repeat performance at All In where he brawled with Jack Perry backstage and was suspended... only to be fired from the company later on.

%%** After being initially suspended for being involved in another backstage altercation, this time with Jack Perry at ''All In 2023'', Punk's AEW contract was officially terminated on September 2, 2023.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Probably too many to list, with his well-known hatred of Wrestling/TripleH being the most famous example. Punk will be the first to tell you that he can be very difficult to work with, and mentioned in an interview after he signed with AEW that he had to give out a ''lot'' of apologies when he first met with the rest of the roster. One such case, Wrestling/EddieKingston, even ended up being used for a WorkedShoot storyline for ''Full Gear 2021''; the actual heat was from fifteen years ago and an interview with Punk indicated that it was water under the bridge for them now, but they acted as if it were still real onscreen for the sake of their feud. For what it's worth, it's been said he's been very chill and helpful since signing with AEW, and overall much easier to work with than he used to be...or not, given his behavior after All Out 2022, which resulted in a backstage fight and Brooks' subsequent suspension. In 2023, he would have a repeat performance at All In where he brawled with Jack Perry backstage and was suspended... only to be [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor fired from the company later on]].

** After being initially suspended for being involved in another backstage altercation, this time with Jack Perry at ''All In 2023'', Punk's AEW contract was officially terminated on September 2, 2023.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Probably too many to list, with his well-known hatred of Wrestling/TripleH being the most famous example. Punk will be the first to tell you that he can be very difficult to work with, and mentioned in an interview after he signed with AEW that he had to give out a ''lot'' of apologies when he first met with the rest of the roster. One such case, Wrestling/EddieKingston, even ended up being used for a WorkedShoot storyline for ''Full Gear 2021''; the actual heat was from fifteen years ago and an interview with Punk indicated that it was water under the bridge for them now, but they acted as if it were still real onscreen for the sake of their feud. For what it's worth, it's been said he's been very chill and helpful since signing with AEW, and overall much easier to work with than he used to be...or not, given his behavior after All Out 2022, which resulted in a backstage fight and Brooks' subsequent suspension.

** Punk ended up in serious trouble with AEW following the infamous "gripebomb", where during a media scrum after the ''All Out'' event in September 2022, Punk started publicly insulting several of his colleagues, including Wrestling/ColtCabana, Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/TheYoungBucks, and Wrestling/AdamPage, leading to a huge backstage altercation. Amidst the chaos that followed, Punk was suspended indefinitely and stripped of his World Championship title, making him the first wrestler to fully vacate his title in AEW (as opposed to other instances of having interim champions with a unification happening once the original champion was able to return).

** Punk ended up in serious trouble with AEW following the infamous "gripebomb", where during a media scrum after the ''All Out'' event in September 2022, Punk started publicly insulting several of his colleagues, including Wrestling/ColtCabana, Wrestling/KennyOmega, Wrestling/TheYoungBucks, and Wrestling/AdamPage, leading to a huge backstage altercation. Amidst the chaos that followed, Punk was suspended indefinitely and stripped of his World Championship title. To this day, no further word has been given on when/if Punk will return (not helped by a serious arm injury he received in ''All Out'', expected to take him out of action for up to 8 months), making him the first wrestler to fully vacate his title in AEW (as opposed to other instances of having interim champions with a unification happening once the original champion was able to return).