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[[File:CM_Punk_as_WWE_CHAMPION_display_image_6367.jpg|frame| [[Living Colour|Look in my eyes, What do you see?]] [[Darkest Hour|Even through the darkest days]], [[Killswitch Engage|this fire burns]]. [[The Determinator|Always]].]]
{{quote|I have no breaking point, and all you have to do is look in my eyes and realize I have laughed in the face of temptation time and time again. I have never tapped out to society's attempts at peer pressure. You try to stick a beer in my hand with the same commercials that have hypnotized all of you people, and that sell you all your narcotics and things you're addicted to. Well, I'm harder than any alcohol you can drink, I'm straighter than any line you can snort up your nose, and I certainly can hurt you a lot faster than any pill you put on your tongue.}}
You can read all about his career in the indies and WWE over on [[wikipedia:CM Punk|That Other Wiki.]]
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Most definitely as a face. Usually a solid [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III]] but can slip upward to Type II ''or'' downward to Type IV depending on the situation/feud.
* [[Heroic BSOD|Anti-Heroic BSOD]]: Jericho bringing up Punk's alcoholic father as a sticking point for his Straightedge lifestyle and promising to make Punk "drink" his loss away after Wrestlemania sent Punk into this. All he did after Jericho's promo was pick up his championship and walk away, head tilted down, in a sullen mood.
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Was extremely proud of his award for "Dick Move of the Year".
* [[Carpet of Virility]]: One of the few wrestlers in the 'E with actual chest hair; of course, he went with a [[Beard of Evil]] too, so maybe he's just playing into [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] and trying to make himself appear uglier than he actually is.
** Recently, he's gotten tattoos all [https://web.archive.org/web/20120624052639/http://www.ring-rap.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/WWE-CM-Punk-New-Leader-of-Nexus.jpg across his upper chest.] At this point, he looks like he has a nice pelt going whether he actually does or not.
* [[The Casanova]]: Apparently he won't take drugs, but he can't get enough of women. His list of conquests reportedly includes Daffney, Traci Brooks, Mickie James, Maria, Kelly Kelly, [[Lita]], and [[Beth Phoenix]]. As those examples show, this is mostly a real life trope for him, especially considering the list could be even larger than that, but there is some in-character merit to folks needing to hide their girlfriends around him. Just ask Mike Knox, whom Punk [[All Love Is Unrequited|stole Kelly from with literally no effort on his part]], and whoever might've been close to [[Perky Female Minion|Serena Deeb]] around the time she [[Stalker with a Crush|jumped the rail to be saved and held on tight to CM Punk]].
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Straight edge means I'm better than you!"
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship|Defeat Means Indifference]]: Punk was one of the first people against [[Triple H]] becoming C.O.O. and there was at least a month of build-up of their feud. Following his defeat at Night Of Champions, Punk just doesn't seem to care anymore, even though none of his issues were directly addressed. He was even conspicuously absent during the whole vote of confidence thing.
** 1. Punk came out the night after NOC and admitted that Hunter wasn't part of the conspiracy like he originally suspected, so he's somewhat in the dark on the matter, that being he now suspects "[[Curb Your Enthusiasm|Funkman]]".<br />2. Triple H also came out and allayed Punk's complaints by giving him what he deserved, a WWE Title match without outside interference (albeit, Hell in the Cell, but Punk wasn't picky).<br />3. Punk explained after the walkout, first on [[Twitter]] then the following week on Raw, why he didn't show up or follow: that the so-called "Agents of Change" were [[Comically Missing the Point]] on making change by not doing it personally and physically in the ring like he did.
* [[Delinquent Hair]]: Especially as a [
* [[Determinator]]: Punk wrestled through a fractured skull, ''[[Badass|without pain medication]]''.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Punk has mentioned on his website that he really hates being called Phil by fans.
** On the 7/11/11 episode of Raw, Vince himself called Punk Phil right to his face, and the look on Punk's face was priceless.
*** Of course, when it serves his purposes, like on the 9/12/11 Raw, he's Phil again.
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** A small in-ring example, albeit important, is when Punk's opponent shoots their arm and shoulder up to break a pin count. Emphatic? Yes, but it makes it much easier for Punk to cinch in the arm for the [[Finishing Move|Anaconda Vice]]. It's how he beat Del Rio for the WWE Title at Survivor Series 2011.
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: Punk's changes in hair has matched his heel and face status.
** [[Ring of Honor]] and [[Face]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Punk had long, unkempt hair and no beard, marking him as a tough guy that had a strong streak of individuality to him.
** [[Straight Edge Evil]] Punk grew a beard and chest hair, marking him as crazed and dangerous which fit with his character of an evil holy man.
** His shaved head went hand in hand with a [[Humiliation Conga]] that saw the end of his tenure on Smackdown.
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** [[Lampshade Hanging|Referenced by John Cena]], who ''commends'' Punk for being able to get this reaction. Interestingly enough, this has worked both ways and to some made Cena more likable as well, making their feud one of the most entertaining feuds in recent memory.
* [[Power Stable]]: The Straight Edge Society was supposed to be one, but it fizzled out rather quickly. [[The Nexus]], on the other hand... also fizzled out quickly once he was in charge.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Thanks to its origins in the English language as a synonymous for "useless", people addressing him as "PUNK"(and PUNK only) every time he annoys someone to a certain level is almost a certainty. From [[Samoa Joe]] to [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]].
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: On the second day of 2012, no less. This is what Punk says will happen if Johnny Ace screws him out of the WWE title.
{{quote|"I'm gonna beat you like a bitch."}}
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* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Seems to be Punk's [[Deadpan Snarker|default setting.]]
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: In the summer of 2011, Punk had growned tired of his place in the WWE and decided to leave, but not before giving one of hell speech about what just was wrong with WWE in general. He also decided to take the WWE title with him on his way out.
* [[Shadow Archetype]]: He and [[John Cena]] are almost complete opposites that also have a lot in common. John is a clean shaven, heavily muscled, classically handsome, rap loving, football playing, suburban born,
* [[Shout-Out]]: In one promo, he's threw out a lot of references to [[Straight Edge]] bands.
{{quote|"I'm not just a [[Minor Threat]]."}}
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{{quote|'''Punk''': If you say "Because it's my destiny!", I swear to Jeebus I'm going to start [[Straight Edge|drinking]].}}
* [[Smug Smiler]]: ESPECIALLY in his heel role.
** [[Smug Snake]] {{context}}
** [[Smug Straight Edge]]: The epitome of this trope.
* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: When Cena got injured, Punk showed up on the next ''Raw'' to rub it in the fans' faces. He told the crowd he had searched for Cena in the building all day and couldn't find him. He then came to the conclusion of "[[Catch Phrase|I couldn't SEE him!]]" while doing Cena's signature hand wave taunt. The delivery was so groan-worthy and Punk acted so smugly proud of himself for that joke that it was kind of hilarious.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Punk's latest disciple, Serena, very briefly started as this.
** And now he has [[Chick Busters|AJ]]
* [[Straight Edge Evil]] {{context}}
* [[Strip Club]]: CM Punk's Falls Count Anywhere heavyweight championship match with Homicide at ''FIP'' Fallout Night 2 ends up in a strip club called Lil Tootsie's at one point. CM Punk eventually calls one of the strippers "a whooore" as the fight goes on, and one of the announcers agrees with him.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: This is the problem he's been having with Raw GM John Laurinaitis. In the gauntlet match on [[WWE Raw|Raw]] at the end of 2011 with Dolph Ziggler, Punk has Ziggler pinned, but the ref is talking with Laurinaitis, who came out and "fairly" removed Swagger and Vickie Guerrero from ringside for earlier interference, ''during'' the match. Punk goes to ward him off, only to get Zig-Zagged by Dolph for the 1-2-3, which earns him a WWE Title match the following week. In that match, Punk has Ziggler locked in the Anaconda Vice and tapping, only for the ref to miss it again because the Raw GM is "dutifully" instructing the man to replace a turnbuckle pad that came loose during the match.
** This has resulted in Laurinaitis installing himself as the special referee for the Punk-Ziggler title rematch at Royal Rumble, and the [[Precision F-Strike]] of a warning delivered above.
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** He tried doing this in regards to [[John Cena]] being a [[Base Breaker]], [[Insult Backfire|but that didn't work out so well.]]
** Pulled one on Triple H when he asked if Triple H made his own decisions or did what his wife ([[Stephanie McMahon]]) told him to do. Included a ''spot on'' impersonation of Triple H. Didn't work out so well in annoying the target when Trips [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed out]] that people have been making that accusation for 8 years.
** A MASSIVE one leveled at John Laurinaitis at the 2011 Slammys, which included all the [[Narm Charm|cheesiness]] of an 80s style montage complete with Stan Bush's "The Touch" (doubles as a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Transformers]]).
** Take a shot at [[Chris Brown]]. The latter responds by accusing him of steroids. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925132518/http://www.twitvid.com/4CAPE Punk was not amused].
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: An extremely charismatic, oddly attractive and highly talented wrestler. The only problem? He's a manipulative, jerkass of nearsociopath levels.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Pepsi. The soda inspired the name of one of his famous finishing maneuvers (the Pepsi Plunge) as well as signature move the Pepsi Twist, and he has a tattoo of the old Pepsi logo on one of his shoulders. He originally got the tattoo as a joke, since members of his fraternity were getting beer logo tattoos.
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** [[Ring of Honor|"I am the DEVIL HIMSELF, and you STUPID, MINDLESS PEOPLE fell for it!"]]
*** Him calling out John Cena was one, 10-minute long edition that crossed over to [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] at times.
** "And I'd like to think [[
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]:
** Whatever you do, don't spill his Diet Pepsi. He currently holds grudge against [[John Cena|Cena]] for it.
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