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{{quote|"In anybody else's hands, this is a microphone. [[Badass Boast|In my hands, it's a pipe bomb.]]" }}
** He is one of the few Superstars who really does keep continuity as much as possible. In addition to the Kelly and Orton moments above, he also hung a lampshade about Vince's stip to have Cena fired if Cena did not beat Punk at ''Money in the Bank'', stating that Cena's stipulated "retirement" in 2010 lasted all of a week. He also brought up the failed runs of Colt Cabana and Luke Gallows during his worked-shoot run during that feud.
** He also brought up being part of Cena's gangster posse at Wrestlemania 22 during his feud with him, something that had not really been acknowledged on-air before.
** During the first Summer of Punk in ROH, Punk switched his music to "Cult of Personality" by [[Living Colour]]. When he returned to WWE television in the second iteration, his music had changed to..."Cult of Personality."
* [[Cult]]: The Straight Edge Society.
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{{quote|"...and right now this isn't CM Punk talking to [[Triple H]]. This is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque!"}}
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The "CM" in "CM Punk" used to stand for "Chick Magnet", the name of a tag team he was in during his backyard wrestler days. Later on, he declared that it had no real meaning, but has humorously made up different stories and meanings for it when asked about it.
** Cookie Monster Punk takes no guff!
** Fear the power of Chuck Mosley Punk!
** Nothing is quite as excellent as the wrestling of [[The Simpsons (animation)|Charles Montgomery]] Punk!
** [[John Morrison]] once "theorized" that the letters stood for "Craves Men."
** To [[Michael Cole]]:
{{quote|"Don't worry buddy, you know the CM stands for [[Fan Community Nickname|Cole Miner]]."}}
** To Scott Stanford:
{{quote|"CM means [[Sarcasm Mode|Caring]] [[Blatant Lies|Man]]."}}
*** Which was followed up by
{{quote|''Scott Stanford'': What does CM stand for again?
"Company man."
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* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: Punk took over leader of Nexus from [[Wade Barrett]].
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: On the October 24th, 2011 episode of [[WWE Raw]], Johnny Ace offers Punk the one-on-one WWE Title shot against Alberto Del Rio that he wants, but Punk [[Genre Savvy|knows there's a catch.]] The catch is that Punk has to tell the WWE Universe that [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority|he]] ''respects'' [[Bad Boss|Johnny Ace]]. Punk first responds by saying he respects "Funk Man", [[Crowning Moment of Funny|while doing a pretty good impression of the guy's voice]]. Johnny Ace isn't amused, and gives Punk one more chance. Punk, for a moment, considers it, then goes on to remind us why he's the master of "[["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]." (It's a bit paraphrased):
{{quote|'''CM Punk:''' "Ok... I respect the fact that each week, you come out each week, live, with this completely lost deer in the headlights look on your face. I respect the fact that you don't know how to hold a mic. I respect the fact that you would wrestle with a mullet and was never any good yet somehow still got to the top, showing the world new found levels of ass kissing, but above all I respect the fact that someone with so little has done so much. [[Punctuated!
* [[How Much More Can He Take?]]: His match with [[John Cena]] at Money in the Bank 2011.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: In early 2011, he climbed to the top of the TitanTron and threatened to jump off. The crowd chanted, "Jump! Jump!" Punk mocked them and stated he had no intention of jumping, he was testing them to see how they would react, and they failed miserably.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Shows up during his feud with Cena and Orton, particularly when he tells Cena that "Good things happen to good people, and I am a good person." Look, Punk may have [[What the Hell, Hero?|legitimate criticisms]] against Cena and Orton, but a good person he is ''not''.
** This is actually a large part of CM Punk's entire heel persona. Despite calling out his opponents for all the crap they pull, not only is he just as bad if not worse, but he's often guilty of the same exact things.
** Cena eventually calls him out on this as part of a very well done [[Kirk Summation]].
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* [[Oh Crap]]: Part of Punk's excellent [[Wrestling Psychology]] is his expressive face; CM Punk is great at putting people over with the speed of his shift in attitude. Punk can go from smirking at his eminent victory to shitting his pants in terror at an unexpected turn of events in a matter of seconds.
* [[One of Us]]: Big fan of [[Marvel Comics]], especially [[Larry Hama]]'s [[G.I. Joe]].
** Also, he's a fan of many aspects of pop culture, as he often quotes other media. A good example would be him comparing Lauranitis to Lumbergh from ''[[Office Space]]'' without any of the comedy and blasting Lauranitis for being so out of touch.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: This is how Punk views himself, now whether he actually is or not...
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Serena, Serena, Serena...how can a [[Bald of Evil|bald women]] look so hot? She kicked ass in [[SHIMMER]] and it's a shame we never got to see her [[Dark Action Girl]] roots.
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*** He is considered to be a small to average sized wrestler.
** Considering the power moves he uses, especially picking the Go To Sleep (a fireman's carry drop with a knee to the face) as his finisher, and that he can execute this move on huge men like Luke Gallows and Kane, this is pretty true.
* [[Playing Drunk]]: Manages to [[Out-Gambitted]] [[Chris Jericho]] by doing this.
* [[Popularity Power]]: The recent angle with [[John Cena]] landed him the complete ''opposite'' of [[X
** [[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.
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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]]
** [[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.
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* [[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.
** His old nickname "The choice of a new generation" was originally a Pepsi slogan from the 80s.
** [[Writing Around Trademarks|Airbrushing Around Trademarks]]: The tattoos on his shoulders, a Pepsi logo and a tattoo of the [[G.I. Joe|COBRA logo]], are usually airbrushed/photoshopped out of WWE promotional photos and video games featuring Punk to avoid lawsuits.
* [[Troll]]: Part of his heel persona; he'll fake out the audience by pretending to jump from the Titantron, pretend to have [[The Undertaker]] or [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] come out and kick his ass, steal other wrestlers [[Catch Phrase|lines]] and implement them into his promos, and he even taunted [[Randy Orton]] by doing The Pose right in front of him.
** He's also been known to mimic certain wrestlers in-ring style. Most prominent was during his tag match against [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] and Alex Riley, which featured [[Bret Hart]] as the special referee; throughout the entire match, Punk could be seen performing many of Bret's classic moves, including the [[Five Moves of Doom]]. Most memorable moment was when he performed a backbreaker very slowly right in front of Bret, smiling and making eye contact the whole time. He got his comeuppance at the end.
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*** 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 [[WWE|this company]] will be better off after [[Vince McMahon]]'s ''dead''..."
* [[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.
*** Punk's been Cena's biggest critic since he started commentating on ''Raw''. The spill probably didn't help though.
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Commentator!Punk is really fond of pointing out the [[Moral Dissonance]] of the [[Designated Hero]] [[John Cena]]. Punk has called him out for his brutal beatdown of [[The Nexus|Wade Barrett]] after Wade's defeat, his constant trespassing during the three weeks he was fired, and when he called Vickie Guerrero fat, repeatedly, Punk got pissed enough to go after Cena with a chair.
** This continued on the following Raw when Punk called Cena out on all of the above, pointing out the [[Blatant Lies]] about Cena saying he was going to leave and then showing right back up to trespass repeatedly; when Cena went to defend himself for attacking Wade Barrett after their match at ''TLC 2010'' by bringing up his multiple Nexus beatdowns and the fact that they (technically) ended his career, Punk proceeded to call him a hypocrite because he ended [[Batista]]'s career by tossing him through a stage after having won an I Quit match ''just for the sake of doing it''.
*** And he's gone on to base to as his reason for targeting Cena as he's gotten tired of this.
** And his newest target of New Nexus has been [[Randy Orton]]. Why? Because of when Orton called him a fluke champion, jumped him from behind with Legacy, beat him down, and punted him in the head, causing him to forfeit his World Championship then pointing out Orton as being a selfish, cold individual. You know it's bad when no matter what King tries to say on commentary, Orton will always looks like he deserves every single thing he gets.
* [[The Windy City]]: Punk's hometown. Majorly in ROH back when he ran the Second City Saints. It hasn't been very important to the character during his WWE run, but we do see glimpses of it; the motif of four six-pointed stars on his wrestling trunks mirrors the [[wikipedia:Flag of Chicago|flag of the city of Chicago]].
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