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{{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.}}
 
[[CM Punk]] (real name Phil Brooks) is a professional wrestler, having worked with various promotions over the years - most notably, [[Ring of Honor]] and [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]]. He made a name for himself in the indies for his "Straight Edge" gimmick: he flaunted his Straight Edge lifestyle (which, according to pretty much everyone who's ever known him, is completely legit) over other wrestlers, and told them that "I'm better than you!" because of it. He used to head a growing faction in WWE called the Straight Edge Society, which promised to "save" people from their self-destructive lifestyles by helping them embrace the principles and beliefs of a Straight Edge lifestyle. He left WWE on 7/17/11, having beat [[John Cena]] to win the WWE Championship, becoming the first man to leave the company with the title; he returned eight days later, staring down Cena to end RAW.
 
You can read all about his career in the indies and WWE over on [[wikipedia:CM Punk|That Other Wiki.]]
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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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* [[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, [[WWE]] raised, uber face. Punk is a slight, scruffy, tattooed, [[Unkempt Beauty|that has his own appeal]], metal and punk loving, poor city kid that spent years in the indies and became a heel to raise himself to stardom. Yet both are determined, charismatic men that are adamant in their beliefs and define the casual fan vs. [[Smark]] [[Broken Base]] of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]].
* [[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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** 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.
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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 [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|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.
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