Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand while making occasional appearances on the SmackDown brand. His 434-day WWE Championship reign stands recognized as the seventh longest in history.
Brooks began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1997 and he signed with Ring of Honor in 2002, where he won the ROH World Championship once and was inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022. Brooks signed with WWE in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once, the WWE Intercontinental Championship once, and the World Tag Team Championship once. He also won both the 2008 and 2009 Money in the Bank ladder matches, making him its only back-to-back winner. He was named Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards and was voted PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012. After becoming disillusioned with WWE, he acrimoniously departed the promotion in 2014 and largely retired from wrestling.