Early life
CM Punk Phillip Jack Brooks was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26 1978. He is the son of his mother Harriet Jadwiga and his father Daniel Brooks. His mother Harriet Jadwiga was born in Germany. Her parents were, from Poland. His father Daniel Brooks had ancestors from Ireland. When Phillip Jack Brooks was born the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. This made his face look blue. Phillip Jack Brooks and his older brother Michal did not get along. They were raised in Lockport, Illinois by their parents. Phillip Jack Brooks and his brother Michal had a time growing up together.
Personal Life and Film Career
In 2014, Phillip wed fellow wrestler April Mendez, best known by her ring name AJ Lee. Toward the end of the 2010s Brooks started acting in movies. He was in the horror movie “Girl on the Third Floor” in 2019. In this movie Brooks played a criminal who buys a really weird old house in the suburbs of Chicago. The year Brooks was also, in another horror movie called “Rabid”. This movie “Rabid” is a version of the old movie “Rabid” made by David Cronenberg. He was in the 2021 horror thriller “Jakobs Wife” on. The movie “Jakobs Wife” had its world premiere, at South by Southwest. This event took place in Austin, Texas.
Brooks father had a problem with drinking so Brooks decided to stay away from alcohol and drugs when he was a teenager. He wanted to live a straight edge lifestyle. Brooks mother had a lot of problems too she was sick with disorder. Brooks did not have a relationship with his mother and things got so bad that he had to get a restraining order, against her in June 2013. Brooks had a tough time when he was a kid. This is why the family of his friend from childhood, Chez took him in.
Bio & Social Media
Here is the combined, all-in-one profile for CM Punk, updated as of January 16, 2025. All data points have been integrated into a single, comprehensive table as requested.
CM Punk: Complete Biography & Social Media Data (2025)
| Category | Details |
| Full Name | Phillip Jack Brooks |
| First Name | Phillip |
| Screen Name | CM Punk |
| Date of Birth | October 26, 1978 |
| Age | 46 Years |
| Gender | Male |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| Birth Place | United States |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Profession | Wrestlers, Athlete, Celebrities |
| Father | Daniel Brooks |
| Mother | Harriet Jadwiga Kowalski |
| Siblings | Mike Brooks and 3 Sisters |
| Spouse | A.J. Mendez (Married June 13, 2014) |
| Relationships | A.J. Mendez (2012), Beth Phoenix (2011), Amy Dumas (2009-2013), Maria Kanellis (2005-2007), Barbie Blank (2006-2007), Tracy Brookshaw (2004-2005), Shannon Spruill (2003), Mickie James (2003), Cathy Corino, Becky Bayless |
| No. of Relationships | 10 |
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Awards | 2x WWE Champion, 3x World Heavyweight Champion, ROH Hall of Fame (2022), Cauliflower Alley Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2023) |
| Category | Wrestlers, Athlete, Celebrities |
| CM Punk — 2M+ followers | |
| Facebook Page | CM Punk — 31.5K+ followers |
| Twitter (X) | CM Punk — 2.2M+ Followers |
| Youtube | CM Punk — 1.9K+ followers |
| TikTok | CM Punk |
| Thread | CM Punk |
| Snap Chat | CM Punk |
| Wikipedia | CM Punk |
Career Beginnings
CM Punk was born as Phillip Jack Brooks on October 26 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. His father was an engineer. His mother was a homemaker. CM Punk grew up in Lockport, where he attended Lockport Township High School. CM Punk has five brothers and sisters. Because his father had a problem with drinking CM Punk decided to live a straight-edge lifestyle when he was very young. He kept doing that as a grown, up.
In the 1990s Phillip started doing wrestling with his friends and his brother Mike in a group called Lunatic Wrestling Federation. This is where Phillip had his experience with wrestling. He used the name CM Punk when he was part of a team called Chick Magnets with someone named CM Venom. After he left this group Phillip went to a wrestling school, in Chicago called Steel Dominion. He did well on his own and became the International Wrestling Cartel Heavyweight Champion in the year 2002.
Phillip Jack Brooks, who is known as CM Punk is a wrestler and an actor from America. He was born on October 26 1978. CM Punk has been working with WWE since November 2023. At WWE CM Punk performs on the brand. Now CM Punk is the World Heavyweight Champion. This is his time being the champion. A lot of people think CM Punk is one of the wrestlers ever.
What Is CM Punk’s Net Worth?
CM Punk is a wrestler from America. He also talks about mixed martial arts. The money he has is around twelve million dollars. CM Punk works with All Elite Wrestling now. People know him well because he used to work for the WWE. He won a lot of championships when he was with the WWE. He was the champion for a very long time, which is 434 days. CM Punk stopped working with the WWE in 2014. Then he fought with the Ultimate Fighting Championship for four years. After that CM Punk went back, to wrestling with All Elite Wrestling.
Nonstop Action Wrestling
In the year 2002 Punk got a job with the Ring of Honor promotion. He had his match at ROH All Star Extravaganza. As Punk got more popular with the Ring of Honor promotion he won the ROH Tag Team Championship two times with Colt Cabana.
Punk became the Ring of Honor World Champion in June 2005 when he beat Austin Aries at Death Before Dishonor III. Punk was really good at what he did, with the Ring of Honor promotion. So I was still wrestling in Ring of Honor when I joined this promotion called NWA: Total Nonstop Action. They teamed me up with this guy Julio Dinero.. The people in charge did not think we were doing a good job being the bad guys in the story we were part of.
I got really upset with them because they would not let me keep wrestling in Ring of Honor while I was also in NWA: Total Nonstop Action. This happened in March of 2004. I ended up quitting NWA: Total Nonstop Action because of it. I just wanted to be able to keep competing in Ring of Honor and NWA: Total Nonstop Action, at the time.
WWE
In 2005 Punk was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling which’s like a training place for the WWE. He did well and became the OVW Television Champion when he beat Ken Doane. The year Punk beat Brent Albright to get the OVW Heavyweight Championship. He kept this title by winning matches against people, like Johnny Jeter and Ken Kennedy. Punk had another win when he got the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship with his partner Seth Skyfire.
So I was thinking about this wrestler his name is Punk. He was with the WWE from 2005 to 2014. During that time Punk won the WWE Championship two times. He also won the World Heavyweight Championship three times. Punk won some championships like the Intercontinental Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. He even won the World Tag Team Championship, which’s pretty cool. This made Punk the 19th person to become a Triple Crown Champion, in the WWE and he did it really fast. Punk is an example of a wrestler who won a lot of championships, including the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship.
Punk has a lot of things about him. One of the things about Punk is that he is the only person who has won Money in the Bank two years in a row. Punk has also received some nice awards for his work like the 2011 Slammy Award, for Superstar of the Year that Punk won.
So Brooks got really unhappy with the WWE. He stopped wrestling in 2014. Then he came back to wrestling in August 2021 to fight for All Elite Wrestling. He first showed up at the First Dance event on the show “Rampage”. After that Brooks went up against Darby Allin, at All Out. He won the fight. Brooks was fighting for All Elite Wrestling when he beat Darby Allin.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
So CM Punk stopped being a wrestler. Then he decided to join the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He wanted to fight in martial arts. CM Punk fought as a welterweight. He had his big fight at UFC 203 in 2016. CM Punk lost that fight to Mickey Gall. He lost because he got beat by submission.
CM Punk had another fight at UFC 225 in 2018. This time he lost to Mike Jackson. All the judges agreed that Mike Jackson won.. Then something weird happened. They changed the result of the fight to a no contest. This happened because Mike Jackson tested positive for marijuana. That took them three years to figure out.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship let CM Punk go in 2018. This happened after his fight, with Mike Jackson. In November 2018 Punk became a commentator for the Cage Fury Fighting Championships. He also started working as an analyst on the Fox Sports 1 program WWE Backstage. Punk did a lot of work for the Cage Fury Fighting Championships and the WWE Backstage program, on Fox Sports 1.
Wrestling Persona
Brooks wrestling persona of CM Punk, which he has used throughout his professional career is really about being confrontational and outspoken. CM Punk is also rebellious. He does not drink or do things that are bad for him. These traits are like the Phillip. He likes to speak his mind. Say what he thinks. CM Punk is also known for saying things that go against what people in charge want to hear. He has a lot of tattoos on his body. Many of these tattoos have become a big part of who CM Punk is, as a wrestler. This person has a lot of tattoos. Some of his tattoos are a Pepsi Globe, the words Drug Free and the words Straight Edge and the Cobra Command logo. He also has the Cobra Command logo as a tattoo. The tattoos, on his body include the Pepsi Globe and the words Straight Edge and Drug Free and the Cobra Command logo.
Real Estate
In 2010, CM Punk paid $2.125 million for a home in suburban Chicago. In December 2021, he paid $4 million for a home in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood. At the time of purchase, he actually paid $700,000 OVER the asking price to secure the home.
