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#8. The meaning behind "CM"
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AEW fans might wonder where CM Punk got his initials from. Many have considered them to be "Cookie Monster" or "Cookie Master" because of his love of cookies. Other suggestions include Charles Montgomery, Chuck Mosley, Crooked Moonsault, Charles Manson, or Chicago Made.
It stands for "Chick Magnet," as revealed by Punk himself when he was sworn under oath during his defamation lawsuit against WWE.
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“Originally it stood for Chick Magnet. I got put into a tag team with this other dude on a whim because somebody didn't show up to a show... I tried to get rid of it, and it wound up getting shortened to the initials. I was always Punk, but Chick Magnet at least got shortened to CM,” Punk said.
The name has stuck with Punk, and he has used it throughout his wrestling career in different companies such as IMPACT, WWE, and now, AEW.
#7. CM Punk paid for all the ice-cream bars on his AEW debut
Punk's AEW debut at Rampage: The First Dance on August 20th set the wrestling world ablaze. The Straight Edge Superstar ended the now-iconic segment by announcing free ice cream bars for fans at the United Center in Chicago.
Taking to Instagram, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, the brand that produced the bars, revealed CM Punk paid for them from his own pocket. They also said he came up with this idea two years ago. Pretty Cool further disclosed that their team worked tirelessly to make every custom-made bar by hand.
"The big moment- when @cmpunk thanks his fans for waiting, and to grab some ice cream on him. Were you there?! Since we have been getting a lot of questions, yes the ice cream was on him- it wasn’t a publicity stunt dreamed up by promoters. He came to us on his own and asked us to help him do this 2 years ago, and finally the moment was right. Our small team worked tirelessly to hand make every bar, and CM Punk wrote the check for the entire bill himself," wrote Pretty Cool.
It was an excellent callback to a previous promo with Vince McMahon, where he demanded that the former bring back the once-popular WWE ice cream bars.
