Former WWE Champion CM Punk has a wrestling cousin
CM Punk is one of the most controversial WWE Superstars of all time. Although he might not go into the Hall of Fame due to his troubled relationship with WWE management, there is no denial that he is a legend.
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Punk has a cousin who tried his luck in the wrestling business. According to wrestlingdata.com, Punk has a cousin named Nick Brooks. He made his debut in the wrestling business in July 2009.
Brooks wrestled under the name Merlin Dean Banks and his real name. He was given the nickname Northwest when he joined the FCW training facility, which served as the official developmental territory for WWE at the time.
CM Punk's cousin did not make it to WWE. He wrestled for smaller promotions like Pro Wrestling Phoenix, Adrenaline Pro Wrestling and Missouri Wrestling Revival.
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Despite debuting 11 years ago, the 35-year-old could not make it big in the pro wrestling business. Brooks remains the unknown cousin of the former five-time World Champion and WWE Legend CM Punk.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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