5 WWE Superstars you didn't know were once broke

5. CM Punk

CM Punk had a long, hard journey to the top of the WWE

The former WWE Superstar had a rough childhood like many on this list. He had an alcoholic mother against whom he would file a restraining order later on in his life. His brother robbed him of most of his money and this tumultuous relationship with his family led him to go find his own family and he had a friend who adopted him into his.

Punk was a ‘backyard wrestler’ and soon left this federation to enroll in the ‘Steel Dominion’ wrestling school in Chicago. Soon after he met Colt Cabana and the rest is history.