5 Superstars who suffered from Staph infection

#2 CM Punk

Punk developed a huge lump on his back

CM Punk, the former WWE Champion, was diagnosed with Staph infection in January, 2014. Punk was a part of the 2014 Royal Rumble match and after the PPV got over, a huge lump was observed on his back. It was later confirmed by Punk, on the Opie and Anthony show, that the reason for the lump was Staph infection.

The scars that developed as a result of the infection began to show up. Later, after Punk left the WWE and broke the backstage stories on why he decided to, hiding this, this issue was revealed by him and it became a major issue between him and WWE doctor Chris Amman.