WWE Career
It is when WWE showed interest to sign CM Punk under their banner. However, there was no NXT brand back then to spot talents like these days. So he had joined the OVW developmental brand (Ohio Valley Wrestling). He continued to perform sessions there until Paul Heyman 2 million dollars him.
It marked the beginning for the former WWE superstar. The Human-Walrus took the Chicago-native to ECW giving a huge increment in CM Punk net worth. Furthermore, the wrestler had a legit sot where he can showcase his talent.
CM Punk stayed under the ECW banner from 2006 to 2008. In between these, the company made him the mainstay guy of their league. He used to earn around $200000-$300000 on a yearly basis. It was a much bigger amount than his fellow wrestler The Miz used to pocket. His franchise status in the ECW also allowed him to make an appearance at Wrestlemania.
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It was in the 24th edition where CM Punk won the Money in the Bank briefcase. He cashed it in on his debut night on WWE Monday Night Raw. Edge was his victim to lose the World Heavyweight Championship. It was the night that introduced him as a horse of a long race.
He followed it up with another Money in the Bank win at next year’s Wrestlemania. It made him the first WWE superstar to win consecutive MITB ladder matches and become world heavyweight champion. His purity in wrestling paved the way for him to have feuds against Batista, Jeff Hardy, and The Undertaker.
It led him to earn the spot of being a prizefighter in the WWE. In 2011, his contract ran out in May. It happened on the infamous night where he ran away with the WWE Championship in his hometown of Chicago. Undoubtedly, it is one of the most shocking nights in the history of the WWE. Later he came back with a lucrative deal that only names like John Cena, Triple H, and The Rock used to have.
A seven-year contract with the company earned him millions of dollars. Plus he received things like collector’s cups, private jet, CM Punk the Movie and even his logo containing WWE Ice Cream Bars. The company provided him with his tour bus alongside a royalty in merchandise for 3.5 per cent. He was no less than John Cena in selling the goodies on a yearly basis. A very few have given tough competition to the franchise player of the company like that.
CM Punk net worth witnessed a whopping amount of increment during the summer of 2011. He earned $1.3 million and $1.7 million in 2012-13 and 2013-14 season, consecutively. In between this, WWE had made him the longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern era. It continued for 434 days.
WWE cut his paycheques to almost half of the amount starting from 2014. It might have been the beginning of the end for him. But CM Punk net worth had already reached 5 million dollars, approximately. WWE 2K13 made him the cover star of the video game that gave him around $200000 at that point. The ‘Best in the World’ DVD also did a tremendous business among the fans.
CM Punk was about to get $1.3, $1.8 and $2 million dollars starting from 2015 as per the extension of the contract. But he quit the company after Royal Rumble 2014. A legal battle started between the two parties, as WWE denied to give him royalty shares. The situation became tougher, as McMahon fired him from the brand on his wedding day in 2014.
But CM Punk net worth did not have significant decrease thanks to the WWE 2K video game. The officials of the video game considered him as the top superstar in the company. They continued advertising him for the next edition handing a big fat check. The Straight Edge Leader also accepted the same in Colt Cabana Podcast.
The conflict between the two parties went up to a big extent that CM Punk mentioned his WWE tenure as a failure. He was upset for not being part of a Wrestlemania main event during his career. One of the reasons for this was to see the wrestling business from a different perspective. He is not willing to be back to the wrestling business ever again.
