10 Most Unprofessional Wrestlers Ever

3. CM Punk

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CM Punk was not the only unprofessional actor in the industry-defining debacle that was his AEW run.

Hangman Page probably shouldn't have alluded to the theory, held around the locker room, that CM Punk was responsible for Colt Cabana's disappearance. Jack Perry should not have bragged about using "real glass" at AEW's biggest show ever and casting a bleak shadow over it. That was an isolated incident. It has not - yet - informed a pattern of behaviour.

CM Punk's lack of professionalism was at least interesting. He called out Hangman Page for being a coward, offering him out on live TV in a challenge that could never be accepted. He then set a blowtorch to the company and its management structure and top stars at the Brawl Out presser, and for a man who constantly espouses the "boys" and the brotherhood, every single bump on the All Out 2022 show meant absolutely nothing because he had to get his gripes out. Nobody even asked. He just did it because he wanted to do it.

He then - and this hardly acted as a robust defence of the whole "I don't care where Scott Colton works" tirade in retrospect - allegedly banned Christopher Daniels and others from entering Collision tapings. Daniels was the Head of Talent Relations!

One of the best professional wrestlers ever was wholly unprofessional: a fitting summation of a paradox of a man.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!