Punk's first real feud on the main roster was in ECW against Mike Knox, who was a bigger guy with a thick beard and a really hot girlfriend named Kelly Kelly. She was only around 19 years old at the time and her gimmick was that she was an exhibitionist who liked to strip in front of people. What a great career! The story was that Kelly started to like Punk because Knox was mean about her willingness to strip. It was one of those typical wresting storyline where a mean guy somehow lands a really hot girlfriend and of course he gets jealous about things because that's what these guys love to do. Since Kelly took a liking to Punk, Knox naturally wanted to beat up Punk for revenge. They had several matches together in the latter half of 2006 with Punk winning every time (he was in the middle of an undefeated streak) and the action was never that good between the ropes. The weak storyline certainly didn't help matters. For what it's worth, Punk was romantically linked at one point to Kelly Kelly, so at least he could say he got something worthwhile out of the feud.
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