3. Hes Financially Set For Life, and They're Jealous
WWE.comPhil Brooks turns 36 just before Halloween, and hes retired (for all intents and purposes), married and settling down to live a contented life in his beautiful home, watching sports, jogging and probably eating pizza. Well, he lives in Chicago. Thats what wed be doing. Seriously, though Punks well known for not being frivolous with money, and with that massive house completely paid for, we doubt very much that he ever really needs to work again, especially in wrestling. At a Q&A at Wizard World in Chicago a couple of years ago, he mentioned that his 34th birthday was coming up. To me, thats not young for what we do, and this isnt a slight for anyone thats still doing it not Nash, not Hunter, not anybody but I dont want to be their age and still doing this. If I am in ten years? Somebody please stop me. I think itd be pretty refreshing to do everything and just, Peace out. Now, that might not be a young age for a full time professional wrestler, but its practically adolescence for a retired millionaire punk kid with celebrity status and a beautiful young wife. Theres almost nothing he couldnt do if he felt like it right now. Punks one of the smartest heads in the game, too. He knows full well that he can parlay his marquee value into a major return next year or the year after for a one off Wrestlemania payday if he chooses, and hes well aware that his name value can get him movies, endorsements, sponsorship he could go the route of Mick Foley, Bret Hart, Edge and Chris Jericho and write his own career memoirs. How many 35 year olds do you know in that position? Browsing wrestling forums and Twitter, its not hard to spot the significant amount of sour grapes out there at the moment, and you cant make good wine from those.