8 Times Wrestling Legends Made Complete Tits Out Of Themselves
6. 'Basic Punkanomics'
There are plenty of accusations out there that CM Punk's latest WWE run is too tame for a man of his standards. Whether or not he's earned the nickname 'PG Punk' is up to your own discretion, but one moment stands out as something that's so beneath his usual measuring stick that even his staunchest defenders would have to concede it's childish direction.
The idea of Punk rapping is bad on paper and even worse in reality.
As if the 27 June 2025 episode of SmackDown beaming from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia didn't raise enough eyebrows for his long-term supporters, Punk appeared in John Cena's 'Doctor of Thuganomics' gimmick ahead of their match that weekend at Night Of Champions.
Looking somewhere between that dude in The Offspring's 'Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)' video and one of The Island Boys, Punk delivered a cringeworthy bunch of rhymes in Cena's direction. This idea might have landed if it came from someone like Logan Paul, but from a 46-year-old man who's closer to a hip op than hip-hop, it stands as the most sports entertainment moment of Punk's entire career to date.