A powerful character himself, CM Punk doesn't have much of a connection with many of the Avengers or the X-Men.
Doctor Doom? Well, that's a different story for the pro wrestler.
"He's a bad guy but he's justified in his actions. He's one of those characters that to me can be misunderstood a lot. There's a lot of parallels between myself and Doctor Doom," says Punk, the World Wrestling Entertainment champion and full-fledged comic-book nerd.
The brash in-ring persona of Chicago native Phil Brooks bills himself as "the best in the world" — a statement some of his co-workers such as John Cena or the intimidating Ryback may argue with —but he's certainly everywhere in the world and in pop culture.
His WWE schedule has him traveling the world and appearing every Monday night on the USA Network's Monday Night Raw show, but Punk released his first DVD CM Punk: Best in the World last week, he's on the cover of the new WWE '13 video game (out Oct. 30) and the champ is writing the intro for Marvel Comics' Avengers vs. X-Men hardcover collection arriving Nov. 7.
"I worked really hard to get to where I'm at and it's cool to be afforded opportunities like this. To me, it's hard work paying off and I'm having a lot of fun right now," Punk says.
"There's good and there's bad, but if you don't stop to smell the roses, so to speak, it's all for naught."
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