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CM Punk: Best in the World

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CM Punk: Best in the World
Directed byKevin Dunn
StarringCM Punk
Mike Adamle
Brent Albright
Production
company
Distributed byWWE Home Video
Release date
  • October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29)
Running time
427[1]
LanguageEnglish

CM Punk: Best in the World is a 2012 documentary film released as part of a three-DVD[2] set on October 29, 2012, by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[3] The documentary chronicles the career of WWE wrestler CM Punk. Punk collaborated with WWE to make the documentary, contributing hours of interview content to the film. The collaboration coincided with Punk's famous 434-day reign as WWE Champion. The documentary chronicles Punk's early days as a professional wrestler with backyard and independent wrestling covered extensively with footage from IWA Mid-South and Ring of Honor (ROH) all the way to his rise to stardom in WWE.

This is the third documentary about CM Punk, the first being Before They Were Wrestling Stars: CM Punk (which was distributed by Big Vision Entertainment) which chronicles some of Punk's best works from ROH and Full Impact Pro (FIP).

Overview

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Disc 1

The Documentary:

  • High School Sports
  • CM Punk - The Name
  • Skull Fracture
  • OVW vs. Albright
  • From Extra to Champion
  • December to Dismember

Disc 2 and 3

The second and third discs contains a selections of matches from Punk's career.

Reception

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The DVD has received positive reviews.[4][5][6][7][8] It won the 2012 Wrestling Observer Newsletter award in the category "Best Pro Wrestling Documentary".[9]

Match content

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References

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  1. ^ "WWE - CM Punk - Best In The World (3 DVDs) « DVDs Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  2. ^ "A wrestler's Hart-rending battle to win disability benefits" – via The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ Heath McCoy (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECWPress. p. ??? pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  4. ^ "REVIEW: CM Punk "Best in the World" 3-Disc WWE DVD | Wrestling DVD Network". www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  5. ^ "TJR Retro: "CM Punk: Best in the World" DVD Review from 2012 – TJR Wrestling". tjrwrestling.net. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  6. ^ Bixenspan, David. "CM Punk "Best in the World" DVD Review: WWE Home Video's Latest Is a Must-Buy". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  7. ^ "411MANIA". From The Bowery: CM Punk: Best in the World (Blu-Ray: Disc I). Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  8. ^ ""CM Punk - Best in the World" Review". WrestleRant. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  9. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Genickbruch.com". genickbruch.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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