BETTER THAN YOU
Welcome to my CMJF shrine! This page is dedicated to the feud/relationship between the wrestlers CM Punk and Maxwell Jacob Friedman. The feud took place between the years of 2021 and 2022 on AEW (All Elite Wrestling) and was most of the reason that I recently (since September 2025) got into pro wrestling as a whole. Still a WIP!
DISCLAIMERS/WARNINGS!
1) I'm new to wrestling and I don't know everything! Most of the information on this page comes from the Outside Interference video (linked on the right) about the feud, my lovely friend Mick, and copious amounts of fanfiction. I'll try to update things when I can.
2) I know there's a bit of an age gap going on. It gets a little weird when you think about how Punk was Max's hero in like high school HOWEVER. Max is like 30 now so I think he can fuck a middle aged guy if he wants to. And also there is just some crazy undeniable sexual tension going on and that's not my fault.
3) Blood ahead! It's nothing insanely gorey, but they do end up bleeding a lot in these matches. Something to be aware of.
4) I do really like a lot of other wrestlers/storylines! Some of my faves are The Shield, The Golden Lovers/The Elite/Bullet Club, Punkintyre, Iyo/Kabuki Warriors, and AJBecky. More of my favorite wrestlers can be found further down!
5) This isn't really RPF! Wrestling is scripted and the canon that they construct (called kayfabe) is (mostly) entirely removed from the real world. Everyone's playing a character of themselves- sometimes this is more obvious (Asuka obviously doesn't actually have poison mist powers) and sometimes its less obvious (pretty sure everyone genuinely hates Logan Paul). Not that I have anything RPF. My favorite band's Fall Out Boy. But this is technically different and I'm not trying to say anything about any of the real people involved.
NAVIGATION
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