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CM Punk Appears As 'Dr. Of Thuganomics'; Parodies John Cena With 'Punkanomics' Rap: WATCH
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CM Punk retaliated against John Cena on Friday Night SmackDown by mimicking Cena's old-school "Doctor of Thuganomics" gimmick.
CM Punk decided to go bar-for-bar with John Cena on Friday Night SmackDown tonight, in classic 'Thuganomics' fashion, as retaliation for the reverse-pipebomb gimmick from last week.
It was just a week ago when Cena slammed Punk through a table and delivered a scathing promo that parodied Punk's iconic 2011 'pipe bomb"—the very one delivered after Cena himself had been put through a table following a match with R-Truth.
Well, it's always an eye for an eye with CM Punk, who responded in kind by copying Cena's 'Doctor of Thuganomics" gimmick on this week's go-home episode of SmackDown in Saudi Arabia.
👊 PunkLife 👊THIS IS BASIC PUNKANOMICS! 🔥
— WWE (@WWE) June 28, 2025
After Cena made his usual entrance, his old Basic Thuganomics entrance music played, and out came CM Punk.
Punk was dressed similar to how Cena would dress as the Dr of Thuganomics about 20 years ago, and grabbed a mic on his way into the ring.
Punk then proceeded to cut a promo on Cena in the form of a rap.
Punk's rap took shots at Cena moving in slow motion, burying more wrestlers than The Undertaker, fixing his bald spot, and somehow being more problematic than Hulk Hogan.
He said I'm a problem, he called me a player hater, let's be honest, John Cena's buried more talent than the Undertaker.
That's why he's the champ and went and lost all his respects, but John I get it, I'd retire too if this place rehired my ex.
If you never said your prayers, ate your vitamins or fixed your bald spot, you wouldn't be a pro wrestler, you'd be a Boston Mall Cop.
But hey, he gets good movie roles that much is a fact, and then you see Batista act and you realise John ain't that.
Same shirt, same hat, man, your persona stayed tragic. You're like a fish bellied white Hulk Hogan but somehow more problematic.
. @CMPunk just left @JohnCena speechless… 👀 — WWE (@WWE) June 28, 2025
For someone who started off the night with boos after issuing an apology during the WWE Night of Champions Kickoff show for his tweet years ago about Saudi Arabia, Punk surely ended the night well, with the crowds singing ' Cult of Personality' in unison as he left.
