In ‘WWE: Unreal’ Trailer, It Sure Sounds Like CM Punk Has Sh** Himself in the Ring Before

Phil “CM Punk” Brooks kind of shit the bed in his brief mixed-martial arts stint (0-1-1) between WWE residencies. Now, it sounds like he may have also shit the ring — or at least his ring gear — in his long and illustrious pro-wrestling career.

In the trailer for Netflix’s new and upcoming reality show WWE: Unreal (below), Punk asks fellow WWE Superstar Charlotte Flair if she’s “ever shit” herself in the ring. The answer is a no, but with the quick caveat that if she had, she wouldn’t admit to it. The daughter of the legendary “Nature Boy” Ric Flair “may have peed” herself “a little,” she offered.

Look, you just have to know pro wrestlers.

In addition to those two, WWE: Unreal will feature Triple H, Cody Rhodes, John Cena, Rhea Ripley, Jey Uso, Bianca Belair, Chelsea Green and Xavier Woods. The series has a five-episode season order, with each episode clocking in at 50-minutes long. The series premieres on July 29.

“For the first time ever, step into the WWE writer’s room and outside the ring with your favorite WWE Superstars, where the drama is just as intense offstage as it is under the spotlight,” the logline reads.

In other words, kayfabe — the practice of maintaining the illusion that professional-wrestling matches, storylines and characters are real — is officially dead. The old heads must be furious.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque, introduced to the WWF (now WWE) in 1995 as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, has taken over the creative direction of the world’s top professional wrestling promotion. Clearly, he’s shaking things up with this deep peek behind the curtain.

“For people that think, ‘Isn’t that just a bunch of guys pretending to fight?’ When you see the behind-the-scenes, I don’t know how you can’t fall in love with the business,” Levesque says in the trailer.

Chris Weaver will direct WWE: Unreal, which is showrun by Erik Powers. Peyton Manning is among the show’s executive producers, as is former WWE executive (and one-time Fox Sports president) Jamie Horowitz.

Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser and Marc Pomarico also executive produce; the show is produced by Manning’s Omaha Productions, the WWE, NFL Films and Skydance Sports.

Netflix made a huge play into professional wrestling in 2024 by acquiring the rights to the WWE’s flagship series, Raw, for $5 billion (over 10 years). Thus far, it’s worked.