Like a good portion of the fighting game community, Victor "PG|Punk" Woodley is an avid fan of professional wrestling. A quick glance at his name and it shouldn't be of much surprise that his all time favorite is former WWE superstar CM Punk.

Woodley has risen through the ranks of Street Fighter 5 like a madman, becoming arguably the best in the business and making most world class competition look as though they're playing the game for the first time.

Though he dredged through EVO in the winners bracket, the 18 year old player from Philly would fall to FOX|Tokido in grand finals.

Punk's face is almost always characterized by an endearing smirk of confidence, but for the first time we got to see The Alpha in a vulnerable state. Punk stood in the second place position on the EVO main stage in front of his mother, family and the entire FGC with tears in his eyes, effectively securing anchors around the hearts of the tens of thousands watching around the world.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling's current IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, Kenny Omega, is an avid SF5 player and active member of the fighting game community, and apparently used his wrestling world ins to grab quick word from a very special someone.

Just a few hours ago, Omega tweeted Woodley with an encouraging video message from none other than his favorite wrestler of all time, CM Punk.



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Now if I could just get Stone Cold to comment on one of my articles...

Photo credit: Stephanie Lindgren.