CM Punk: "I'm Not Here to Make Friends, I'm Here to Make Money"
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CM Punk: "I'm Not Here to Make Friends, I'm Here to Make Money"
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CM Punk: "I'm Not Here to Make Friends, I'm Here to Make Money" is an exploitable video and audio clip of professional wrestler CM Punk saying, "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to make money." The clip, which was popularized on TikTok in late November 2023 as a green screen format, comes from his return to WWE Raw that month, which marks his first return to the show in nearly 10 years.
Origin
On November 25th, 2023, professional wrestler CM Punk made his return to WWE Raw for the first time in nearly a decade. The full clip of CM Punk making his return and addressing the crowd was uploaded to the WWE YouTube[1] channel on November 27th, garnering over 2.8 million views in a week. At the 7:40 mark, CM Punk says to the crowd, "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to make money" (shown below).
Spread
The clip gained viral spread on TikTok following CM Punk's return, including a November 28th, 2023 post by TikToker[2] @heel.paul that gained over 230,000 views in a week. That same day, several TikTokers posted memes using the clip alongside captions about going to work to make money, not friends, including TikToker[3] @d.j.stiltner, garnering over 376,000 views in a week (shown below).
@d.j.stiltner #CapCut #MemeCut #Meme #fyp #funnyvideos #cmpunk #wwe #atwork #imheretomakemoney #smalltalk #theoffice #notheretomakefriends ♬ original sound – D.j. Stiltner
The format continued to spread over the following days, with TikToker[4] @chiefgreenscreens posting a green screen of the clip on November 29th, garnering over 290,000 views in five days. On December 1st, TikTokers[5][6] @turnbuckletopix and @reaganometry posted videos using the green screen that gained over 50,000 views and 5,400 views in three days (shown below, left and right).
@turnbuckletopix “I’m not here to make friends, I’m here to make money” #cmpunk #wweuniverse #wwe #wwefan #funny #comedy #lol #viral #fyp ♬ original sound – TURNBUCKLETOPIX
@reaganometry 1st prize winner, 10 years running #stardewvalley #cmpunk ♬ original sound – Reaganometry
Green Screen Template
@chiefgreenscreens CM Punk: "I'm not here to make friends I'm here to make money" #Meme #MemeCut #CapCut #wwe #wweraw #wwememes #cmpunk ♬ original sound – Chief Green Screens
Various Examples
@0li_zzz I'm not here to make freinds im here to make money 🗣🗣🔥🔥#wwe #cmpunk #money #christmas @Krowbz ♬ original sound – 𝙔𝙖𝙥 𝙮𝙖𝙥
@fadewithit "I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to make money" – #cmpunk #wwe #wweraw #wwetiktok #survivorseries #cmpunkwwe #cmpunkreturns #lowqualitymeme #meme #fyp #fypシ゚viral ♬ original sound – Fade
@younghomiekobi I'm not here to make friends I'm here to make money 💵 | #foryou #foryoupage #memes #comedy #jokes #trending #wwe #prowrestling #prowrestlingtiktok #wwememes #cmpunk #cmpunkwwe #survivorseries #chicago #cultofpersonality #thisfireburns #thebestintheworld #meme #memestiktok #memehub #fyp #monopoly #gaming #gamingtiktok ♬ Cult of Personality – Living Colour
@agirlhadnoname #Meme #MemeCut work friends arent friend friends… #workfriends #notrealfriends #serviceindustry #serverproblems #imnotheretomakefriends #imheretomakemoney ♬ original sound – Justasidequest
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External References
[3] TikTok – d.j.stiltner
[4] TikTok – chiefgreenscreens
[5] TikTok – turnbuckletopix
[6] TikTok – reaganometry
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