The Art of Wrestling – Coverleaf Mick Punk

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Luck is for losers

The WWE is advertising early for Saint Patrick’s Day and I don’t miss a chance to exploit a holiday and turn it into an article about something merchandise related.  My inbox got an offer for a discounted CM Punk Clover Baseball Cap which is old, but I haven’t covered it so I’m going to take a whack at it.  I was hoping to find a reason and a picture of his shamrock tattoo (if you’re desperate, go to this link and look at photo 138 on his left arm), but the best I can come up with is his Wikipedia entry

A sleeve tattoo on his left arm that reads “luck is for losers” and features numerous good luck symbols, including a rabbit’s foot, four-leaf clover and a horseshoe.

Punk’s real name is Phillip Brooks for those not in the know.  From my research, the shamrock isn’t an homage to an Irish ancestry since Brooks is an English surname.  So the tattoo must be all about “luck is for losers.”  Which makes me wonder how the WWE decided to pick that particular piece of the tattoo onto the front of the hat.  The bigger mystery is why the WWE decided to change the popular shamrock from green (picture 138 again) to blue.  That change seems especially strange to me in light of the fact that they’re using orange lettering which fits in nicely with the Irish flag.  The WWE also decided to use different lettering instead of Punk’s Gothic script that is on his stomach.  The light cream front quarter panel would be fine on it’s own but it doesn’t make much sense since the highlights in the banner with the lettering is white.  Choose cream or white and go with it designers.  I do like the idea of having the main panel a different color than the other three but again, the color choices are baffling.  You have a dark blue shamrock, why are you going with black for the bill and three other panels of the hat?

We here at Stunt Granny are honorary members of the IDT.

We here at Stunt Granny are honorary members of the Irish Drinking Team.

The back of the hat is simplistic and highlights why the WWE should have stuck with white for the front quarter instead of cream.  The words “CM Punk” pop much better on a black background with white surrounding the lettering since they contrast so much.  The same could be established on the front panel if the shamrock was black instead of dark blue.

The WWE swung and missed hard with this hat even if it does have potential if they just tweeked the colors. – Kevin

2 Responses to “The Art of Wrestling – Coverleaf Mick Punk”

  1. Truth 2009-03-01 at 10:22 pm #

    Why was I not aware of the existance of an Irish drinkinng team. I mean I’m from Ireland and drink like a fish! saying that, as an Irishman, can I say how much i fecken hate St Paddy’s day. Last year I was working in Dublin, trying to get home during a huge parade populated almost exclusively by Brits and Americans, with the occasional European. Very annoying.

    Didn’t Punk have a T-Shirt about a year ago with a clover on it too? I think it was on the back, when he was still on ECW. hink it is one of the logos he has in the Smackdown vs Raw games too.

    • stuntgranny 2009-03-02 at 10:07 am #

      I’m not surprised that St. Paddy’s was that way in Ireland. Americans can turn any holiday into more of a drinking holiday than it should be. I know that Cinco de Mayo is only a holiday in one state in Mexico but we’ve turned it into national drink tequila and cerveza day.

      I tried to find that shirt but couldn’t. It was in one of his pictures but I didn’t remember where I found it on his pictures page on WWE.com and didn’t feel like looking thru any more than I had to to find the shamrock tattoo.

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