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THE ORIGINS OF THE CM PUNK ICE CREAM BAR GIVEAWAY AT AEW RAMPAGE

Illinois' Pretty Cool Ice Cream revealed on social media that CM Punk personally paid the bill for the Punk-branded ice cream bars that were given away to fans as they exited The United Center at the end of AEW Rampage this past Friday and that Punk originally conceived the idea two years ago, well before he returned to pro wrestling, waiting for the right moment to make it happen.

The stunt, as we noted on Friday, was inspired by late comedian Andy Kaufman once surprising a New York audience by inviting them to get on school buses to be transported to a local school cafeteria, where he served them milk and cookies and continued to entertain them.  A version of that story was featured in the Kaufman biopic Man On the Moon, but didn't tell the rest of the story - that at the end of the night, Kaufman invited everyone to come meet him the next day at the Staten Island ferry for a round trip ride past the Statue of Liberty (the ferry, now free, used to be a paid admission per ride) and then indeed do that the next day.

Pretty Cool Ice Cream wrote on Instagram:

"The big moment- when @cmpunk thanks his fans for waiting, and to grab some ice cream on him. Were you there?!

Since we have been getting a lot of questions, yes the ice cream was on him- it wasn’t a publicity stunt dreamed up by promoters. He came to us on his own and asked us to help him do this 2 years ago, and finally the moment was right. Our small team worked tirelessly to hand make every bar, and CM Punk wrote the check for the entire bill himself.

That’s some real Chicago love right there, city of big shoulders, and big heart."

Fans in Chicago can currently still order the ice cream for pickup in Chicago at this link.

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