UPDATED: More on CM Punk Joining MTV’s The Challenge: Champs vs Pros

UPDATE: MTV has officially announced the full cast of professionals, including CM Punk, for their upcoming season of The Challenge: Champs vs Pros. You can see the full list below, including which charities they are playing for. Punk is competing for the PAWS Chicago charity.

The series will see ten Challenge greats (who will be announced at a later date) squaring off against ten pros and premieres on May 16th at 9 PM ET/PT. NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz hosts the show.

The announcement noted, “Each episode of the event will focus on a different strength: Agility, ingenuity, brawn, brains, endurance and guts. The winning team’s captain will choose one member of their team to go into the elimination round, and the rest of the team will decide the fate of that person’s opponent. The losing team’s captain is sent into elimination while the rest of the team also decides on the opponent.

The best part? The final male and female competitors of the season will run a final that tests each strength for a chance to win $50,000 to donate to their favorite charity.”

The pros and their charities are:

Tia Blanco – Professional surfer (St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital)
Louise Hazel – Olympian and fitness expert (Save the Children)
Lindsey Jacobellis – Professional snowboarder (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Lolo Jones – Olympic hurdler and bobsledder (Hurdles of Hope)
Candice Wiggins – Former WNBA athlete (Greater Than AIDS)
Gus Kenworthy – Professional skier and Olympic medalist (The Trevor Project and the Happy Hippie Foundation)
Shawne Merriman – Retired NFL linebacker (Lights On Foundation)
CM Punk – UFC fighter (PAWS Chicago)
Louie Vito – Professional snowboarder and Olympian (Wings for Life)
Kamerion Wimbley – Retired NFL linebacker (Kamerion Wimbley Foundation)

ORIGINAL: According to Pwinsider, CM punk ahs joined the cast of MTV’s The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros. The show starts airing on May 16th, is a six-week competition, and was filmed a month ago in California featuring past alumni of the MTV show and pro athletes competing for $50,000 for one man and one woman; the athletes are competing for charity.

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