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Michael Hegstrand, best known as Road Warrior Hawk (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler billed from Chicago, Illinois. Image File history File links Hawk1. ...
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Indian Rocks Beach is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida. ...
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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Career
For many years, he was half of arguably the most successful tag team in the history of pro wrestling the Road Warriors, with partner Joseph Laurinaitis, aka Road Warrior Animal. The muscular Road Warriors burst onto the wrestling scene in 1983 sporting mohawks, dog collars, spiked shoulder pads, and face paint. Their dominating style evoked the team of Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher, and they soon found themselves pitted against the legends in a series of matches. Their interview style was vicious, yet charismatic and a bit humorous. A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ...
The Legion of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ...
Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler who is most remembered for working with World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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William Richard Afflis (June 27, 1929-November 10, 1991) was an American professional wrestler best known as Dick the Bruiser. ...
Reginald Lisowski was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher. ...
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. ...
The Road Warriors wrestled across the globe, capturing the All Japan Pro Wrestling tag team titles, as well as every existing American version of the world tag team titles in the (WWF, the NWA and the AWA). No other tag team ever captured all three championships. All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ...
World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ...
The National Wrestling Alliance NWA is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was a professional wrestling organization, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
When in 1992 Animal was injured and forced to retire temporarily, Hawk began a solo career. Though the WWE Road Warriors DVD also explains that Hawk disappeared from the WWE after the 1992 Summerslam took place, because of pressure. Although he won nearly every singles match in which he was put on, he was always seen (by North American and Japanese fans at least) as a tag team wrestler, and thus he always fought either mid-card opponents or made teams with better-known singles stars. When he joined New Japan Pro Wrestling he was immediately paired with Kensuke Sasaki, then simply known as a good mid-carder, as the Hell Raisers (Sasaki adopting the face paint and gimmick Power Warrior). The two dominated NJPW's tag team ranks for a while through their two wins of the IWGP World Tag Team Championship, but no North American promoter thought about bringing them as a team, due to Sasaki's affiliation with NJPW. As a singles wrestler, Hawk found success in Europe, winning the CWA World Heavyweight Championship. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ...
Kensuke Sasaki (not to be confused with Kenzo Suzuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestlers for various promotions through his own agency, such as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate. ...
The IWGP World Tag Team Championship is the main heavyweight tag team title in New Japan Pro Wrestling. ...
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In 1995 he reappeared in WCW. He helped Sting in a feud against Meng and Kurasawa, but a proposed singles feud with Kurasawa fell through due to an arm injury (to let Hawk rest, it was kayfabed that Kurasawa broke Hawk's arm using a cross armbreaker). Hawk returned the following year, but this time, he also brought Animal back. During that time, Sting and Lex Luger had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship and the Warriors challenged them, to no success. The rise of the nWo precluded further challenges, and they headed back to the WWF. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WCW logo until 1999 World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. ...
Sting Sting (real name Steve Borden; born March 20, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a professional wrestler who has wrestled with several wrestling leagues, such as NWA, WCW, and NWA:TNA since the early 1980s. ...
Uliuli Fifita was a professional wrestler for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. ...
Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. ...
In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ...
Lawrence Wendell (Larry) Pfohl, better known by his ring name, Lex Luger, is an American professional wrestler and former professional American football player. ...
The WCW World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2001, when the promotion closed. ...
nWo logo The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. ...
During his return to WWE in 1998, he competed in the Brawl For All tournament, but he lost in the first round to then-tag partner Droz. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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Darren Drozdov, (born March 27, 1972) better known as Puke or Droz, is a retired professional wrestler who competed for WWF until he was paralyzed during a match with DLo Brown. ...
Droz made his WWF debut on Monday Night RAW as an associate of the tag team. Dubbed "Puke", he was the unofficial third member of the group. He was involved in a storyline involving L.O.D. member Hawk's alcoholism. In this storyline, Hawk was seen by his partner Animal as unfit to wrestle and Droz was tapped to take Hawk's place in the tag team. The storyline ended with accusations that Droz had been the "enabler" of Hawk's problems and had dosed the L.O.D. member to take his place in the team. During this segment, Hawk infamously was shown to have fallen off the TitanTron. It was edgy and controversial segments like this that pushed the envelope of good taste that were a hallmark of the WWF's "Attitude" era. Darren Drozdov, (born March 27, 1972) better known as Puke or Droz, is a retired professional wrestler who competed for WWF until he was paralyzed during a match with DLo Brown. ...
WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
In 2001 Hegstrand was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that stopped him from wrestling for a short while. He was able to overcome its effects and returned to a regular working schedule. He became a born-again Christian in 2003 and appeared at many of the religious wrestling events run by Ted DiBiase and Nikita Koloff. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Heart conditions can be either acute or chronic, and either congenital or acquired. ...
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Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament. ...
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Nikita Koloff is an American former professional wrestler who wrestled throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff. ...
Road Warrior Animal and a fully-recovered Hawk made a surprise appearance on RAW on May 12, 2003 when they took on Kane & Rob Van Dam for the World Tag Team Championship. Although Hawk and Animal came up short in their attempt to become three-time champions, it was clear that Hawk had defeated the demons that had once kept him from competing, and the Road Warriors were complete once again. Road Warrior Animal Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960) better known by his stage name of Road Warrior Animal, is a American professional wrestler. ...
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Robert Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan), is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Rob Van Dam (sometimes abbreviated to R.V.D.). He is currently performing for the Extreme Championship Wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he holds both the...
Hegstrand died on October 19, 2003 in the early morning in his home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida at the age of forty-six. His friends said that he and his wife Dale had recently bought a condominium near their current home and were packing their boxes the night before. Hegstrand said that he felt tired and went to take a nap. When his wife checked on him at about 1 A.M., he had died of an apparent heart attack. He had had battles with alcohol and drugs throughout his career and was an admitted steroids user. At the time of his death, Hawk and Animal were working on a book entitled, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaah O Whhhhhat a Ruuuuuush." After the book was completed, Road Warrior dedicated the book to his late partner and childhood friend. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Indian Rocks Beach is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida. ...
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In June 2005, Road Warrior Animal returned to WWE on their SmackDown! show. He immediately hooked up with Heidenreich to form a new tag team. Despite criticisms from some wrestling traditionalists, Joseph Laurinaitis has repeatedly stated that the tag team is not attempting to emulate the original Road Warriors and that Heidenreich was not a replacement for Hawk. WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling TV show that airs in the United States on UPN, in Canada on The Score Network, in India on Ten Sports, in the UK, Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe on Sky Sports, in Portugal on SIC Radical, in Australia on FOX8...
Jon Heidenreich, better known simply as Heidenreich (born June 28, 1972 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a professional wrestler, formerly working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. ...
In Wrestling
 Hegstrand giving his testimony at Ted DiBiase's Christian show Michael Hegstrand from http://www. ...
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Quotes "Ohhhh, what a rush!"
"You don't like it? I don't care!"
"Theres only two things you can do: Nothing and like it!"
"You fight like girls, but that's okay because we fight girls too!"
Finishing and Signature Moves Attacking maneuvers in professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold, or set up for a throw. ...
Attacking maneuvers in professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold, or set up for a throw. ...
Attacking maneuvers in professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold, or set up for a throw. ...
Tag Team Moves Double-team maneuvers in professional wrestling are when two wrestlers work together to attack an opponent, these moves are mainly used by tag teams in tag matches. ...
Road Warrior Animal Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960) better known by his stage name of Road Warrior Animal, is a American professional wrestler. ...
Tag Teams The Legion of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ...
Darren Drozdov, (born March 27, 1972) better known as Puke or Droz, is a retired professional wrestler who competed for WWF until he was paralyzed during a match with DLo Brown. ...
Kensuke Sasaki (not to be confused with Kenzo Suzuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestlers for various promotions through his own agency, such as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate. ...
Managers Paul Ellering with the Legion of Doom Paul Ellering is a well-known professional wrestling manager known for managing the Legion of Doom when they were known as The Road Warriors. ...
Tammy Lynn Sytch (born December 7, 1972 in Matawan, New Jersey) is a professional wrestling diva for ECW, WCW, WWE and various independent promotions. ...
Championships/Accomplishments -
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- 1-Time AJPW International Tag Team Champion (with Animal)
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- 1-Time Catch Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time MTW Tag Team Champion (with Bobo Brazil, Jr.)
- 1-Time Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (with Doug Gibson)
- 1-Time MEWF Tag Team Champion (with The Comet)
- 3-Time Superstars of Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Animal)
- 1-Time IPW Tag Team Champion (with Animal)
- 1-Time PCW World Tag Team Champion (with Animal)
- 2-Time i-Generation Tag Team Champion (with Animal)
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- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 47 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked twice in the best tag teams of the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 1 with Animal and # 58 with Kensuke Sasaki.
- Hawk won four PWI Tag Team of the Year Awards with Animal. They were in 1983,1984, 1985 and 1988. He was also involved in the 1987 Feud of the Year which was the Road Warriors & the Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes) vs. the Four Horsemen.
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The World Tag Team Championship belt (2002 to present) The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title. ...
Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler who is most remembered for working with World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The National Wrestling Alliance NWA is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ...
The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance. ...
The NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship was first defended in the Tennessee Mid-America territory from 1974 to 1981. ...
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The NWA National Tag Team Championship was a tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance from 1980 until 1986. ...
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The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was a professional wrestling organization, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
The AWA World Tag Team Championship was the tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. ...
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ...
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ...
New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ...
Kensuke Sasaki (not to be confused with Kenzo Suzuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestlers for various promotions through his own agency, such as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate. ...
Hulk Hogan on the cover of the November 1994 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. ...
In 2003, the magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated published a list of the top 500 singles wrestlers and top 100 tag teams of the PWI Years. These are the results of the list. ...
Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler who is most remembered for working with World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Kensuke Sasaki (not to be confused with Kenzo Suzuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestlers for various promotions through his own agency, such as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate. ...
The Legion of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ...
Nikita Koloff is an American former professional wrestler who wrestled throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff. ...
The American Dream Dusty Rhodes (born Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. ...
The Four Horsemen were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ...
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Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler who is most remembered for working with World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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Joseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name of The Road Warrior or Road Warrior Animal, is an American professional wrestler who is most remembered for working with World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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Trivia - Hawk once dated Missy Hyatt.
- Hawk once dated Eleanor Mondale, the daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale.
- The Road Warriors took their name from the Mad Max film The Road Warrior. Their spiked shoulderpads were also modeled after the film.
- One half of the only tag team in professional wrestling history to win all three tag titles in all three major wrestling organizations(NWA, AWA, WWF).
Missy Hyatt Melissa Lee Hiatt is a professional wrestling manager that is better known by the name of Missy Hyatt. ...
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