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Mike
Awesome Bio
Mike Awesome Hometown:
Tampa, FL Height: 6'
6" Weight: 292 lbs. Turned Pro:
1992 Catch Phrase:
"Awesome!" Championships Held: ECW World Heavyweight
Championship ECW World Tag Team championship (With
Raven)
Mike Awesome wasn't even
advertised as appearing but he walked out of Anarcy Rulz! as the ECW World
Heavyweight champion. Like his namesake, that is simply
Awesome.
Towering over most of his competition, Awesome uses his
patented Awesome Bombs to destroy opponents, culminating with sending them
flying out of the ring thru a table positioned on the floor. His
tremendous strength is matched only by his willingness to fly thru the
air, maintaining an aerial arsenal most cruiserweights
envy.
Cutting his teeth competing under the ring name "The
Gladiator" in the FMW promotion in Japan, Awesome found himself in the
ring with the man who would become his most heated rival, Masato
Tanaka.
Although he had made appearances in Extreme
Championship Wrestling throughout it's history, including an appearance
where he nearly snapped the back of early ECW standout JT Smith, it wasn't
until his rivalry with Tanaka spilled into ECW that Awesome made his
impact in the United States.
The feud tore apart ECW buildings
across the United States, culminating with a match that many point to as
the best match of that year at "Heatwave '98" in Dayton, Ohio. With
injuries mounting, Awesome took the high road out, healing up and
competing in the Orient.
When Masato Tanaka became the number one
contender to the ECW World championship, highlights of his rivalry with
Mike Awesome were used to promote Masato's challenge of Taz. Judge Jeff
Jones went to Awesome to let him know ECW was using his likeness and
abilities to promote Tanaka as a better competitor. Although he was
performing in All Japan Pro Wrestling, Mike Awesome knew the time was
right to return home to America and prove himself.
Jones and
Awesome crashed the World championship match at "Anarchy Rulz!" in
Chicago, with Taz refusing to back down from the challenge. Awesome's
entrance created a Three-Way Dance, with Taz soon going down to an Awesome
splash and exiting the bout defeated.
Back in Extreme Championship
Wrestling with his most hated foe, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome knew the
moment was his, and he took it, soundlydefeating and pinning Tanaka with a
Powerbomb off the top rope thru a table to become the ECW World
Heavyweight champion.
Since that tremendous championship victory,
Awesome has towered over all of his competition, with the lone exception
being Tanaka, who upset Awesome for the ECW World Heavyweight championship
in Nashville. With only one rematch available to him, Awesome refused to
be denied, regaining the ECW World heavyweight championship in a
tremendous battle.
As if that wasn't enough, Awesome added the ECW
World Tag Team championship to his trophy room, teaming with Raven to
defeat Tanaka and Tommy Dreamer
With Judge Jeff Jones leading the
way, and both the ECW World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships
strapped firmly around his waist, Mike Awesome intends to Awesomebomb
anyone who dares stand in his way of complete dominance in Extreme
Championship Wrestling.
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