R.I.P Mike
2007-03-26 12:18:11 · 7 answers · asked by Yipen™ 6 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
Date of Death
17 February 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA. (suicide - hanging)
Former ECW World Champion.
Member of the New Bloods.
Cousin of Michael Bollea
Was the first WCW wrestler in the invasion angle to win a WWF Championship (the Hardcore Title)
Is the real life cousin of Horace Bollea, Hulk Hogan's nephew, yet there is no relation between Mike Awesome and Hulk Hogan
On the last WCW Monday Nitro, Mike Awesome teamed with Lance Storm against Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire. Palumbo and O'Haire were victorious
Known in Japan as the Gladiator
In 1999, Mike Awesome got a lot of heat from fellow ECW wrestlers for defecting to WCW with the ECW Championship Belt. He feared for his safety when he returned to ECW Television to drop the title belt to Tazz.
After his release from WWE, he made appearances with NWA-TNA and wrestled steadily in Japan, until his retirement from the wrestling business, during which time he obtained his real estate license.
At the time of his death, was working as a real estate agent for Coldwell Banker in Tampa, Florida.
Had two children with wife Delisa, son Casey (born 1996) and daughter Carissa (born 2000).
2007-03-26 12:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by HULK RULES!! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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No you're not I loved his character. Him and Tanaka would just put each other through tables and hit each other with chairs but each time they wrestled (except One Night Stand) they found some new, more innovative way to do it. It was so entertaining especially his feud with Tanaka but still Spike Dudley, Tazz, Tommy Dreamer and other come to mind when you think of Awesome's greatest moments (which he didn't have too much of as the 70s Guy he hated being humiliated by playing that part, he like many people feel the worst thing they did in their career was work for WCW) Awesome was incredible and it's sad that he passed. You're forgetting though about his greatest time in his career when he wrestled for FMW in Japan he had great feuds with Onita, Tanaka, Niiyama and others he was known as Gladiator.
2016-04-07 21:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He comitted suicide by hanging himself. That happened on February 17, 2007. He had two children, Casey and Carissa. RIP Mike.
BTW: I found a detailed article about Mike's life an death: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/02/19/3645984.html
2007-03-26 12:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by iMPACT Player 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No you're not the only one. His work in Japan was by far his best. I also enjoyed his matches w/ Tanaka in ECW. His stint in WCW was terrible-that was a bad time for any good young wrestler to be in WCW. If you weren't friends with Hogan or Nash you could forget about doing anything major.
2016-03-14 00:36:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee that is sad. I did not hear, I usually am about a month behind on these things.
2007-03-26 12:42:46 · answer #5 · answered by Vultureman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hung himself.
2007-03-26 12:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by KISS Fan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is believed that he took his own life.
2007-03-26 12:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by «G6260» 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He jumped from a very tall building in New York ...
2007-03-26 12:31:39 · answer #8 · answered by Triple H 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
family came home and found him. hung himself
2007-03-26 12:26:42 · answer #9 · answered by JNick 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He took his wife.
2007-03-26 12:21:35 · answer #10 · answered by Phlow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋