MIKE AWESOME BIO!

Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Height: 6'6
Weight: 292 LBS
Turned Pro: 1992
Catch Prase: "Awesome!!"
Titles Held:

ECW World Heavyweight Championship

He wasn't even advertised as appearing on "Anarchy Rulz!" but he walked out of Chicago 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, soundly defeating and pinning Tanaka with a Powerbomb off the top rope thru a table to become the ECW World Heavyweight champion.

With Judge Jeff Jones leading the way, Mike Awesome looks to maintain his position on top of the mountain in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Awesomebombing anyone who dares challenge his championship.