Mike Hegstrand

Acting · 2.2 popularity

Age

Movies

135

Born: September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Michael James Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (WCW) or The Legion of Doom (WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. ) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (The Legion of Doom in WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. Outside The Road Warriors, Hawk was a sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. He headlined the 1993 edition of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances after they left WWE as Hegstrand struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and generally did not appear at many wrestling shows during this time. 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 later on. On June 22, 2002 International Wrestling Superstars, Road Warriors Animal & Hawk defeated The Headshrinkers for the World Tag-Team Championship. That victory also led to Team USA winning the Animal and Hawk made a surprise appearance on Raw on May 12, 2003 when they took on Kane and 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 had hopes of returning to WWE. Later in 2003, Hawk made an appearance with the All World Wrestling League, a take-off of the 'original' Big Time Wrestling that was owned by The Original Sheik who died earlier that year; it was run by the sons of The Sheik, Eddie and Tom Farhat. They decided to book Hawk for an event in Holt, Michigan; that event was the second to last time Hawk wrestled. Two weeks before he died he wrestled his final match with Ted DiBiase in Oshawa, Ontario against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Marcus "Buff" Bagwell. Death and legacy Hegstrand died on October 19, 2003 in the early morning in his home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. He was 46 years old. 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 a sudden heart attack. At the time of his death, Hawk and Animal were working on a book about their careers. Animal returned to WWE in mid-2005 and decided to dedicate his entire run to Hegstrand, including his tag team title victory with Heidenreich at The Great American Bash. On the March 28, 2011 episode of Raw, it was announced that the Road Warriors would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2011. On April 2, 2011, the night before WrestleMania XXVII they, along with Paul Ellering were inducted into the Hall Of Fame by Dusty Rhodes. Road Warrior Hawk was included, along with his tag team partner, Road Warrior Animal, in the Attitude Era, in the game WWE '13.

Works

135 films

WWE WrestleMania XIV

19987.7

Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985

198510.0

NWA Battle of the Belts

19858.0

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased

2016

WWE WrestleFest '91

1991

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

1992

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

19987.5

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

19988.8

WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House

19984.7

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

1989

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

19886.0

WWE Judgment Day: In Your House

19988.7

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

198610.0

WWE WrestleMania VIII

19928.1

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

19986.6

Battlarts Battle Fiction

1998

WWE WrestleMania 13

19977.5

WWE Survivor Series 1991

19917.4

WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

19989.3

The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1987

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

20139.0

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

19978.0

WWE WrestleMania VII

19917.3

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

19977.6

WCW WrestleWar 1990

19907.5

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

20149.0

AWA WrestleRock 1986

198610.0

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

20047.6

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

19978.1

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

19987.3

WWE Survivor Series 1997

19978.6

Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

20058.4

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

1991

WCW Starrcade 1993

19939.0

The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions

20127.5

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

1991

WWE SummerSlam 1997

19977.8

WWE UK Rampage

19925.0

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

19916.0

WWE Survivor Series 1990

19907.7

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

19898.0

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

1985

WWE King of the Ring 1997

199710.0

WCW BattleBowl

19936.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

19926.9

WCW Starrcade 1989

19896.9

WWE SummerSlam 1991

19917.7

The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2

201310.0

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

19898.1

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

19917.1

WWE SummerSlam 1992

19928.1

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

1993

WWE SummerSlam 1990

19906.9

WWE Mayhem in Manchester

19988.0

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

1993

NWA Starrcade 1986

19867.8

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

19978.0

NWA Grandslam

1993

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

201310.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

WWE Bashed in the USA

1993

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

200610.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

19896.8

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

20117.9

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

199710.0

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

19904.0

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro

1986

WWE World Tour 1992

1992

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

WCW WrestleWar 1989

19897.0

NWA Starrcade 1987

19875.9

WCW Halloween Havoc 1995

19957.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

1993

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

20128.0

WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop

19906.3

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

201410.0

WCW Uncensored 1996

19964.5

WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection

2012

NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte

1986

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

1983

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

201110.0

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

WWE Invasion '92

1992

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

199110.0

AWA Christmas Show 1984

1984

Best Of Raw • Volume Four

1997

Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain

200910.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

19955.0

WWE One Night Only

19978.7

WCW SuperBrawl VI

19967.1

NWA Clash of the Champions

19888.8

Legends Never Die

2006

WWE Rampage '92

1992

WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1

2014

AWA Super Clash

19857.9

NWA Lords of The Ring

1984

NJPW Battle Zone Space II

1992

NWA The Great American Bash 1988

19886.0

SMW Night of The Legends

19946.0

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

19897.0

NWA Night of Champions

1984

WWE WrestleFest '92

1992

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

201410.0

SWS WrestleFest

1991

NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games

19877.0

PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza

1985

WCW Slamboree 1996

1996

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

1985

NWA Starrcade 1988

19887.0

NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

1989

NJPW Battle Formation '96

1996

WWE UK Rampage '92

1992

NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land

1986

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

1988

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

19887.0

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre

19894.0

WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History

20058.2

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

19904.0

WWE The Main Event V

1991

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

1989

NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea

19958.0

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

1985

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995

1995

NWA Battle of The Belts II

1986

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

199110.0

ECW November to Remember 1993

1993

PWUSA Star Wars

1985

NWA Superstars on The SuperStation

19868.5

AWA StarCage

19858.5

NWA Battle of the Belts III

1986

GCW at The Omni (December '83)

1983

NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11

1993

AWA/NWA Night of Champions II

1985

PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza

1985

NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation

198710.0