Mike Hegstrand
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 12, 1957
Day of Death: October 19, 2003 (46 years old)
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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1998
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Actor Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Actor Hawk Warrior
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1997
Actor Hawk
WWE WrestleMania 13
Actor Hawk
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Actor Hawk
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Actor Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Actor Hawk
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Actor Hawk
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Actor Hawk
WWE One Night Only
1996
1995
1994
1993
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Grandslam
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1993
Actor Hawk Warrior
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Battle Bowl
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
ECW November to Remember 1993
Actor Hawk Warrior
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1992
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '92
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWF SuperTape '92
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Invasion '92
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Rampage '92
Actor Hawk Warrior
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Actor Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE U.K. Rampage 1992
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich
1991
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '91
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VII
Actor Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Actor Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE The Main Event V
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1990
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
Actor Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Actor Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1989
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
1988
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions
Actor Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
1987
1986
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
AWA: WrestleRock '86
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts III
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of The Belts II
1985
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
PWUSA Star Wars
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Super Clash
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
AWA StarCage
Actor Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
