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person_profile-Michael James Hegstrand

Michael James Hegstrand Died at age: 46

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Michael James Hegstrand

Date of Birth:

Sep 12, 1957

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 19, 2003

Biography of

Michael James Hegstrand

    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.

Filmography of

Michael James Hegstrand

Found 96 Movies in total

... 2016

... 2014

... 2013

... 2013

... 2011

... 2009

TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

... 2005

... 2004

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

... 1998

... 1998

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

WWE WrestleMania XIV

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1998

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance) ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

WWE One Night Only

Hawk ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

WWE SummerSlam 1997

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1997

WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1997

WWE King of the Ring 1997

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

... 1997

WWE WrestleMania 13

Hawk ( Actor )

... 1997

WCW Slamboree 1996

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1996

NJPW Battle Formation '96

Hawk Warrior ( Actor )

... 1996

WCW Uncensored 1996

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1996

WCW SuperBrawl VI

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1996

WCW World War 3 1995

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW Halloween Havoc 1995

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW Slamboree 1995

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1995

NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1995

SMW Night of The Legends

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1994

WCW Starrcade 1993

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1993

WCW Battle Bowl

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Rampage '92

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE UK Rampage

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Road Warrior Hawk (Interview) ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE Invasion '92

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWF SuperTape '92

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE Survivor Series 1991

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE SummerSlam 1991

Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE SuperTape vol. 4

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

SWS WrestleFest

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE WrestleMania VII

Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE The Main Event V

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE SuperTape vol. 3

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1990

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990

Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside) ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990

NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990

WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1989

WCW Halloween Havoc '89

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1989

... 1989

... 1989

... 1989

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1989

NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1988

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside) ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

NWA Clash of the Champions

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1988

NWA Bunkhouse Stampede

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1988

NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

... 1986

... 1986

... 1986

... 1986

AWA: WrestleRock '86

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1986

AWA Super Clash

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1985

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1985

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1985

NWA Lords of The Ring

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1984

NWA Night of Champions

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1984

NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta

Road Warrior Hawk ( Actor )

... 1983