Mike Hegstrand
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1957
- Died
- October 19, 2003 (aged 46)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
WWE This Is Awesome
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage) · 1 ep
Dark Side of the Ring
TV · 1 ep
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Movie
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Movie · as Hawk
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Movie · as Hawk
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Movie · as Hawk
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Movie · as Hawk
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Movie · as Hawk
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Movie · as Hawk
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Movie
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Movie · as Hawk
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Movie · as Hawk
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
Movie
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Movie · as Hawk
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Movie · as Hawk
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Legends Never Die
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Movie · as Hawk
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Heat
TV · as Hawk · 1 ep
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie · as Hawk
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Movie · as Hawk
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Movie · as Hawk
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Movie · as Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Movie · as Hawk
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Movie · as Hawk
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Movie · as Hawk
WWE One Night Only
Movie · as Hawk
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Uncensored 1996
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1996
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Battle Formation '96
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WCW Slamboree 1995
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW World War 3 1995
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 3 eps
SMW Night of The Legends
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 1 ep
NWA Grandslam
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1993
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
ECW November to Remember 1993
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW BattleBowl
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WWE Bashed in the USA
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Raw
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk, The Legion Of Doom · 44 eps
WWE WrestleFest '92
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Invasion '92
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Rampage '92
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Movie · as Hawk Warrior
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
WWE UK Rampage
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage '92
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE World Tour 1992
Movie · as Hawk
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '91
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Movie · as Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Movie · as Hawk
WWF The Main Event V
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
SWS WrestleFest
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1989
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1989
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1988
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of the Champions
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
Clash of the Champions
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside) · 9 eps
NWA Starrcade 1987
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1986
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA WrestleRock 1986
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of The Belts II
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts III
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 12 eps
Power Pro Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 2 eps
WWF Superstars
TV · as Wrestler (Hawk) · 3 eps
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
PWUSA Star Wars
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Super Clash
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA StarCage
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV · as Hawk · 3 eps
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior · 59 eps
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Night of Champions
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Lords of The Ring
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Movie · as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Arena Shows
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 3 eps
Mid-South Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 6 eps
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV · as Road Warrior Hawk · 8 eps
WWE Old School
TV · as Hawk · 1 ep
New Japan Pro Wrestling
TV · as Hawk Warrior · 1 ep