Acting
Mike 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
WWE This Is Awesome
Series · 2022
Dark Side of the Ring
Series · 2019
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Film · 2016
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Film · 2014
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Film · 2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Film · 2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Film · 2014
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Film · 2013
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Film · 2013
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Film · 2013
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Film · 2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Film · 2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Film · 2012
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
Film · 2011
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Film · 2011
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Film · 2009
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Film · 2006
Legends Never Die
Film · 2006
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Film · 2005
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Film · 2005
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Film · 2004
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Film · 1998
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Film · 1998
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Film · 1998
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Film · 1998
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Film · 1998
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Film · 1998
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Film · 1998
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Film · 1998
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Film · 1998
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Film · 1998
WWE Heat
Series · 1998
WWE WrestleMania 13
Film · 1997
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Film · 1997
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Film · 1997
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Film · 1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Film · 1997
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Film · 1997
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Film · 1997
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Film · 1997
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Film · 1997
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Film · 1997
WWE One Night Only
Film · 1997
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Film · 1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
Film · 1996
WCW Slamboree 1996
Film · 1996
NJPW Battle Formation '96
Film · 1996
WCW Slamboree 1995
Film · 1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Film · 1995
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Film · 1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Film · 1995
WCW World War 3 1995
Film · 1995
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
Film · 1995
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
Series · 1995
SMW Night of The Legends
Film · 1994
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
Series · 1994
NWA Grandslam
Film · 1993
WCW Starrcade 1993
Film · 1993
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Film · 1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Film · 1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Film · 1993
WCW BattleBowl
Film · 1993
ECW November to Remember 1993
Film · 1993
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Film · 1993
WWE Bashed in the USA
Film · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993
Raw
Series · 1993
WWE WrestleFest '92
Film · 1992
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Film · 1992
WWE Invasion '92
Film · 1992
WWE Rampage '92
Film · 1992
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Film · 1992
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Film · 1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Film · 1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Film · 1992
WWE UK Rampage
Film · 1992
WWE UK Rampage '92
Film · 1992
WWE World Tour 1992
Film · 1992
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Film · 1991
WWE WrestleFest '91
Film · 1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Film · 1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
Film · 1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
Film · 1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Film · 1991
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Film · 1991
WWF The Main Event V
Film · 1991
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Film · 1991
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Film · 1991
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Film · 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Film · 1991
SWS WrestleFest
Film · 1991
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Film · 1990
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Film · 1990
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Film · 1990
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Film · 1990
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Film · 1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Film · 1990
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Film · 1989
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Film · 1989
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Film · 1989
WCW Starrcade 1989
Film · 1989
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Film · 1989
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Film · 1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Film · 1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Film · 1989
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Film · 1989
WCW WrestleWar 1989
Film · 1989
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Film · 1988
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
Film · 1988
NWA Starrcade 1988
Film · 1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Film · 1988
NWA Clash of the Champions
Film · 1988
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Film · 1988
Clash of the Champions
Series · 1988
Clash of the Champions
Series · 1988
NWA Starrcade 1987
Film · 1987
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Film · 1987
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Film · 1987
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Film · 1987
NWA Starrcade 1986
Film · 1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Film · 1986
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Film · 1986
AWA WrestleRock 1986
Film · 1986
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Film · 1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Film · 1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Film · 1986
NWA Battle of the Belts III
Film · 1986
NWA Battle of The Belts II
Film · 1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Series · 1986
Power Pro Wrestling
Series · 1986
WWF Superstars
Series · 1986
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Film · 1985
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Film · 1985
PWUSA Star Wars
Film · 1985
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Film · 1985
AWA Super Clash
Film · 1985
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
Film · 1985
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
Film · 1985
NWA Battle of the Belts
Film · 1985
AWA StarCage
Film · 1985
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
Film · 1985
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
Film · 1985
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Series · 1985
NWA World Championship Wrestling
Series · 1985
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Film · 1984
NWA Night of Champions
Film · 1984
NWA Lords of The Ring
Film · 1984
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Film · 1983
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Film · 1983
WCW Arena Shows
Series · 1983
Mid-South Wrestling
Series · 1981
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Series · 1981
WWE Old School
Series · 1973
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Series · 1972