Mikey Whipwreck
| Mikey Whipwreck | |
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Mikey Whipwreck in 2010.
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| Birth name | John Watson |
| Born |
June 4, 1973 Long Island, New York, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mikey Whipwreck |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York |
| Trained by | Mick Foley |
| Debut | 1994 |
| Retired | 2015 |
John Watson (born June 4, 1973) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck. He is best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he became the third ECW Triple Crown Champion.
Before becoming a professional wrestler, Whipwreck joined Extreme Championship Wrestling and was part of their ring crew, who would usually work for free as long as they could have fun in the ring themselves before and after shows had finished. Booker Paul Heyman asked Mikey to wrestle competitively in ECW after he watched Whipwreck practice a variety of aerial maneuvers before a live show began (Joey Styles states on an episode of The History of ECW it was he who suggested that Heyman check Whipwreck out). The short, lightly built Whipwreck was made a natural underdog who would absorb a great deal of damage in the course of his matches, without ever landing an offensive manuveur. While in ECW, he received further training from fellow ECW wrestlers Taz, Perry Saturn, Tommy Dreamer and Mick Foley among others. On May 15, 1994, Whipwreck defeated Pitbull #1 for the World Television Championship, his first title in ECW. He would hold the title until August 13 of that year.
Only two weeks after losing the World Television Title, Whipwreck's big break came on August 27, 1994. That night, Terry Funk was to team with Cactus Jack against the World Tag Team Champions, The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock). Funk, however, left the company shortly before the match was to take place and, as he later recounted in his first autobiography, Cactus and Paul Heyman realized they were in a tough spot because the fans had been looking forward to the match for some time. While bouncing names off each other, Cactus and Heyman agreed on Whipwreck and he scored the winning fall in the match. The unlikely duo held the titles for five weeks, losing them back to The Public Enemy.
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