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.
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Movies (135)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014 · Hawk
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014 · Hawk
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014 · Hawk
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014 · Hawk
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013 · Hawk
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
2013 · Hawk
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012 · Hawk
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012 · Hawk
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
2011 · Hawk
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
2011
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
2009 · Hawk
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
2006 · Road Warrior Hawk
Legends Never Die
2006 · Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
2005 · Road Warrior Hawk
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
2005 · Road Warrior Hawk
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
2004 · Hawk
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
Battlarts Battle Fiction
1998 · Hawk Warrior
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997 · Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997 · Hawk
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997 · Hawk
WWE One Night Only
1997 · Hawk
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997 · Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997 · Road Warrior Hawk
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
1997 · Hawk
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997 · Hawk
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997 · Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1996
1996 · Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Battle Formation '96
1996 · Hawk Warrior
WCW Uncensored 1996
1996 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW SuperBrawl VI
1996 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW World War 3 1995
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
1995 · Hawk Warrior
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
SMW Night of The Legends
1994 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW BattleBowl
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
ECW November to Remember 1993
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Bashed in the USA
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
1993 · Hawk Warrior
NWA Grandslam
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1993 · Hawk Warrior
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
1992 · Hawk Warrior
WWE Rampage '92
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE World Tour 1992
1992 · Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '92
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage '92
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
WWE Invasion '92
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1991
1991 · Hawk
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '91
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
SWS WrestleFest
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWF The Main Event V
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
1991 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991 · Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1990
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
1990 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1989
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1989
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
1989 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1988
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of the Champions
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1987
1987 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
1987 · Road Warrior Hawk
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1987 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1986
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts III
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA WrestleRock 1986
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of The Belts II
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Super Clash
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA StarCage
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
PWUSA Star Wars
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts
1985 · Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Christmas Show 1984
1984 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Lords of The Ring
1984 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Night of Champions
1984 · Road Warrior Hawk
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
1983 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
1983 · Road Warrior Hawk
TV shows (17)
WWE This Is Awesome
2022 · Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
WWE Heat
1998 · Hawk
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
1995 · Road Warrior Hawk
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
1994 · Road Warrior Hawk
Raw
1993 · Road Warrior Hawk, The Legion Of Doom, Hawk
Clash of the Champions
1988 · Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWF Superstars
1986 · Wrestler (Hawk)
Power Pro Wrestling
1986 · Road Warrior Hawk
NWA World Championship Wrestling
1985 · Road Warrior
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985 · Hawk
WCW Arena Shows
1983 · Road Warrior Hawk
Mid-South Wrestling
1981 · Road Warrior Hawk
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
1981 · Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Old School
1973 · Hawk
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972 · Hawk Warrior