Acting
Mike Hegstrand
EN cinema · 135 credits
Born
12 September 1957
Died
19 October 2003 (aged 46)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Road Warrior Hawk · Crusher Von Haig · Hawk · Hawk Warrior · The Legion Of Doom · 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.
Known for
Filmography
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
as Hawk
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
as Road Warrior Hawk
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
as Road Warrior Hawk
Legends Never Die
2006
Legends Never Die
as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Hawk
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
as Road Warrior Hawk
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW SuperBrawl VI
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Uncensored 1996
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1996
as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Battle Formation '96
as Hawk Warrior
WCW Slamboree 1995
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
as Hawk Warrior
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW World War 3 1995
as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
as Road Warrior Hawk
SMW Night of The Legends
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Grandslam
1993
NWA Grandslam
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1993
as Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
as Hawk Warrior
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
as Road Warrior Hawk
ECW November to Remember 1993
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW BattleBowl
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Bashed in the USA
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '92
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Invasion '92
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Rampage '92
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
WWE UK Rampage
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage '92
as Road Warrior Hawk
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '91
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VII
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWF The Main Event V
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
1991
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
1991
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
as Road Warrior Hawk
SWS WrestleFest
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1990
as Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1989
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
1989
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
as Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1989
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1988
as Road Warrior Hawk
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of the Champions
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
NWA Starrcade 1987
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
1987
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Hawk
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1986
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
1986
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA WrestleRock 1986
as Road Warrior Hawk
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of The Belts II
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts III
1986
NWA Battle of the Belts III
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
1985
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
as Road Warrior Hawk
PWUSA Star Wars
1985
PWUSA Star Wars
as Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
1985
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Super Clash
as Road Warrior Hawk
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
1985
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Hawk
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
1985
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA StarCage
1985
AWA StarCage
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
as Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
1985
Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985
as Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Christmas Show 1984
1984
AWA Christmas Show 1984
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Night of Champions
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Lords of The Ring
as Road Warrior Hawk
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
as Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
as Road Warrior Hawk