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.
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
(Road Warrior Hawk)
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Grandslam
(Road Warrior Hawk)
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleFest '91
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleFest '92
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWF SuperTape '92
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Invasion '92
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Rampage '92
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleMania VII
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleMania 13
(Hawk)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
(Hawk)
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
(Hawk)
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SummerSlam 1991
(Hawk)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
(Hawk)
WWE King of the Ring 1997
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SummerSlam 1997
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
(Hawk)
WWE Survivor Series 1997
(Hawk)
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Starrcade 1993
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Slamboree 1995
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW SuperBrawl VI
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Uncensored 1996
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Slamboree 1996
(Road Warrior Hawk)
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
(Hawk)
AWA Christmas Show 1984
(Road Warrior Hawk)
PWUSA Star Wars
(Road Warrior Hawk)
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
(Road Warrior Hawk)
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
(Road Warrior Hawk)
AWA Super Clash
(Road Warrior Hawk)
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
(Road Warrior Hawk)
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
(Hawk)
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
(Hawk)
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
(Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance))
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
NWA Battle of the Belts
(Road Warrior Hawk)
SMW Night of The Legends
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
(Hawk)
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
(Hawk)
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
(Hawk)
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
(Hawk)
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
(Hawk)
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
(Hawk)
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
(Hawk)
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
(Hawk)
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
(Hawk)
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
(Road Warrior Hawk)
AWA StarCage
(Road Warrior Hawk)
Legends Never Die
(Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage))
Battlarts Battle Fiction
(Hawk Warrior)
AWA: WrestleRock '86
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
(Hawk Warrior)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
(Hawk Warrior)
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
(Hawk Warrior)
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of the Champions
(Road Warrior Hawk)
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
(Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside))
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
(Road Warrior Hawk)
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
(Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside))
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
(Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance))
NWA Night of Champions
(Road Warrior Hawk)
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NJPW Battle Formation '96
(Hawk Warrior)
NWA Lords of The Ring
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
(Road Warrior Hawk)
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Battle of the Belts III
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NWA Battle of The Belts II
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleMania XIV
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE The Main Event V
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW World War 3 1995
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Survivor Series 1991
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
(Road Warrior Hawk (Interview))
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1992
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Battle Bowl
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich
(Road Warrior Hawk)
ECW November to Remember 1993
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
(Hawk)
WWE One Night Only
(Hawk)
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
(Road Warrior Hawk)
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
(Hawk Warrior)
Saturday Night's Main Event
WWF Superstars Of Wrestling
Dark Side of the Ring
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE This Is Awesome
(Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage))
WWE Raw
(Road Warrior Hawk)
WWE Raw
(The Legion Of Doom)
WWE Raw
(Hawk)
WWE Heat
(Hawk)