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
Credits
- 2022 · WWE This Is Awesome as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
- 2019 · Dark Side of the Ring as
- 2016 · WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased as
- 2014 · WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 as Hawk
- 2014 · WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash as Hawk
- 2014 · WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 as Hawk
- 2014 · WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 as Hawk
- 2013 · WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches as Road Warrior Hawk
- 2013 · WWE: The Best Of In Your House as Hawk
- 2013 · The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 as Hawk
- 2012 · The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions as Hawk
- 2012 · WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches as
- 2012 · WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection as Hawk
- 2011 · The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 as Hawk
- 2011 · WWE Hall of Fame 2011 as
- 2009 · Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain as Hawk
- 2006 · TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments as Road Warrior Hawk
- 2006 · Legends Never Die as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
- 2005 · Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History as Road Warrior Hawk
- 2005 · WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History as Road Warrior Hawk
- 2004 · The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro as Hawk
- 1998 · Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · Battlarts Battle Fiction as Hawk Warrior
- 1998 · WWE Judgment Day: In Your House as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE Heat as Hawk
- 1998 · WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE Over the Edge: In Your House as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE Unforgiven: In Your House as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE Mayhem in Manchester as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE WrestleMania XIV as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1998 · WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
- 1998 · WWE Royal Rumble 1998 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1997 · WWE D-Generation X: In Your House as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE Survivor Series 1997 as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE Badd Blood: In Your House as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE One Night Only as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE Ground Zero: In Your House as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE SummerSlam 1997 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1997 · WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1997 · WWE King of the Ring 1997 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1997 · WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker as Hawk
- 1997 · WWE WrestleMania 13 as Hawk
- 1996 · WCW Slamboree 1996 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1996 · NJPW Battle Formation '96 as Hawk Warrior
- 1996 · WCW Uncensored 1996 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1996 · WCW SuperBrawl VI as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · WCW World War 3 1995 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · WCW Slamboree 1995 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 as Hawk Warrior
- 1995 · NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1995 · AWF Warriors of Wrestling as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1994 · SMW Night of The Legends as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · WCW Starrcade 1993 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · WCW Battle Bowl as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · ECW November to Remember 1993 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXV as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993 as Hawk Warrior
- 1993 · NWA Grandslam as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11 as Hawk Warrior
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1993 · WWE Raw as The Legion Of Doom
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Hawk
- 1992 · NJPW Battle Zone Space II as Hawk Warrior
- 1992 · WWE Rampage '92 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE SummerSlam 1992 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE WrestleFest '92 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE U.K. Rampage 1992 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE WrestleMania VIII as Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
- 1992 · WWE Invasion '92 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWF SuperTape '92 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1992 · WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series 1991 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam 1991 as Hawk
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE WrestleFest '91 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE SuperTape vol. 4 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE WrestleMania VII as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE The Main Event V as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE SuperTape vol. 3 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1991 · WWE Royal Rumble 1991 as Hawk
- 1990 · WWE Survivor Series 1990 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1990 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam 1990 as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
- 1990 · WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1990 · NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1990 · WCW Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Halloween Havoc '89 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · NWA Live: March 18, 1989 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · NWA Chi-Town Rumble as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1989 · WCW Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1988 · NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1988 · WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
- 1988 · NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1988 · The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1988 · WCW Clash of the Champions as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1988 · NWA Bunkhouse Stampede as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1987 · NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat! as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1987 · NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1987 · The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1987 · NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · WWF Superstars Of Wrestling as
- 1986 · NWA Battle of the Belts III as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · AWA: WrestleRock '86 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA Battle of The Belts II as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1986 · NWA Superstars on The SuperStation as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · AWA/NWA Night of Champions II as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · AWA Super Clash as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · AWA Wrestling For a Cure as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · NWA The Great American Bash 1985 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · Saturday Night's Main Event as
- 1985 · AWA StarCage as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · PWUSA Star Wars as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1985 · NWA Battle of the Belts as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1984 · AWA Christmas Show 1984 as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1983 · NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta as Road Warrior Hawk
- Future · Best Of Raw • Volume Four as Hawk
- 1984 · NWA Lords of The Ring as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1984 · NWA Night of Champions as Road Warrior Hawk
- 1983 · GCW at The Omni (December '83) as Road Warrior Hawk