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Mike Awesome (Wrestling)

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Mike Awesome (Wrestling)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Michael Lee Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) was an American Professional Wrestler from Tampa, Florida known as Mike Awesome and, in FMW in Japan, The Gladiator. He started in 1989 in Florida and was a masked Jobber for WCW as The Pro. He jumped to FMW in 1991 and became a regular there. He made his ECW debut defeating Randy Starr at ECW Holiday Hell on December 26, 1993. He continued to compete in FMW, though he made a few more appearances in ECW in 1994, including his famous match with JT Smith at ECW The Night the Line Was Crossed, where Smith surprised everyone by pinning Awesome with a small package after Awesome had crushed Smith against the guardrail. He returned to ECW in 1998, resuming his big feud with Masato Tanaka to great acclaim. He surprised everyone by making his WCW debut on the April 10, 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro while he was still the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He stayed with WCW until it closed and, after WWE bought out WCW, he was brought in for the InVasion/Alliance angle, an experience he hated. He was released in September 2002 and would spend time in TNA, Pro Wrestling NOAH, MLW, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and some independents. His last in-ring appearance was his match with Tanaka at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005. He announced his retirement in 2006 and started a career in real estate. Sadly, he was found dead of suicide on February 12, 2007. (See Would Hit a Girl below.) Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a 1x ECW World Tag Team Champion with Raven, a 1x WWE Hardcore Champion, a 1x MLW World Heavyweight Champion, and a 2x FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Captain Ersatz
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Captain Ersatz: While in WCW he got an ersatz in Fire Pro Wrestling. It's possible it was inspired by something earlier but eventually it was confirmed as Mike Awesome.
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Arch-Enemy
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Arch-Enemy: Masato Tanaka, of course, also El Vampiro in WCW
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Acrofatic
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Acrofatic: He was 6'6" and almost 300lbs, but could fly just as well as most cruiserweights.
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Awesome McCool Name: Except for when he was the pro or the gladiator unless you happen to find those awesome too.
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'80s Hair
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'80s Hair: Why, yes, that is a mullet.
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Catchphrase: "Because I'm AWESOME!"
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Demoted to Extra
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Demoted to Extra: He only had one PPV match during his WWE run, which was he and Lance Storm losing to Edge and Christian at InVasion. He lost to Funaki on the September 7, 2002 Velocity. The guy who was such a jobber he lost to a nobody called Diamondback Funaki.
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B Show
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He lost to Funaki on the September 7, 2002 Velocity. The guy who was such a jobber he lost to a nobody called Diamondback Funaki.
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Canada, Eh?
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Canada, Eh?: Not really, but he did turn heel and join Lance Storm's Team Canada stable.
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Disco Dan
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Disco Dan: He was briefly repackaged as "That '70's Guy", wearing polyester suits, driving a Patridge Family bus and hosting "The Lava Lamp Lounge".
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