Road Warrior Hawk

Road Warrior Hawk
A man in face-paint wearing spiked shoulder pads looks off into the distance
Hawk in 1997
Birth nameMichael James Hegstrand[1]
Born(1957-01-26)January 26, 1957[2]
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedOctober 19, 2003(2003-10-19) (aged 46)
Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart attack
Spouse(s)
Judy Pendzimas
(m. 1986; div. 1991)
Dale Watts
(m. 1998)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Crusher Von Haig
Hawk
Hawk Warrior
Road Warrior Hawk
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[3]
Billed weight275 lb (125 kg)[3]
Billed fromChicago, Illinois
Trained byEddie Sharkey[3]
Debut1983[3]

Michael James Hegstrand (January 26, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors (or the "Legion of Doom"), with Road Warrior Animal. Outside of 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 inaugural 1993 edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling's premier annual event, November to Remember.[4]

  1. ^ Oliver, Greg. "Road Warrior Hawk dead at 45". canoe.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "WWE Royal Rumble weekend, NXT Takeover, WWE in Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore, Richmond (reports needed), next ROH, Impact Wrestling, and Evolve dates, Sasha Banks, Road Warrior Hawk, Volador Jr.,Taylor Wilde, The Stro". January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Road Warrior Hawk profile". Cagematch. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Road Warrior Hawk: Profile & Match Listing". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 1, 2015.