Michael James Hegstrand (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name, Road Warrior Hawk. He is probably best known for wrestling as one half of the tag team, Road Warriors in WCW and The Legion of Doom in WWF. On April 2, 2011, He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Dusty Rhodes as part of The Road Warriors along with their manager, Paul Ellering.

Championships

Hegstrand held many championships during his professional wrestling career:

Road Warrior Hawk

All Japan Pro Wrestling

NWA International Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Road Warrior Hawk

American Wrestling Association

AWA World Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Road Warrior Hawk

Catch Wrestling Association

CWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)

Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling

World Japan Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Georgia Championship Wrestling

NWA National Tag Team Championship (four times) (with Road Warrior Animal)

i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling

i-Generation Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Independent Pro Wrestling

IPW Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling

NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (three times) with Road Warrior Animal and Dusty Rhodes (two) and Road Warrior Animal and Genichiro Tenryu (one) NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal) Iron Team Tournament in 1989 (with Road Warrior Animal) Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup in 1986 (with Road Warrior Animal)

Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation

MEWF Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Ultimate Comet)

New Japan Pro Wrestling

IWGP Tag Team Championship (two time) (with Power Warrior)

Professional Championship Wrestling (Texas) PWC Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Road Warrior Animal)

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

(Class of 2011) (As a member of the Road Warriors)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI Tag Team of the Year (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988) (with Road Warrior Animal) PWI Feud of the Year in 1987 (with Road Warrior Animal and The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) vs. The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and Lex Luger)) PWI ranked him #1 out of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Road Warrior Animal as The Road Warriors in 2003. PWI ranked him #47 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.

World Wrestling Federation

WWF Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Road Warrior Animal) WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2011) Wrestlemania XIV 15 tag team battle royal winner (with Road Warrior Animal)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Rookies of the Year award in 1983 (with Road Warrior Animal) Tag Team of the Year in 1984 (with Road Warrior Animal) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

Other titles

MTW Tag Team Championship (one time) – with Bobo Brazil, Jr.

References

Other websites

The Road Warriors Hall of Fame page on WWE.com

1957 births

2003 deaths

American professional wrestlers

Deaths from myocardial infarction

Former WWE wrestlers

Sportspeople from Minneapolis

WWE Hall of Fame