Mike Hegstrand
Acting • Born 1957-09-12 – Died 2003-10-19
Biography
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.
Filmography
155 credits
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Grandslam
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '91
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleFest '92
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Invasion '92
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Rampage '92
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Movie • 1991
Hawk
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Movie • 1991
Hawk
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Movie • 2013
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1986
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1987
Movie • 1987
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Movie • 1987
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Starrcade 1988
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Movie • 1997
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Movie • 1997
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Movie • 1997
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Starrcade 1993
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1995
Movie • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Movie • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Movie • 1996
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Uncensored 1996
Movie • 1996
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Slamboree 1996
Movie • 1996
Road Warrior Hawk
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Movie • 1997
Hawk
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Movie • 1984
Road Warrior Hawk
PWUSA Star Wars
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Movie • 1983
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Super Clash
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Movie • 2014
Hawk
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Movie • 2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Movie • 2012
Hawk
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie • 2005
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
Movie • 2016
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Movie • 2005
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
Movie • 2011
NWA Battle of the Belts
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
SMW Night of The Legends
Movie • 1994
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Movie • 2014
Hawk
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Movie • 2013
Hawk
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Movie • 2013
Hawk
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Movie • 2014
Hawk
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Movie • 2009
Hawk
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Movie • 2006
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Movie • 2012
Hawk
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Movie • 2004
Hawk
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Movie • 2011
Hawk
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Movie • 2014
Hawk
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Movie • 1987
Road Warrior Hawk
AWA StarCage
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
Legends Never Die
Movie • 2006
Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Movie • 1998
Hawk Warrior
AWA WrestleRock 1986
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Movie • 1995
Hawk Warrior
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Movie • 1993
Hawk Warrior
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Movie • 1992
Hawk Warrior
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Movie • 1983
Road Warrior Hawk
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of the Champions
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Movie • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
Movie • 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1990
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW WrestleWar 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Night of Champions
Movie • 1984
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Movie • 1990
Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Lords of The Ring
Movie • 1984
Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Battle Formation '96
Movie • 1996
Hawk Warrior
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1987
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of The Belts II
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA Battle of the Belts III
Movie • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE The Main Event V
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Movie • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW World War 3 1995
Movie • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
ECW November to Remember 1993
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
WCW BattleBowl
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE UK Rampage '92
Movie • 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Hawk
WWE One Night Only
Movie • 1997
Hawk
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
Movie • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Movie • 1993
Hawk Warrior
SWS WrestleFest
Movie • 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA WrestleWar 1989
Movie • 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE Bashed in the USA
Movie • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE World Tour 1992
Movie • 1992
Hawk
WWF Superstars
TV • 1986
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
TV • 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
Raw
TV • 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
Raw
TV • 1993
The Legion Of Doom
Raw
TV • 1993
Hawk
WWE Heat
TV • 1998
Hawk
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Hawk
Power Pro Wrestling
TV • 1986
Road Warrior Hawk
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
Road Warrior Hawk
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
Hawk
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV • 1981
Road Warrior Hawk
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
TV • 1994
Road Warrior Hawk
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV • 1985
Road Warrior
WCW Arena Shows
TV • 1983
Road Warrior Hawk
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)