- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMichael Lee Alfonso
- Nicknames
- The Career Killer
- That '80s Guy
- The Gladiator
- That 70s Guy
- Fat Chick Thriller
- The Mullet Guy
- The Awesome One
- Mike Awesome
- Height6′ 4¼″ (1.94 m)
- Michael Lee Alfonso was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment under the ring name Mike Awesome and for his appearances in Japan with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling as The Gladiator.
Alfonso achieved the biggest success of his career in FMW as The Gladiator, where he became a three-time world champion, with two reigns as Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and one reign as Independent Heavyweight Champion. His second Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship reign from 1996-1997 was the longest reign in the title's history, lasting for 489 days. During this reign, he defeated W*ING Kanemura to unify the title with the Independent Heavyweight Championship at the 1996 Year End Spectacular. He would then tour with ECW, where he became a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He was a member of two separate stables Team Canada in both FMW and WCW.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseDelisa Bowers(May 11, 1991 - February 17, 2007) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesMichael Bollea(Cousin)
- Running Powerbomb
- Is the real life cousin of Horace Bollea, Hulk Hogan's nephew, yet there is no relation between Mike Awesome and Hulk Hogan
- Returned for one night only at the ECW One Night Stand PPV, to defeat Masato Tanaka.
- Former ECW World Champion.
- Member of the New Bloods.
- Cousin of Michael Bollea
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