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Cody Michaels

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Cody Michaels USWA 1990

Birth name Mark Keenan
Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Residence Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Cody Michaels
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Billed weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Billed from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Trained by Dominic DeNucci
Debut 1986
Retired 1991

Mark Keenan, better known by his ring name Cody Michaels Jr., is an American former professional wrestler. After suffering a serious neck injury, Michaels retired and has worked behind the scenes as a booker and promoter.




Contents






  • 1 Professional wrestling career


  • 2 Subsequent career


  • 3 Championships


  • 4 Filmography


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Professional wrestling career




Michaels and Dick Flanagan (1987)


Keenan played college football prior to becoming a professional wrestler. He was trained by Dominic DeNucci in Pittsburgh, alongside friends Mick Foley, Brian Hildebrand, and former college teammate Shane Douglas.


Beginning in 1986, Michaels wrestled for United States Wrestling Association (USWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and American Wrestling Association (AWA). During his in-ring career, his tag team partners included Jeff Jarrett,[1] Douglas, Foley, Jerry Lynn, Bill Dundee, and DeNucci himself. Michaels' opponents included Steve Austin, Eddie Gilbert, Foley, The Iron Sheik, The Fabulous Ones, and Douglas. Michaels previously was part of a tag team known as The Heartbreakers, with Dick Flanagan, in the late 1980s that was managed by "Captain" Lou Albano for a time.


In March 1991 Michaels was seriously injured in a match against John Tatum at the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. He sustained a broken neck which eventually led to the end of his in-ring career.



Subsequent career




Michaels (left) and Brian Hildebrand


Michaels developed and promoted a benefit in 1999,[2]Curtis Comes Home, for friend Brian Hildebrand, aka Mark Curtis (WCW referee), who was battling end stage stomach cancer at the time. It brought together the major wrestling companies in support for Hildebrand. He would also make a one-night return to the ring that night against Hugh Morrus.


Michaels continued his involvement in professional wrestling as an associate producer, booker, writer, and creative team member in Wrestling Society X (WSX), Viacom/MTV's short-lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006, and airing in 2006-2007, by Big Vision Entertainment for MTV. He was a producer of the Ultimate Cage Fighting Championships (UCFC) MMA live event, Rumble on the Rivers in June 2009 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That event was the first ever MMA live event in Pittsburgh since the state approved MMA in Pennsylvania.[3] He has also worked as a producer for various Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) productions including the "Cold Day in Hell" national DVD release and is listed on the advisory board for Masked Republic, which is the first integrated live event, merchandising and media organization in the United States specializing in the emerging growth market of lucha libre.


Michaels has also worked as a producer/agent for the Urban Wrestling Federation live events and national pay-per-view releases in 2011. He continues to write and develop content for various entertainment production companies in the United States. He is one of the original owners/producers/bookers (along with Shane Douglas, Kevin Kleinrock, Steve O'Neill, and Mike O'Neill) of Extreme Rising. The promotion initially focused on an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) reunion show in Philadelphia, which was a sold out event, drawing over 2,000 fans at the Philadelphia National Guard Armory, and continued to run live events in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh through 2012-2013. Michaels can be seen in the 2013 documentary Barbed Wire City, which is a DVD released documentary about the history of ECW, some of the wrestlers, and its fan base through the years.


It was announced on Sunday, February 25, 2018 that Michaels, Brian Hildebrand and Angie Minelli made up the Class of 2018 Keystone State Wrestling Alliance (KSWA) Hall of Fame. The ceremony is to take place on Saturday, March 24, 2018 in Pittsburgh.[4]



Championships




Michaels (right) and Terry Funk




  • American States Wrestling Association
    • ASWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]



  • Steel City Wrestling

    • SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]



  • United States Wrestling Association

    • USWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jeff Jarrett[5]




Filmography

















Film
Year
 Film
 Role
 Notes
2013
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
 Troy


See also



  • Curtis Comes Home


References





  1. ^ http://wrestling.johnny-o.net/bios/?id=1210&sortby=2 Johnny O


  2. ^ "Office Politics: Igoe remembers Curt Hennig". mr-perfect.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Keeley, Laura (June 25, 2009). "Mixed Martial Arts: Sport makes Pittsburgh debut". Post-Gazette.com. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 8, 2017.


  4. ^ http://www.kswadigest.com/2018/02/hildebrand-michaels-and-minelli-make-up.html


  5. ^ abc Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.




External links



  • Cody Michaels on IMDb



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