Biography
Michael Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors and The Legion of Doom in WWF, 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 ECW’s premier annual event, November to Remember.
Championships & Accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
NWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Tag Team Award (2020)
International Wrestling Superstars
IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Tag Team Championship
Catch Wrestling Association
CWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling
World Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA National Tag Team Championship (4 times)
i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling
i-Generation Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Independent Pro Wrestling
IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)
Iron Team Tournament (1989)
Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup (1986)
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance
MAWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
MEWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Midwest Territorial Wrestling
MTW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
NWA Legends Hall of Heroes (2016)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Professional Championship Wrestling (Texas)
PWC Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
(Class of 2011) (As a member of The Road Warriors)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Tag Team of the Year (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988) with Road Warrior Animal
Feud of the Year (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)
Ranked No. 25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
Ranked No. 1 of the 100 best tag teams of the “PWI Years” with Road Warrior Animal as The Road Warriors in 2003
Ranked No. 47 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the “PWI Years” in 2003
Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2015
Super World of Sports
One Night Tag Team Tournament (1990)
Tokyo Sports
Best Foreigner Award (1985)
World Wrestling Federation/WWE
WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2011) as a member of The Road Warriors
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Rookies of the Year award (1983) with Road Warrior Animal
Tag Team of the Year (1984) with Road Warrior Animal
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
Licensing
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