![]() Neither man knew at the time that they would make wrestling history that day. ![]() Needing a quick replacement, Ole Anderson gave Hegstrand a call, and he accepted the booking to team with Laurinaitis. Later in 1983, fate struck again when Laurinaitis's partner for the night found himself in legal trouble. Soon growing weary of the road and becoming homesick. He was billed as "Crusher Von Haig" and wrestled in Vancouver. Hegstrand started his career as part of the Traveling All-Stars. Professional wrestling career Early career (1983–1986) Sharkey thought that Hegstrand, along with Joe Laurinaitis, Rick Rood and Barry Darsow could make it big in professional wrestling. It was while working as a bouncer at Gramma B's in the Twin Cities that he caught the eye of Eddie Sharkey, a well-known wrestling trainer. After high school, he had various odd jobs to make ends meet such as a butcher. While living in Minneapolis, Hegstrand attended Patrick Henry High School where he graduated in 1976. He headlined the inaugural 1993 edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling's premier annual event, November to Remember. 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 was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors (or the "Legion of Doom"), with Road Warrior Animal. Michael James Hegstrand (Janu– October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler.
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