Mike Lockwood

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Michael Lockwood
An image of Michael Lockwood.
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Ring name(s) Johnny Pearson[1]
Erin O'Grady[1]
The Green Ghost[1]
Crash Holly[1]
Crash
Mad Mikey[1]
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight 212 lb (96 kg)[1]
Born August 25, 1971(1971-08-25)[1]
San Francisco, California[1][2]
Died November 6, 2003 (aged 32)[1]
Navarre, Florida[2]
Billed from Salisbury, North Carolina
Trained by Jerry Monti[1]
Michael Modest[1]
Ric Thompson[1]
Mae Young[3]
Pepper Gomez[3]
Woody Farmer[3]
Debut 1988[1]

Michael John Lockwood[1][2] (August 25, 1971 - November 6, 2003)[1][2] was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) as Crash Holly, the storyline cousin of Molly Holly and Hardcore Holly.[1]

In WWF/E, he was a 1 time European Champion,[4] a 1 time Light Heavyweight Champion,[5] a 22 time Hardcore Champion[6] and a 1 time Tag Team Champion with Hardcore Holly as part of the popular tag team The Holly Cousins.[7]

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[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Early career

Raised in Pacifica, California, Lockwood graduated from Terra Nova High School in 1988.[2] Lockwood made his wrestling debut in 1988, as "Johnny Pearson" in Bay Area Wrestling, where he competed until 1994.[1] He competed on the independent circuit as "Irish Erin O'Grady", and in 1996, Lockwood moved to All Pro Wrestling (APW), where he became "The Leprechaun".[1] Lockwood became known especially for his matches with Vic Grimes.[1]

After viewing a tape of a match between O'Grady and Michael Modest, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) employee Taz contacted Lockwood about joining ECW, and Lockwood had a brief stint there.[1] Prior to entering the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he competed in Monterrey under a mask, using the alias The Green Ghost.[1] He wrestled Vic Grimes in a try-out match for the WWF, and both were signed to contracts.[1] They were sent to Power Pro Wrestling, WWF's farm territory to train, and there they won the PPW Tag Team Championship together.[8] Lockwood also won the PPW Young Guns Championship.[9]

[edit] World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1999-2003)

[edit] Holly Cousins (1999-2001)

Main article: Holly Cousins

Lockwood signed a contract with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999 and debuted as Crash Holly, the on-screen cousin of Bob 'Hardcore' Holly, whom he slightly resembled. He made his first appearance on WWF television on August 16, 1999 edition of Raw is Waw. The relationship between the cousins was strained, with the grizzled Hardcore frequently threatening Holly.[10] He was often seen bringing a weighing scale when he took on the gimmick of claiming himself to be well over 400 lbs along with Hardcore so that he would be considered a heavyweight. Hardcore and Holly began calling themselves The Holly Cousins.[11] Crash made his pay-per-view (PPV) debut at SummerSlam 1999, where he participated in a Turmoil won by the Acolytes Protection Agency, Faarooq and Bradshaw.[12] At No Mercy 1999, they defeated the New Age Outlaws (Mr. Ass and Road Dogg) by disqualification.[13] The next night on Raw is War, they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection (Rock and Mankind) for the WWF Tag Team Championship.[7][14] They held the titles until November 4 edition of SmackDown! where they dropped the titles to Mankind and his new partner Al Snow.[15]

Crash Holly's 400lb. gimmick
Crash Holly's 400lb. gimmick

In February 2000, Holly joined the hardcore division and went on to win the WWF/E Hardcore Championship 22 times, with his first title win coming on the February 24, 2000 edition of SmackDown! when he defeated Test for the title.[6][16] Holly decreed that he must defend the championship twenty four hours a day, seven days a week ("24/7").[17] This meant that the title was permanently contested, not just in the course of sanctioned matches, and could thus change hands anywhere as long as a referee was present to administer the three count.[17] Holly was frequently attacked by other wrestlers while in unlikely locations, including an airport, a funhouse, a circus, and even in his hotel room.[1] While Holly was often pinned, he normally immediately regained the title from his opponent.[6] His most common tactic was to steal a win in one of his or someone's else's Hardcore Title match and quickly running away to the back and from other contenders.[6] This earned him the nickname of the "Houdini of Hardcore".[18] During his time in hardcore division, he feuded with wrestlers such as Al Snow, Viscera, Hardcore Holly, Albert, Test, British Bulldog, Pete Gas, Steve Blackman, Perry Saturn, Christian, Matt Hardy, Funaki, Jeff Hardy, Bradshaw, Rodney, Joey Abs, Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson.[6]

In late 2000, Holly's onscreen cousin Molly Holly was introduced and as a result, Holly turned babyface. At Rebellion 2000, Holly went on to defeat William Regal to win the WWF European Championship.[4][19] However, he dropped the title back to Regal only two days later.[20] In 2001, the Holly Cousins began a feud with The Dudley Boyz. In the course of this feud, Molly began a relationship with Spike Dudley, leading to internal disputes within each family, as well as a Romeo and Juliet-style feud between the six of them. The Dudley Boys infamously powerbombed Molly through a table with Spike on it.[1] On March 18, 2001 edition of Heat, Crash defeated Dean Malenko to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship.[5][21] He went on to hold the title for over a month before dropping it to the debuting Jerry Lynn on the April 29 edition of Heat.[22] In May 2001, Hardcore and Crash briefly reunited but wrestled lower-card tag teams.[11]

[edit] SmackDown! (2002-2003)

When the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (putting 'E' to replace 'F') and then divided into two "brands", Holly was initially drafted to the Raw roster, where he had little success.[23] He later jumped ship to SmackDown! in the midst of a match with Jeff Hardy on the September 2, 2002 edition of Raw, shortly after Eric Bischoff, having been informed that a Raw wrestler would leave Raw to reunite with a relative on SmackDown! that night, ordered a beatdown on Hardy (who he thought was leaving Raw to be with his brother Matt Hardy).[24] In the weeks following Holly's jump to SmackDown!, Hardcore Holly suffered a serious injury during a match with Brock Lesnar which some attribute to the fact that Hardcore was "sandbagging" Brock's moves. Hardcore took over a year to recover. The "Holly reunion" storyline was quickly scrapped.

His first SmackDown! match took place on September 5 edition of SmackDown! where he defeated The Hurricane.[25] He started a feud with Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble over the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.[1] On October 3 edition of SmackDown!, Noble defeated Holly to retain the title.[26] On December 19 edition of SmackDown!, Crash teamed up with Bill DeMott to take on Noble and Nunzio.[27] Crash and DeMott won the match but after the match, DeMott turned on Crash and attacked him.[27] This lead to a match on the following week where Crash was defeated.[28]

Lockwood as Mad Mikey in TNA
Lockwood as Mad Mikey in TNA

He was sidelined for four months before returning on April 24, 2003 edition of SmackDown!.[29] After he returned, he joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore as part of the "Mattitude Followers" stable (as Moore's supposed apprentice, Crash was also referred to by Hardy as Crash Holly a "Moore-on")[29] but failed to recreate his earlier success, and was released by WWE on June 30, 2003.[1] He then opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in North Carolina.[30]

[edit] After WWE

Lockwood signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in July 2003 and made his TNA debut on July 23, 2003 as Mad Mikey.[31] Elix Skipper offered an Open Challenge to any wrestler which Mikey accepted but lost in his TNA debut.[31] In late 2003, Mikey and Rory Fox defeated Quiten Lee and Human Time Bomb, which would be his last professional wrestling match before his death.[1] He also joined some of his friends at Pro Wrestling Iron, an offshoot of APW, in Hayward, California.[1]

[edit] Death

Lockwood died on November 6, 2003, at the age of 32. He is survived by his brother John, his wife, Christeena, and his daughter Patricia.[32][17] Lockwood died at the home of his friend wrestler Stevie Richards. He was found partially clothed with a pool of vomit around his face. Empty prescription medication bottles and a partly-consumed bottle of alcohol were found nearby, and he had recently received divorce papers from his wife.[33] In August 2005, Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) released an autobiographical DVD entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' the Shi Crap", and a portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to Mike Lockwood's daughter's education fund.[34] At ECW One Night Stand in 2005, Lockwood was one of the wrestlers who has honored in the video package of deceased former ECW wrestlers.[35]

[edit] In wrestling

  • Theme music

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Holly Cousins holding the WWF Tag Team Championship
Holly Cousins holding the WWF Tag Team Championship
  • Power Pro Wrestling
    • PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Vic Grimes[8]
    • PPW Young Guns Championship (1 time)[9]
  • Supreme Pro Wrestling
    • SPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hook Bomberry[1]

[edit] See also

Professional wrestling
Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Crash Holly Profile. Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e Obituary - Crash Holly. Gerweck.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  3. ^ a b c Crash Holly. Gerwech.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  4. ^ a b c History Of The European Championship - Crash Holly. WWE (2000-12-02). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c History Of the Light heavyweight Championship - Crash Holly. WWE (2001-03-15). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  6. ^ a b c d e f History Of The Hardcore Championship. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  7. ^ a b c History Of The World Tag Team Championship - Crash & Hardcore Holly. WWE (1999-10-18). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  8. ^ a b Westcott, Brian (1999-03-20). MPPW TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  9. ^ a b Westcott, Brian (1998-11-07). PPW YOUNG GUNS TITLE HISTORY. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  10. ^ Zimmerman, Christopher Robin (1999-08-16). WWF Raw: August 16, 1999. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “Crash pats his cousin's face - Hardcore spins him around. "Oh, I can finish everything I start!"”
  11. ^ a b Holly Cousins Profile. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  12. ^ SummerSlam 1999 official results. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “Tag Team Turmoil Match: The Acolytes def. Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boyz, Mideon & Viscera, Droz & Albert and The Hollys”
  13. ^ No Mercy 1999 official results. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “Crash & Hardcore Holly def. The New Age Outlaws by DQ”
  14. ^ Zimmerman, Christopher Robin (1999-10-18). Raw is War: October 18, 1999. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “ROCK & SOCK CONNECTION v. HOLLYS (with Scale Holly) for the tag team championship. Crash has Hebner's eye, Rock has H's Pedigree. Mankind sees all of this but his expression doesn't change. Hardcore covers - 1, 2, 3. Ladies and gentlemen, we have new tag team champions”
  15. ^ Zimmerman, Christopher Robin (1999-11-04). WWF Smackdown: November 04, 1999. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “AL SNOW & MANKIND v. HOLLYS (with Scale Holly) for the tag team titles. Double underhook DDT on Crash by Mankind - cover - 1, 2, 3!! Ladies and gentlemen, we have new tag team champions”
  16. ^ Zimmerman, Christopher Robin (2000-02-24). WWF Smackdown: February 24, 2000. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-05-23. “TEST v. CRASH HOLLY (with Scale Holly) for the Hardcore Championship. Here comes Hardcore - and HE'S got a chair as well. Hardcore takes a swing - was it meant for his cousin? Crash ducks and Test takes it flush. Crush scoots through and covers - 1, 2, 3! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new Hardcore Champion”
  17. ^ a b c Crash Holly. Accelerator. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  18. ^ a b Mike “Crash Holly” Lockwood Memorial Raw Deal Tournament. Perpetual. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  19. ^ Rebellion 2000. PWWEW.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “William Regal (WWF European Champion) vs Crash Holly with Molly Holly. Molly climbs to the top rope and hits a nice missile dropkick on Regal, Crash covers and gets the fall”
  20. ^ Zimmerman, Christopher Robin (2000-12-04). Raw is War: December 04, 2000. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “WWF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: WILLIAM REGAL v. CRASH (with Molly Holly). Regal counters the headscissors by dropping him on his face. STF ...and Crash taps. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new European champion”
  21. ^ Sunday Night Heat--March 18, 2001. PWWEW.net (2001-03-18). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “The first match on HEAT was a Light Heavyweight Championship match, as Dean Malenko defended his title against Crash Holly, who was led to the ring by his cousin Molly. Crash snuck into the ring with the Light Heavyweight Championship, distracting the referee, and allowing Molly to hit Dean with a somersault splash from the top rope! Crash then rolled up Malenko to become new Light Heavyweight Champion”
  22. ^ Sunday Night Heat--April 29, 2001. PWWEW.net (2001-04-29). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “Jerry Lynn made his WWF debut by winning the Light Heavyweight Title from Crash”
  23. ^ WWF Draft 2002. PWWEW.net (2002-03-25). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  24. ^ RAW results - September 2, 2002. Online World Of Wrestling (2002-09-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “Jeff Hardy & Crash Holly come out for their match, but Bischoff interrupts him. Crash takes the microphone and tells Bischoff that HE is the one who is jumping to Smackdown!”
  25. ^ SmackDown! results - September 5, 2002. Online World of Wrestling (2002-09-05). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “MATCH: Crash Holly vs The Hurricane. Crash pulls out the surprise victory!”
  26. ^ SmackDown! results - October 3, 2002. Online World Of Wrestling (2002-10-03). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE: Jamie Noble w/Nidia vs Crash Holly. Noble wins the match to retain the cruiserweight title”
  27. ^ a b SmackDown! results - December 19, 2002. Online World Of Wrestling (2002-12-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “TAG MATCH: Jamie Noble & Nunzio vs Crash Holly & Bill DeMott. Bill DeMott wrestles the entire match for his team, destroying Noble & Nunzio. Bill destroys his own partner, Crash, after the match”
  28. ^ SmackDown! results - December 26, 2002. Online World Of Wrestling (2002-12-26). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “MATCH: Bill DeMott vs Crash. DeMott destroys Crash”
  29. ^ a b SmackDown! results - April 24, 2003. Online World Of Wrestling (2003-04-24). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “MATCH: Crash Holly vs Rey Mysterio. Matt Hardy comes out and introduces the newest Mattitude follower, CRASH!!! Rey Mysterio comes back and pins Crash after a 619 and a leg drop from the top rope”
  30. ^ Clevett, Jason. Crash Holly found dead at 34. Slam! Sports. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  31. ^ a b NWA:TNA PPV results - July 23, 2003. Online World of Wrestling (2003-07-23). Retrieved on 2008-05-24. “OPEN ChallengE: Elix Skipper defeated Mad Mikey. Elix Skipper issued an open challenge which was accepted by Crash Holly, who will be known as Mad Mikey”
  32. ^ Michael Lockwood/Crash Holly. CauliflowerAlleyClub. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  33. ^ Crash's death report. Wrestling-news.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  34. ^ Mike Roe (August 14, 2005). DVD review: Shootin' the Shi Crap with Nora Greenwald (aka Molly Holly). Retrieved on May 12, 2007.
  35. ^ WWE PPV WRESTLING RESULTS - ECW ONE NIGHT STAND. Online World Of Wrestling (2005-06-12). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  36. ^ WWF/E Wrestling Theme Count and Title Names. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  37. ^ Oliver, Earl (1997-03-22). APW - JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  38. ^ González, Manuel O.; Palma, Richard (2001-07-21). [http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/jhtiwap.html IWA JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT/ WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY]. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  39. ^ Westcott, Brian (2003-07-13). MEWF CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

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