Mike Hegstrand
Born
September 12, 1957
Died
October 19, 2003 (46 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael James Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (WCW) or The Legion of Doom (WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. ) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (The Legion of Doom in WWE), with Road Warrior Animal. Outside 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 1993 edition of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances after they left WWE as Hegstrand struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and generally did not appear at many wrestling shows during this time. In 2001 Hegstrand was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that stopped him from wrestling for a short while. He was able to overcome its effects and returned to a regular working schedule later on.
On June 22, 2002 International Wrestling Superstars, Road Warriors Animal & Hawk defeated The Headshrinkers for the World Tag-Team Championship. That victory also led to Team USA winning the Animal and Hawk made a surprise appearance on Raw on May 12, 2003 when they took on Kane and Rob Van Dam for the World Tag Team Championship. Although Hawk and Animal came up short in their attempt to become three-time champions, it was clear that Hawk had defeated the demons that had once kept him from competing, and The Road Warriors had hopes of returning to WWE.
Later in 2003, Hawk made an appearance with the All World Wrestling League, a take-off of the 'original' Big Time Wrestling that was owned by The Original Sheik who died earlier that year; it was run by the sons of The Sheik, Eddie and Tom Farhat. They decided to book Hawk for an event in Holt, Michigan; that event was the second to last time Hawk wrestled. Two weeks before he died he wrestled his final match with Ted DiBiase in Oshawa, Ontario against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Marcus "Buff" Bagwell.
Death and legacy
Hegstrand died on October 19, 2003 in the early morning in his home in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. He was 46 years old. His friends said that he and his wife Dale had recently bought a condominium near their current home and were packing their boxes the night before. Hegstrand said that he felt tired and went to take a nap. When his wife checked on him at about 1 a.m., he had died of a sudden heart attack. At the time of his death, Hawk and Animal were working on a book about their careers.
Animal returned to WWE in mid-2005 and decided to dedicate his entire run to Hegstrand, including his tag team title victory with Heidenreich at The Great American Bash.
On the March 28, 2011 episode of Raw, it was announced that the Road Warriors would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2011. On April 2, 2011, the night before WrestleMania XXVII they, along with Paul Ellering were inducted into the Hall Of Fame by Dusty Rhodes.
Road Warrior Hawk was included, along with his tag team partner, Road Warrior Animal, in the Attitude Era, in the game WWE '13.
WWE This Is Awesome
Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Dark Side of the Ring
(1 episode)
2019
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Hawk
2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
Hawk
2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
Hawk
2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Hawk
2014
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
Road Warrior Hawk
2013
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Hawk
2013
The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2
Hawk
2013
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
Hawk
2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
Hawk
2012
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
Hawk
2011
WWE Hall of Fame 2011
2011
Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain
Hawk
2009
TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments
Road Warrior Hawk
2006
Legends Never Die
Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
2006
WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Road Warrior Hawk
2005
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
Road Warrior Hawk
2005
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Hawk
2004
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
Battlarts Battle Fiction
Hawk Warrior
1998
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE Heat
Hawk · (1 episode)
1998
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
1998
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Road Warrior Hawk
1998
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Hawk
1997
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Hawk
1997
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Hawk
1997
WWE One Night Only
Hawk
1997
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Hawk
1997
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Road Warrior Hawk
1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
Road Warrior Hawk
1997
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Road Warrior Hawk
1997
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Hawk
1997
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Hawk
1997
WWE WrestleMania 13
Hawk
1997
WCW Slamboree 1996
Road Warrior Hawk
1996
NJPW Battle Formation '96
Hawk Warrior
1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
Road Warrior Hawk
1996
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Road Warrior Hawk
1996
WCW World War 3 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Road Warrior Hawk
1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
Road Warrior Hawk
1995
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
Hawk Warrior
1995
NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea
Road Warrior Hawk
1995
AWF Warriors of Wrestling
Road Warrior Hawk · (3 episodes)
1995
SMW Night of The Legends
Road Warrior Hawk
1994
WCW Starrcade 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
WCW Battle Bowl
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
ECW November to Remember 1993
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993
Hawk Warrior
1993
NWA Grandslam
Road Warrior Hawk
1993
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Hawk Warrior
1993
Raw
Road Warrior Hawk · (44 episodes)
1993
Raw
The Legion Of Doom · (2 episodes)
1993
Raw
Hawk · (4 episodes)
1993
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Hawk Warrior
1992
WWE Rampage '92
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE WrestleFest '92
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE UK Rampage
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE U.K. Rampage Tour '92: Munich
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
1992
WWE Invasion '92
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWF SuperTape '92
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Road Warrior Hawk
1992
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Hawk
1991
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE WrestleFest '91
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
SWS WrestleFest
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE The Main Event V
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
Road Warrior Hawk
1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Hawk
1991
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Road Warrior Hawk
1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
1990
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
1990
WCW Capital Combat: The Return of RoboCop
Road Warrior Hawk
1990
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
Road Warrior Hawk
1990
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Road Warrior Hawk
1990
WCW Starrcade '89: Future Shock
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Road Warrior Hawk
1989
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
Road Warrior Hawk
1988
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
1988
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
Road Warrior Hawk
1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Road Warrior Hawk
1988
NWA Clash of the Champions
Road Warrior Hawk
1988
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
Road Warrior Hawk
1988
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
Road Warrior Hawk
1987
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
Road Warrior Hawk
1987
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Road Warrior Hawk
1987
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Road Warrior Hawk
1987
NWA Starrcade '86: The Night of The Sky-Walkers
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Road Warrior Hawk · (12 episodes)
1986
WWF Superstars
(17 episodes)
1986
NWA Battle of the Belts III
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
NWA Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
AWA: WrestleRock '86
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
NWA Battle of The Belts II
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
NWA Superstars on The SuperStation
Road Warrior Hawk
1986
AWA/NWA Night of Champions II
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
AWA Super Clash
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
AWA Wrestling For a Cure
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
NWA The Great American Bash 1985
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
Saturday Night's Main Event
(2 episodes)
1985
AWA StarCage
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
PWUSA Star Wars
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
NWA Battle of the Belts
Road Warrior Hawk
1985
AWA Christmas Show 1984
Road Warrior Hawk
1984
NWA Lords of The Ring
Road Warrior Hawk
1984
NWA Night of Champions
Road Warrior Hawk
1984
GCW at The Omni (December '83)
Road Warrior Hawk
1983
NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta
Road Warrior Hawk
1983