Crash Holly
American professional wrestler (1971–2003) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael John Lockwood (August 25, 1971 – November 6, 2003) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 1999 to 2003 under the ring names Crash Holly or simply Crash.[2][5]
Crash Holly | |
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Birth name | Michael John Lockwood[1] |
Born | (1971-08-25)August 25, 1971[2] San Francisco, California, U.S.[1] |
Died | November 6, 2003(2003-11-06) (aged 32)[1] Navarre, Florida, U.S.[2][1] |
Cause of death | Asphyxia due to pulmonary aspiration as a result of an overdose of alcohol and drugs[3] |
Spouse(s) |
Christeena Wheeler (m. 1999) |
Children | 1 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | [2] Crash Holly[2] Erin O'Grady[2] The Green Ghost[4] Johnny Pearson[2] Mad Mikey[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[5] |
Billed weight | 198 lb[6] "Allegedly well over 400 lb" (181 kg)[2][5] |
Billed from | Mobile, Alabama[5] |
Trained by | Jerry Monti[2] Michael Modest[2] Ric Thompson[2] |
Debut | 1989[2] |
Lockwood debuted in 1989 and spent a decade wrestling on the independent circuit before signing with the World Wrestling Federation in 1998, debuting the following year as Crash Holly. He formed a tag team with his kayfabe cousin Hardcore Holly, with whom he won the WWF World Tag Team Championship. The Holly Cousins was expanded into a stable with the addition of Molly Holly in 2000. During his WWF/WWE career, Holly established himself in the hardcore division by winning the WWF Hardcore Championship on 22 occasions, with many of his reigns coming during a period when the title was defended "24/7". After being released from WWE in June 2003, Holly joined NWA Total Nonstop Action as Mad Mikey, where he remained until his death later that year.
Holly was also a one-time WWF European Champion[7] and a one-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion.[8] In total, Holly had over 25 championship reigns in the WWF.[9]