Date of birth: 1965-01-24
Place of birth: Tampa, Florida, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michael Alfonso, Captain Awesome, The Gladiator, The Pro, Fat Chick Thriller, Mike Awesome

Michael Lee Alfonso, better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an American professional wrestler best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in WWE, also in Japan for his work with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling under the name The Gladiator. Mike Awesome was a three-time World Heavyweight Champion.

2005-06-12
ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entert

2022-03-14
From 1995 to 2005, Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka waged war across the globe in one of professional

2012-06-05
ECW started as a small, Philadelphia-based local wrestling company, but rapidly became a sensation t

2000-11-16
Millennium Final was a Germany-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Championshi
2003-08-02
Full Impact Pro- 2003-08-02

2000-09-17
Booker T battles Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Scott Steiner faces Goldberg

2000-10-29
Booker T defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner. Goldberg battles Kron

2000-12-17
Starrcade 2000 features Scott Steiner defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sid V

2000-04-16
Spring Stampede 2000 features three separate tournaments to crown new World Heavyweight, United Stat

2000-07-09
Chaos ensues during Jeff Jarrett's WCW World Championship match against Hollywood Hogan. Goldberg ba

2000-05-07
Jeff Jarrett, David Arquette, and Diamond Dallas Page compete in a Ready to Rumble Cage Match with t

2000-06-11
Jeff Jarrett defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash. Ric Flair battles hi

2001-07-22
Invasion (also typeset as InVasion) was a PPV that took place on July 22, 2001 at the Gund Arena in
2001-07-31
Experience the ultimate in hardcore combat--the Yokohama Deathmatch, a.k.a. the Texas Tornado street

2001-09-25
WWF Action, a collection of the most memorable matches and moments in the first half of the year 200

2001-01-14
Scott Steiner defends the WCW Championship in a Four Corners Match against Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious

2001-03-18
Scott Steiner defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Diamond Dallas Page. Father and
1999-10-15
October 15, 1999 from The Municipal Veterans Memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts
2000-01-27
January 27, 2000 from The St. Petersburg Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida
2000-04-13
April 13, 2000 from The Murat Center in Indianapolis, Indiana
1999-10-23
October 23, 1999 from The ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999-12-17
December 17, 1999 from The Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee

2006-02-07
Blood Sport: ECW's Most Violent Matches Vol. 1 features eight of the most brutal matches in the hist

2001-04-10
This anthology of wrestling mayhem from Extreme Championship Wrestling promises an "emotional barbed

2016-09-06
A look back at the 4 years of the most extreme WWE title of them all. Classic matches involving cham

2000-08-13
The New Blood is on the rise. Booker T puts the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line as he

1998-08-02
Tommy Dreamer, Sandman & Spike Dudley battle The Dudley Boyz in a Dudleyville Street Fight. Taz defe

2006-02-07
This 2-DVD set features 19 of the most brutal matches in the history of "ECW - Extreme Championship
2014-12-31
Volume 3 of the 150 best PPV matches in WWE history.

2013-07-30
Following the success of ECW Unreleased Vol 1, WWE delves even deeper into the ECW archives, deliver

2014-07-15
One of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought excitement

2015-08-11
Nitro was WCW's flagship show for over 5 years, yielding over 500 hours of action-packed entertainme

2000-01-09
Mike Awesome defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Spike Dudley in the main event.

2000-03-12
The ECW Tag Team Championship is on the line in a 3-Way Dance featuring The Impact Players, Raven &

1994-02-05
Terry Funk puts the ECW Heavyweight Championship on the line against Shane Douglas and Sabu in a leg

2003-09-19
The Hardcore Legend" Terry Funk leads his outnumbered Funkin' Army into the dangerous steel-cage env
2004-05-08
HUSTLE wrestling pay-per-view from Yokohama, Japan.

2002-12-20
MLW heats up Florida with this incredible event, "King of Kings." Superstars from around the world a

2003-05-09
MLW's "Revolutions" held May 9, 2003 in Orlando, Florida

2020-08-21
Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David

2016-04-26
The United States Championship is a title that has been a staple of sports entertainment for over fo

2003-07-26
MLW's "Rise of the Renegades" held July 26, 2003 in Orlando, Florida.
1996-12-11
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) wraps up their eleven day Year End Sensation tour with the Yea

1997-02-01
ECW World Champion Raven defends his title against "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Sandman takes on D-Vo

1999-11-07
Rhino joins forces with The Impact Players to face Raven, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman in the main ev

1999-09-19
The city of Chicago has survived the reign of Al Capone and the Great Fire, but not even the Windy C

2003-06-20
MLW's "Hybrid Hell" held June 20, 2003 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

2000-08-06
MOVE OVER WWF - MOVE OVER WCW. It's time to get extreme! Extreme Chamionship Wrestling (ECW) is the
2001-10-23
The deadliest hardcore wrestlers in the world!! Sabu, Mike "Gladiator" Awesome, Terry Funk, Sandman,
2006-07-24
FMW Total Carnage