Mikey Whiplash
| Mikey Whiplash | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael John Gilbert |
| Born | 16 July 1980 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 14 st 9 lb (205 lb; 93 kg) |
| Billed from | Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Trained by | Chris Curtis |
| Debut | 2000 |
Michael John Gilbert (born 16 July 1980)[1] is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Whiplash. He currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland and wrestles for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit, most notably Insane Championship Wrestling where he is a former ICW Heavyweight Champion and Zero-G Champion.[2] Between 2002 and 2012 he was a full-time regular for All Star Wrestling. Gilbert has also wrestled for London-based promotion Progress Wrestling. In 2009 he defeated France's Thomas La Ruffa for the World Heavy Middleweight Championship (formerly held by Mark Rocco, Fuji Yamada, Robbie Brookside, Bryan Danielson and others).[3]
Gilbert was the owner and promoter of the Glasgow-based, women's wrestling promotion; Fierce Females.[4] He was removed from the promotion follow abuse allegations stemming from the Speaking Out movement.[5]
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Wrestling
- British Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)[3]
- British Championship Wrestling
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ICW Zero-G Championship (1 time)
- ICW Bammy Award for "Feud of the Year" with BT Gunn (2015)
- ICW "Match of the Year" Bammy Award - for Legion (Mikey Whiplash, Tommy End & Michael Dante) vs New Age Kliq (BT Gunn, Chris Renfrew & Wolfgang) at Fear & Loathing VIII (2015)
- Square Go Contract (Fourth Annual Square Go 2013)
- International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
- IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Pride Wrestling
- Pride Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- Revolution Pro Wrestling
- Undisputed British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robbie Dynamite[6]
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance
- TNT Extreme Wrestling
- DOA Deathmatch Tournament (2019)[7]
- TNT Extreme Division Champion (1 time)
- Union of European Wrestling Alliances
- European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wide Wrestling League
- Seven Deadly Sins Tournament (2014)[8]
References
- ^ "Mikey Whiplash « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ "Titles « Mikey Whiplash « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ^ a b WORLD HEAVY-MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE Wrestling-Titles.com Accessed 2018-09-15
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Fierce Females « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 18, 2020). "Fierce Females Cuts Ties With Owner Mikey Whiplash Following Allegations Of Abuse". Fightful. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Undisputed British Tag Team Champions History". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ "TNT Extreme Wrestling". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=3240