
Acting
Mike Alfonso
Born — Died
1965-01-24 — 2007-02-17
Place of birth
Tampa, Florida, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
55 titles
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.
Known for
7.4The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every Friday on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
7.4WCW Thunder was a professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling.
WCW Thunder
1998
6.7Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he "won" the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, David Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring...for real this time.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
NRJeff Jarrett defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash. Ric Flair battles his own son, David Flair. Scott Steiner faces Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott in a Handicap Asylum Match. Sting faces Vampiro in a Human Torch Match. Hollywood Hogan battles Billy Kidman. Mike Awesome faces Diamond Dallas Page in an Ambulance Match.
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
2000
NRFMW Kawasaki Stadium 7th Anniversary
FMW 7th Anniversary Show
1996
NRBooker T battles Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Scott Steiner faces Goldberg in a No Disqualification Match. Mike Awesome collides with Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Match. Sting, The Great Muta, and Vampiro face off in a Triangle Match. Plus, Lance Storm and much more.
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
6.7Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he "won" the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, David Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring...for real this time.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
NRFrom 1995 to 2005, Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka waged war across the globe in one of professional wrestling's greatest rivalries. AWESOME BOMB incorporates Tanaka and Awesome's twelve singles matches from FMW and ECW in an effort to study their movement over time, culminating in a balletic and violent ghost film in which the participants dance around, into, and through one another. A perpetual gladiatorial battle trapped within time; the warriors desperate to break free.
AWESOME BOMB
2022
2010s · 7 titles
10.0A look back at the 4 years of the most extreme WWE title of them all. Classic matches involving champions like Mick Foley, Hardcore Holly, and Rob Van Dam including classic moments with Crash Holly - it's all here, and it's all Hardcore!
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016
9.2The United States Championship is a title that has been a staple of sports entertainment for over four decades. From the inaugural champion Harley Race to the creator of the U.S. Open Challenge, John Cena, this exclusive set features the greatest United States Championship matches of all time featuring Superstars like "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Lex Luger, Magnum TA, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Eddie Guerrero, Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, The Miz, Daniel Bryan, and more! See why the United States Championship is a symbol of excellence and witness the legacy of greatness it has left behind.
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
2016
10.0One of sports-entertainment's most patriotic traditions, The Great American Bash brought excitement to fans of the NWA and WCW for over a decade. It featured legends like Sting, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the New World Order (nWo), the Road Warriors and more, competing for pride, honor and championship gold. This red, white and blue extravaganza always delivered the fireworks.
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014
10.0ECW started as a small, Philadelphia-based local wrestling company, but rapidly became a sensation that built a passionate fan base and influenced both WCW and WWE permanently. Extreme Championship Wrestling was known for its intense matches, fan interaction, and introducing a number of future superstars to the general public, including Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Sandman, Taz, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, the Dudley Boyz, Rob Van Dam, Shane Douglas, and more. Now for the first time in years, ECW returns to home entertainment with The Biggest Matches in ECW History. Hosted by the longtime unmistakable voice of ECW, Joey Styles, this home video release collects some of the most amazing and over-the-top matches in ECW history, some of which have never before been released on DVD.
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1
2012
NRNitro was WCW's flagship show for over 5 years, yielding over 500 hours of action-packed entertainment. Nitro Volumes 1 & 2 combined to showcase a multitude of classic moments. Volume 3 continues this series and this time, anything is possible!
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.3
2015
9.0Following the success of ECW Unreleased Vol 1, WWE delves even deeper into the ECW archives, delivering even more hardcore action that fans continue to demand. The voice of ECW, Joey Styles, returns to call the action as only he can for over 7 hours of previously unreleased ECW classics. From ECW stalwarts to WWE Legends' stints on the hardcore circuit, this compilation is a must have for the hardcore aficionado. Several lost battles are presented, such as: *The first ECW match between Extreme Originals Tommy Dreamer and Tazz *WWE Hall of Famers Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) & Terry Funk squaring off *Aerial warfare between Chris Jericho and Sabu *Matches for the ECW Championship, Japanese death matches and of course, Mexican lucha libre.
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2013
Volume 3 of the 150 best PPV matches in WWE history.
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
2000s · 32 titles
NRJeff Jarrett defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash. Ric Flair battles his own son, David Flair. Scott Steiner faces Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott in a Handicap Asylum Match. Sting faces Vampiro in a Human Torch Match. Hollywood Hogan battles Billy Kidman. Mike Awesome faces Diamond Dallas Page in an Ambulance Match.
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
2000
NRBooker T battles Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Scott Steiner faces Goldberg in a No Disqualification Match. Mike Awesome collides with Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Match. Sting, The Great Muta, and Vampiro face off in a Triangle Match. Plus, Lance Storm and much more.
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
7.9Invasion (also typeset as InVasion) was a PPV that took place on July 22, 2001 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first PPV to feature the Invasion of wrestlers from the WWF taking on a combined force of wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), later known as The Alliance. The main event, dubbed the "Inaugural Brawl," was a five-on-five tag team match between Team WWF and Team WCW/ECW. The other main match was a singles match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy.
WWE InVasion
2001
7.0The New Blood is on the rise. Booker T puts the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line as he faces Jeff Jarrett. Kevin Nash, Goldberg and Scott Steiner clash in a Triple Threat Match. Lance Storm defends the United States Championship against Mike Awesome. Plus, Sting, The Great Muta and more.
WCW New Blood Rising
2000
7.0Booker T defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner. Goldberg battles KroniK in a Handicap Match. Jeff Jarrett faces Sting. Mike Awesome battles Vampiro. Plus, Rey Mysterio and more.
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
2000
7.7Spring Stampede 2000 features three separate tournaments to crown new World Heavyweight, United States, and Tag Team Champions. Participants include Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Booker T, Mike Awesome and many more.
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
2000
9.0Scott Steiner defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Diamond Dallas Page. Father and son join forces as Dusty Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes take on Ric Flair & Jeff Jarrett. Booker T faces Rick Steiner for the United States Championship. Plus, Lex Luger, Bam Bam Bigelow and more.
WCW Greed
2001
8.6ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka. Rob Van dam, who had proposed the idea to Vince McMahon, could not compete due to injury but would go on to headline the 2006 event against John Cena.
ECW One Night Stand 2005
2005
9.5Chaos ensues during Jeff Jarrett's WCW World Championship match against Hollywood Hogan. Goldberg battles Kevin Nash in a match for Scott Hall's contract. Scott Steiner defends the United States Championship against Mike Awesome. A Wedding Gown Match pits Miss Hancock against Daffney.
WCW Bash at the Beach 2000
2000
10.0WWF Action, a collection of the most memorable matches and moments in the first half of the year 2001. Whether it is Stone Cold Steve Austin or Trish Stratus your after, this video/dvd certainly has all the best action from the first half of 2001. This instalment of the WWF, covers the events from, Stone Cold Steve Austin turning heel at Wrestlemania 17, The Vince McMahon and Trish Stratus love affair, the Spike Dudley and Molly Holly ‘Romeo and Juillette’ love affair, and also including the winner takes all stakes of the legendary Invasion pay per view event. This release will keep you on the edge of your seat. Get ready for ACTION! plus lots more.
WWF Action!
2001
NRThis 2-DVD set features 19 of the most brutal matches in the history of "ECW - Extreme Championship Wrestling,"
ECW: Bloodsport The Most Violent Matches
2006
5.7Scott Steiner defends the WCW Championship in a Four Corners Match against Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious and Ric Flair's mystery opponent. Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page defend the Tag Team Championship against The Natural Born Thrillers. Totally Buffed take on Goldberg & DeWayne Bruce.
WCW Sin
2001
9.0Starrcade 2000 features Scott Steiner defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sid Vicious. Goldberg battles Lex Luger in a No Holds Barred Match. Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash compete for the WCW Tag Team Titles. Mike Awesome faces Bam Bam Bigelow in an Ambulance Match. Terry Funk battles Crowbar for the Hardcore Championship.
WCW Starrcade 2000
2000
NRMLW heats up Florida with this incredible event, "King of Kings." Superstars from around the world arrived in Ft. Lauderdale to battle for the Major League Wrestling in a night filled with incredible action from international superstars, legends of wrestling, and the superstars of tomorrow.
MLW King of Kings
2002
NRThe ECW Tag Team Championship is on the line in a 3-Way Dance featuring The Impact Players, Raven & Mike Awesome, and Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka. The winner of the ECW Television Championship Tournament will be crowned as Super Crazy takes on Rhino. The legendary Dusty Rhodes battles Steve Corino in a Bull Rope Match and more.
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
2000
8.0Mike Awesome defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Spike Dudley in the main event. The Impact Players take on Tommy Dreamer & Raven with the ECW Tag Team Championship on the line. ECW Television Champion Rob Van Dam faces Sabu. Tajiri joins forces with Super Crazy to face Jerry Lynn & Little Guido. New Jack and more in action.
ECW Guilty as Charged 2000
2000
8.0Blood Sport: ECW's Most Violent Matches Vol. 1 features eight of the most brutal matches in the history of ECW - Extreme Championship Wrestling, including all your favorite ECW stars such as Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam, Cactus Jack, Chris Jericho, Sabu and many more.
WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches
2006
10.0Jeff Jarrett, David Arquette, and Diamond Dallas Page compete in a Ready to Rumble Cage Match with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Hulk Hogan battles Billy Kidman. Shane Douglas takes on Ric Flair. Sting faces Vampiro. Plus, Terry Funk, Chris Candido and more.
WCW Slamboree 2000
2000
NRMLW's "Revolutions" held May 9, 2003 in Orlando, Florida
MLW Revolutions
2003
NRMLW's "Rise of the Renegades" held July 26, 2003 in Orlando, Florida.
MLW Rise of The Renegades
2003
NRMOVE OVER WWF - MOVE OVER WCW. It's time to get extreme! Extreme Chamionship Wrestling (ECW) is the next generation of of sports-entertainment. Professional wrestling's outer limits. The new frontier. The most unique and extreme brand of all-star wrestling.
ECW: Extreme Evolution
2000
NRMillennium Final was a Germany-only professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on November 16, 2000 from the Arena Oberhausen in Oberhausen, Germany.[1] The rights to Millennium Final now belong to WWE after their purchase of WCW in 2001. It is one of just five WCW pay-per-view events not made available for streaming on the WWE Network service.[2][3]
WCW Millennium Final
2000
NRThe Hardcore Legend" Terry Funk leads his outnumbered Funkin' Army into the dangerous steel-cage environment of War Games against the MLW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino and the Extreme Horsemen. This show also features the tournament to crown the MLW World Junior Heavyweight Champion and more.
MLW War Games
2003
April 13, 2000 from The Murat Center in Indianapolis, Indiana
ECW Fan Cam: April 13, 2000
2000
FMW Total Carnage
FMW Total Carnage
2006
NRMLW's "Hybrid Hell" held June 20, 2003 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
MLW Hybrid Hell
2003
Full Impact Pro- 2003-08-02
FIP Inaugural Show
2003
NRThis anthology of wrestling mayhem from Extreme Championship Wrestling promises an "emotional barbed wire hell," and it delivers. In one gory match, Terry Funk, whose specialty is taking more punishment than any sane person could stand, meets the evil and vicious Sabu in a ring surrounded with barbed wire. In their battle for the ECW World Heavyweight championship, it doesn't take long for them to be smeared with blood, beating the hell out of each other while hopelessly entangled in strands of wire. It eventually takes several men with tools to cut them free as the announcer proclaims that the action just witnessed is too brutal to ever be shown on television. In another match Steve Austin, before he became "Stone Cold" and attained primetime stardom, battles in a "three-way dance" with other notorious bad asses Mikey Whipwreck and the Sandman. And Mick Foley, in his "Cactus Jack" persona, tangles with Terry Funk and gets burned (literally).
ECW Deep Impact
2001
January 27, 2000 from The St. Petersburg Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida
ECW Fan Cam: January 27, 2000
2000
The deadliest hardcore wrestlers in the world!! Sabu, Mike "Gladiator" Awesome, Terry Funk, Sandman, The Dudley Boys, One Man Gang, John Cronus Tommy Dreamer, Tajiri, Super Crazy, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Gandsuke, Tanaka, Hido, Ricky Fuji, Kanemura, Gedo and Jado with ECW's Paul Heyman setting the table!
FMW: International Slaughterhouse
2001
HUSTLE wrestling pay-per-view from Yokohama, Japan.
HUSTLE-3
2004
Experience the ultimate in hardcore combat--the Yokohama Deathmatch, a.k.a. the Texas Tornado street fight. It's a six-man tag team deathmatch pitting Cactus Jack, Terry Funk and Mike Awesome against Onita, Tanaka and Kanemura in a no-holds-barred fire-breathing, branding, barbwire bat war!
FMW: Yokohama Deathmatch
2001
1990s · 12 titles
NRFMW Kawasaki Stadium 7th Anniversary
FMW 7th Anniversary Show
1996
5.0Terry Funk puts the ECW Heavyweight Championship on the line against Shane Douglas and Sabu in a legendary 3-Way Dance. There are no rules when The Public Enemy takes on The Bruise Brothers. The Sandman and "The Ironman" Tommy Cairo battle Rockin' Rebel and The Pitbull in a Double Dog Collar Chain Tag Team Match. Plus, Kevin Sullivan, 911, and many more are in action!
ECW The Night The Line Was Crossed 1994
1994
NRFMW 8th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on April 29, 1997 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. This was the eighth edition of the company's flagship event Anniversary Show, commemorating the seventh anniversary of the company. It was the second edition of the event at the Yokohama Arena after 3rd Anniversary Show in 1992 and the first time in four years that the event was not held at Kawasaki Stadium.
FMW 8th Anniversary Show
1997
3.3ECW World Champion Raven defends his title against "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Sandman takes on D-Von Dudley. Terry Funk battles "Wildfire" Tommy Rich. Rob Van Dam & Sabu challenge The Eliminators for the ECW World Tag Team Titles. Big Stevie Cool faces Ricky Morton. Lance Storm goes one-on-one with Balls Mahoney and so much more!
ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997
1997
10.0Rhino joins forces with The Impact Players to face Raven, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman in the main event. Rob Van Dam defends the ECW Television championship against Taz. Mike Awesome defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Masato Tanaka. Sabu faces Chris Candido. Jerry Lynn collides with Tajiri. Plus, New Jack and much more!
ECW November to Remember 1999
1999
8.0The city of Chicago has survived the reign of Al Capone and the Great Fire, but not even the Windy City could withstand the power of Extreme Championship Wrestling! On September 19, 1999 the Odeum witnessed all rules broken, all morals shattered, and all royalties destroyed! In the world of ECW, there is only one rule: ANARCHY RULZ!! Rob Van Dam defends the ECW World Television Championship against Balls Mahoney. The event also featured Tommy Dreamer and Raven defending the ECW World Tag Team Championship against Rhino and Steve Corino and ECW World Heavyweight Champion Taz defended the belt against Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka in a 3 way dance.
ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999
1999
October 15, 1999 from The Municipal Veterans Memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts
ECW Fan Cam: October 15, 1999
1999
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) wraps up their eleven day Year End Sensation tour with the Year End Spectacular. The vent was the third and final annual Year End Spectacular event, and marked the in-ring return of Atsushi Onita.
FMW Year End Spectacular 1996
1996
NRSingles Match Toyonari Fujita vs. Mr. Pogo Tag Team Match Kaori Nakayama & Miwa Sato vs. Mad Dog Military (Crusher Maedomari & Shark Tsuchiya) Tag Team Match Koji Nakagawa & Ricky Fuji vs. ZEN (Hido & Tetsuhiro Kuroda) Tag Team Match Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Super Leather & The Gladiator FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title / FMW Independent Heavyweight Title Match Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Hideki Hosaka FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Title Match Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Gannosuke (c) vs. ZEN (Atsushi Onita & Yukihiro Kanemura)
FMW Power Splash 1997 - Day 6
1997
9.5Tommy Dreamer, Sandman & Spike Dudley battle The Dudley Boyz in a Dudleyville Street Fight. Taz defends the FTW Championship against Bam Bam Bigelow. Sabu & Rob Van Dam take on Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki. Mike Awesome battles Masato Tanaka. Chris Candido goes one-on-one with Lance Storm. Justin Credible faces Jerry Lynn and more!
ECW Heat Wave 1998
1998
December 17, 1999 from The Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee
ECW Fan Cam: December 17, 1999
1999
October 23, 1999 from The ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ECW Fan Cam: October 23, 1999
1999
