Mike Hegstrand
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- October 19, 2003
- Active Years
- 1972–2022 (51 Years)
- Total Credits
- 156 credits in database
Biography
Mike Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler known for his acting work with 152 known credits on The Movie Database. He was born on September 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and died on October 19, 2003, at the age of 46. He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk, forming one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors in WCW and as The Legion of Doom in WWE, alongside Road Warrior Animal. Outside of this tag team, he was a sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s and headlined the 1993 edition of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember.
Career overview
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Name: Michael James Hegstrand.
Known as: Road Warrior Hawk.
Profession: American professional wrestler.
Tag team: The Road Warriors (WCW) or The Legion of Doom (WWE).
Partner: Road Warrior Animal.
Other activities: Sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s.
ECW: Headlined the 1993 edition of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember.
TMDB Data:
Known for: Acting.
Known credits: 152.
Gender: Male.
Birthday: September 12, 1957.
Day of Death: October 19, 2003 (46 years old).
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Also Known As: Road War.
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Michael James Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler born on September 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. He is best remembered for his work as Road Warrior Hawk, performing as one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors in WCW or The Legion of Doom in WWE alongside Road Warrior Animal. While the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Hegstrand established a significant presence in the industry.
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Outside of his work with the tag team, Hawk served as a sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view during the period from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. His career included headlining the 1993 edition of November to Remember, which was the premier annual event for ECW.
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In terms of his credits, Hegstrand is recognized for acting with 152 known credits. He passed away on October 19, 2003, at the age of 46.
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"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. ... 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..."
TMDB: "Known For: Acting", "Known Credits: 152", "Birthday: September 12, 1957", "Day of Death: October 19, 2003 (46 years old)", "Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA", "Also Known As: Road War".
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Career timeline
Full Filmography
156 titles- WWE This Is Awesome (2022) as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019)
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased (2016)
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 (2014) as Hawk
- WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash (2014) as Hawk
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 (2014) as Hawk
- WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1 (2014) as Hawk
- WWE: The Best Of In Your House (2013) as Hawk
- The Very Best of Monday Nitro: Volume 2 (2013) as Hawk
- WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches (2013) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches (2012)
- The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions (2012) as Hawk
- WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection (2012) as Hawk
- The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1 (2011) as Hawk
- WWE Hall of Fame 2011 (2011)
- Jeff Jarrett: King of the Mountain (2009) as Hawk
- TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments (2006) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Legends Never Die (2006) as Road Warrior Hawk (archive footage)
- Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History (2005) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE: Road Warriors - The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History (2005) as Road Warrior Hawk
- The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro (2004) as Hawk
- WWE Heat (1998) as Hawk
- WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Unforgiven: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Mayhem in Manchester (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Over the Edge: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Judgment Day: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Battlarts Battle Fiction (1998) as Hawk Warrior
- WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House (1998) as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
- WWE King of the Ring 1997 (1997) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Survivor Series 1997 (1997) as Hawk
- WWE WrestleMania 13 (1997) as Hawk
- WWE Badd Blood: In Your House (1997) as Hawk
- WWE D-Generation X: In Your House (1997) as Hawk
- Best Of Raw • Volume Four (1997) as Hawk
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE One Night Only (1997) as Hawk
- WWE Ground Zero: In Your House (1997) as Hawk
- WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker (1997) as Hawk
- WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (1997) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW SuperBrawl VI (1996) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Uncensored 1996 (1996) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Slamboree 1996 (1996) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NJPW Battle Formation '96 (1996) as Hawk Warrior
- AWF Warriors of Wrestling (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Slamboree 1995 (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1995 (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW World War 3 1995 (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995 (1995) as Hawk Warrior
- NJPW & WCW Collision In Korea (1995) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1994) as Road Warrior Hawk
- SMW Night of The Legends (1994) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Raw (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Raw (1993) as The Legion Of Doom
- Raw (1993) as Hawk
- WCW Starrcade 1993 (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Grandslam (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW BattleBowl (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Bashed in the USA (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- ECW November to Remember 1993 (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Clash of the Champions XXV (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV (1993) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993 (1993) as Hawk Warrior
- NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11 (1993) as Hawk Warrior
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 5 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE UK Rampage (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk (Interview)
- WWE Invasion '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE World Tour 1992 (1992) as Hawk
- WWE WrestleFest '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE UK Rampage '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Rampage '92 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NJPW Battle Zone Space II (1992) as Hawk Warrior
- WWE WrestleFest '91 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE WrestleMania VII (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Survivor Series 1991 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991) as Hawk
- WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE SummerSlam 1991 (1991) as Hawk
- WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 3 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE The Main Event V (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- SWS WrestleFest (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1991) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW WrestleWar 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
- NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 (1990) as Road Warrior Hawk (Appearance)
- NWA Live: March 18, 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Starrcade 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Chi-Town Rumble (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Halloween Havoc 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW WrestleWar 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA WrestleWar 1989 (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout (1989) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
- NWA Bunkhouse Stampede (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Starrcade 1988 (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash 1988 (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of the Champions (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings (1988) as Road Warrior Hawk (Ringside)
- NWA Starrcade 1987 (1987) as Road Warrior Hawk
- The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1987) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation (1987) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games (1987) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Power Pro Wrestling (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA WrestleRock 1986 (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Charlotte (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Starrcade 1986 (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash '86 Tour: Greensboro (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Superstars on The SuperStation (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Battle of the Belts III (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash '86: Livin' in the Promise Land (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Battle of The Belts II (1986) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Hawk
- NWA World Championship Wrestling (1985) as Road Warrior
- NWA Battle of the Belts (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Pro Wrestling USA: Star Wars 1985 (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Great American Bash 1985 (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA Super Clash (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA Wrestling For a Cure (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA/NWA Night of Champions II (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- PWUSA Star Wars (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- PNW Owen Family Super Extravaganza (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984 (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA StarCage (1985) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Night of Champions (1984) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA Lords of The Ring (1984) as Road Warrior Hawk
- AWA Christmas Show 1984 (1984) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WCW Arena Shows (1983) as Road Warrior Hawk
- NWA The Last Battle of Atlanta (1983) as Road Warrior Hawk
- GCW at The Omni (December '83) (1983) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1981) as Road Warrior Hawk
- Mid-South Wrestling (1981) as Road Warrior Hawk
- WWE Old School (1973) as Hawk
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as Hawk Warrior
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Mike Hegstrand best known for?
Mike Hegstrand is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Dark Side of the Ring (2019), Wally Gator (1962), WWE Heat (1998), Radio Arvyla (2008).
When and where was Mike Hegstrand born?
Mike Hegstrand was born on September 12, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They passed away on October 19, 2003.
How many credits does Mike Hegstrand have?
Mike Hegstrand has accumulated over 156 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1972 to 2022.
What is Mike Hegstrand's background in cinema and television?
Mike Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler known for his acting work with 152 known credits on The Movie Database. He was born on September 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and died on October 19, 2003, at the age of 46. He is best remembered as Road Warrior Hawk, forming one half of the tag tea...
Mike Hegstrand by the numbers
Age in their best-rated roles
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019) — aged about 61
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) — aged about 27
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Hawk — aged about 27
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992) as Road Warrior Hawk — aged about 34
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as Hawk Warrior — aged about 14
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997) as Road Warrior Hawk — aged about 39
Full filmography (156) Born on September 12 In memoriam 2003
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