HARDCORE MIKE

HARDCORE MIKE
EHW Hardcore Champion
EHW Street Fight Champion

5’ 11”
170 lbs.
Finisher: Mike Spike

Hardcore Mike (HCM) is the founder of EHW, the longest running wrestler in EHW and the reigning EHW Hardcore Champion. He has held the Cruiserweight Title and Tag-Team Titles. He has a long outstanding rivalry with Dreamer who at one point were a tag team and had formed the faction/group D.O.A. During Birthday Bash 2004 he was victorious in defending the Cruiserweight Title against The Kidd but lost the EHW Presidency to Dreamer as he was fighting for Dreamers EHW Hardcore Title. HCM has always been a “Face” and is the face of EHW. HCM continued his career in MTW during college, which is where he met and tagged with Wolf Savage (‘07ish).

During EHW Birthday Bash 2021, HCM was put into every match by EHW President Dreamer as punishment for potentially bringing his former MTW partner Wolf Savage to the event. During the event, HCM lost his Cruiserweight Title to The Kidd but ended up finally defeating Dreamer for the EHW Hardcore Title.

At EHW Birthday Bash Revelation 2022, HCM was unsuccessful at winning the EHW Street Fight Title as he faced The Executioner & Filkill in a last years PPV rematch. During the second match (Dreamer vs. Wolf Savage) it was revealed that Filkill had aligned himself with Wolf and asked him to be his tag team parter which he had won the EHW Tag Team Titles at last years PPV. As Filkill & Wolf challenged Dreamer to an EHW Tag Team Table Title match, Dreamer called upon HCM to be his tag team parter once again, and in the main event they fought for those titles. In the last moments of the match, the masked “Assailant” attacked Dreamer and HCM allowing Wolf Savage to put HCM through four tables and giving them the win. This assault now shows that neither HCM or Dreamer could have been The Assailant that attacked The Kidd all the way back in 2004.

At EHW Birthday Bash Revenge 2023, President Dreamer announced that he is creating a new title that is up for grabs in the first match of the evening, the EHW Live Stream title, which was won by Deadly Boy after The Assailant interfered and hit Hardcore Mike, Dreamer and The Kidd with the same bat from 19 years ago. Hardcore Mike was then in a rematch against The Executioner who was defended his EHW Street Fight Title and had been telling President Dreamer and The Kidd they couldn’t trust Hardcore Mike, even though Dreamer tagged with him at last years PPV. The Executioner then demanded that President Dreamer be the special guest referee and to call the match right down the middle. During a shoving exchange at the end of the match, President Dreamer accidentally hit Hardcore Mike with his cell phone which cause him to fall off the ring and through a table. The Executioner pinned Hardcore Mike to keep his EHW Street Fight Title. Hardcore Mike then took on Wolf Savage in the MTW 73rd Annual Don West Invitational. After a brutal match filled with kendo sticks, Hardcore Mike took to the roof after placing Wolf Savage on a table. Hardcore Mike then Stanton bombed onto Wolf which knocked both men out and neither could answer the 10 count, making this match a draw. In the main event, The Assailant made his appearance and faced The Kidd. At the climax of the match, it was revealed that The Executioner was The Assailant and had aligned himself with Filkill & Wolf Savage, who stormed the ring and attacked The Kidd. Dreamer came to the entrance way and Hardcore Mike ran through the crowd to even the odds and The Kidd ended up pinning The Assailant (The Executioner) to finally get his revenge.

At EHW Birthday Bash War Games 2024, Hardcore Mike faced The Executioner in yet another rematch for the EHW Street Fight Title. This year, HCM became victorious and beat The Executioner thus unifying the EHW Hardcore and Street Fight Titles. In the main event, Filkill eliminated Hardcore Mike and The Kidd after pushing them both off a ladder into 4 tables. Dreamer fought back alone and pinned both Filkill & Wolf Savage. After putting The Executioner through a table, it seemed Dreamer had the match won. Up on the X-Tron, it was revealed that Filkill & Wolf Savage attacked and knocked out Hardcore Mike and The Kidd, then ran to the ring to help The Executioner. With no one left to help, Dreamers own son, Deadly Boy, came out to seemingly help his dad against The Outlawz Mafia. Deadly Boy then turned and hit his dad with a bottle and helped The Executioner pick up the pinball victory and thus gained creative control for next year’s EHW PPV.

At EHW Birthday Bash Reloaded 2025, Hardcore Mike was challenged to a grudge match against Filkill after Filkill alleged that HCM had gotten to his tag team partner Wolf Savage, and forced him to rethink his alliance with The Executioner, The Outlawz Mafia, and Filkill. With the help of The Executioner, Filkill defeated Hardcore Mike. HCM was then challenged by The Executioner who had won the EHW World Heavyweight Championship earlier in the night, to an EHW Hardcore Championship match in the main event. After diving off the roof with a swanton bomb, HCM retained his EHW Hardcore Title, giving the EHW Originals the only victory of the night. What is next for HCM and where do him and Dreamer stand now?