Mike Lockwood
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Michael John "Mike" Lockwood (August 25, 1971 – November 6, 2003) was an American
professional wrestler
best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E) under the ring name Crash Holly.
Lockwood wrestled on the independent circuit
and briefly for Extreme Championship Wrestling
before he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation in 1999. He debuted as "Crash Holly", Hardcore Holly
's on-screen
cousin. In June 2003, he was released from WWE and joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
as "Mad Mikey", but died in November 2003, just four months after debuting.
In WWF/E, he was a one time European Champion
, a one -time Light Heavyweight Champion
, and a twenty-two time Hardcore Champion
. He was also a one time World Tag Team Champion with Hardcore Holly
.
as "Irish Erin O'Grady", and in 1996, moved to All Pro Wrestling
(APW), where he became known as "The Leprechaun Erin O'Grady". Lockwood became especially famous for his matches with Vic Grimes
.
After viewing a tape of a match between O'Grady and Michael Modest
, Extreme Championship Wrestling
(ECW) employee Taz (Peter Senerchia
) contacted Lockwood about joining ECW. This resulted in Lockwood having a brief stint there. Lockwood wrestled Grimes in a try-out match for the World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) on February 20, 1999, and both were signed to contracts. They were sent to Power Pro Wrestling, WWF's farm territory to train, where they won the PPW Tag Team Championship together. Lockwood also won the PPW Young Guns Championship. The WWF talent coordinator Bruce Prichard
, also sent Lockwood to Mexico, to prepare him for the style of the WWF's Spanish show. He competed in Monterrey
for three months, under a mask, using the alias "The Green Ghost", a play on the word "gringo
".
cousin of Bob "Hardcore" Holly
, on the August 16 episode of Raw is War
in 1999. The relationship between the on-screen
cousins was strained, with Hardcore frequently threatening Holly. He was often seen carrying a weighing scale
when he took on the gimmick of claiming himself to be well over 400 lbs, along with Hardcore, so that they would be considered super heavyweights. Holly, teaming with Hardcore as The Holly Cousins
, made his pay-per-view
debut at SummerSlam
in 1999. The pair participated in a Tag Team Turmoil match, a match where when one team was eliminated, they were replaced by another, won by the Acolytes Protection Agency
. At No Mercy
, they defeated the New Age Outlaws
team by disqualification. The next night on Raw is War, they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection
for the WWF Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 4, when they dropped the titles to Mankind (Mick Foley
) and his new partner Al Snow (Allen Sarven
) on an episode of SmackDown!.
In early 2000, Holly joined the hardcore division
and went on to win the Hardcore Championship
twenty-two times, with his first title win coming on the February 24, 2000, episode of SmackDown! when he defeated Test for the title. Holly decreed that he must defend the championship twenty four hours a day, seven days a week ("24/7"). This meant that the title was permanently contested, not just in the course of sanctioned matches, and could therefore change hands anywhere, as long as a referee was present to administer the three count. Holly was frequently attacked by other wrestlers while in unlikely locations, including an airport, a funhouse, a circus, and even in his hotel room. While Holly was often pinned, he normally immediately regained the title from his opponent. His most common tactic was to steal a win in one of his or someone else's Hardcore Championship match and quick run away to the back, away from other contenders. This turned him into a crowd favorite and earned him the nickname of the "Houdini
of Hardcore". During his time in the hardcore division, he had a long standing feud
with the members of the Mean Street Posse
, Pete Gas
, Rodney
, and Joey Abs
. Holly also became well known for defending the championships against non-wrestlers, including referees and road agents like Gerald Brisco
and Pat Patterson.
In late 2000, Holly's on-screen cousin Molly Holly
was introduced. At Rebellion, Holly defeated William Regal
to win the European Championship
. He, however, dropped the title back to Regal only two days later. In 2001, the Holly Cousins began a feud with The Dudley Boyz
. In the course of this feud, Molly began a relationship with Spike Dudley
, leading to internal disputes within each family, as well as a Romeo and Juliet
-style feud between the six of them. On March 18, 2001, on Heat
, Holly defeated Dean Malenko
to win the Light Heavyweight Championship
. He held the title for over a month before dropping it to the debuting Jerry Lynn
on the April 29 episode of Heat. In May 2001, Holly and Hardcore briefly reunited but wrestled lower-card tag teams.
to which WWE assigned its employees, Holly was initially drafted to the Raw
roster, where he had little success. He later jumped ship to SmackDown! in the midst of a match with Jeff Hardy
on the September 2, 2002 episode of Raw, shortly after Eric Bischoff
, having been informed that a Raw wrestler would leave Raw to reunite with a relative on SmackDown! that night, ordered a beatdown on Hardy (who he thought was leaving Raw to be with his brother Matt Hardy
).
His first SmackDown! match took place on September 5, where he defeated The Hurricane
. He started a feud
with Cruiserweight Champion
Jamie Noble
over the Cruiserweight Championship
. On October 3, on an episode of SmackDown!, Noble defeated Holly to retain the title. On December 19, Holly teamed up with Bill DeMott
to take on Noble and Nunzio (James Maritato
). Crash and DeMott won the match but after the match, DeMott turned on Holly and attacked him. This led to a match on the following week on SmackDown!, where Holly was defeated.
After being sidelined for four months, Holly made his return on April 24, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. After he returned, he joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore
as part of the "Mattitude Followers" faction (as Moore's supposed apprentice, Crash was also referred to by Hardy as a "Moore-on.") but failed to recreate his earlier success and was released by WWE on July 12, 2003.
(TNA) in July 2003 and made his TNA debut on July 23 as Mad Mikey. Elix Skipper
offered an Open Challenge to any wrestler which Mikey accepted; however, he lost in his debut match for the company. In late 2003, Mikey and Rory Fox defeated Quiten Lee and The Human Time Bomb, in what was his last professional wrestling match before his death. He also briefly wrestled for Pro Wrestling Iron in Hayward, California
.
, but was raised in Pacifica, California
, where he graduated from Terra Nova High School
. Lockwood became interested in professional wrestling when he was in the eighth grade
, and was inspired by Brady Boone
. While training as a wrestler and working on the independent circuit, he worked at Safeway
to support himself.
Lockwood met his wife, N'keigh Wheeler, when she escorted Mark Henry
to the ring at Unforgiven 1999
, in Charlotte, North Carolina
. They were married on New Year's Eve, 1999. He opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in Salisbury, North Carolina
, the town where his wife grew up, in 2002.
in Florida. He was found partially clothed with a pool of vomit around his face. Empty prescription medication bottles and a partly consumed bottle of alcohol were found nearby, and he had recently received divorce papers from his wife. The cause of death was first ruled as choking on his own vomit, but it was later officially ruled a suicide. He was buried in China Grove
in Rowan County, North Carolina
.
In August 2005, Nora Greenwald
(Molly Holly) released an autobiographical DVD
entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' theShit Crap", and a portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to Lockwood's daughter's education fund. In March 2005, the New Breed Wrestling Association held the "Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament", which was won by Michael Modest
. At ECW One Night Stand
in 2005, Lockwood was one of the wrestlers who was honored in the video package of deceased former ECW wrestlers.
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professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
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best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E) under the ring name Crash Holly.
Lockwood wrestled on the independent circuit
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
and briefly for Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
before he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation in 1999. He debuted as "Crash Holly", Hardcore Holly
Bob Holly
Robert "Bob" Howard better known by his ring name Bob "Hardcore" Holly, is a American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 15-year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment ....
's on-screen
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
cousin. In June 2003, he was released from WWE and joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
as "Mad Mikey", but died in November 2003, just four months after debuting.
In WWF/E, he was a one time European Champion
WWE European Championship
The WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. A coveted singles title of the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was held by superstars such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero, and was...
, a one -time Light Heavyweight Champion
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
The World Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship. The title was challenged by light heavyweights at a maximum weight of 220 lbs.- History :...
, and a twenty-two time Hardcore Champion
WWE Hardcore Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore Championship is a hardcore wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and is contested under "hardcore" rules, meaning there is no disqualifications, no countouts, and pin falls could be counted anywhere...
. He was also a one time World Tag Team Champion with Hardcore Holly
The Holly Cousins
The Holly Cousins, also known as The Hollys, was a professional wrestling tag team and, later, stable in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2001...
.
Early career
Lockwood made his wrestling debut in 1989, as "Johnny Pearson" in Bay Area Wrestling, where he competed until 1994. He dislocated his shoulder about five times, and ended up having to take a year and a half out to recover. He then competed on the independent circuitIndependent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
as "Irish Erin O'Grady", and in 1996, moved to All Pro Wrestling
All Pro Wrestling
All Pro Wrestling Gym Wars is a professional wrestling television program produced by APW which originally aired weekly on Saturday mornings on KFTY Channel 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning December 5, 2009. The series features the professional wrestlers of All Pro Wrestling competing in...
(APW), where he became known as "The Leprechaun Erin O'Grady". Lockwood became especially famous for his matches with Vic Grimes
Vic Grimes
Victor "Vic" Grimes is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.-All Pro Wrestling:...
.
After viewing a tape of a match between O'Grady and Michael Modest
Michael Modest
Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...
, Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...
(ECW) employee Taz (Peter Senerchia
Tazz
Peter Senerchia is a retired American professional wrestler and current color commentator best known by his ring name Tazz, originally Tazmaniac and later shortened to simply Taz...
) contacted Lockwood about joining ECW. This resulted in Lockwood having a brief stint there. Lockwood wrestled Grimes in a try-out match for the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF) on February 20, 1999, and both were signed to contracts. They were sent to Power Pro Wrestling, WWF's farm territory to train, where they won the PPW Tag Team Championship together. Lockwood also won the PPW Young Guns Championship. The WWF talent coordinator Bruce Prichard
Bruce Prichard
Bruce Prichard is a professional wrestling personality, best known as a manager and producer for World Wrestling Entertainment , where he portrayed Brother Love, the original manager of The Undertaker...
, also sent Lockwood to Mexico, to prepare him for the style of the WWF's Spanish show. He competed in Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
for three months, under a mask, using the alias "The Green Ghost", a play on the word "gringo
Gringo
Gringo is a slang Spanish and Portuguese word used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, to denote foreigners, often from the United States. The term can be applied to someone who is actually a foreigner, or it can denote a strong association or assimilation into...
".
Holly Cousins and Hardcore Champion (1999–2001)
Lockwood debuted as Crash Holly, the on-screenKayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
cousin of Bob "Hardcore" Holly
Bob Holly
Robert "Bob" Howard better known by his ring name Bob "Hardcore" Holly, is a American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 15-year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment ....
, on the August 16 episode of Raw is War
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
in 1999. The relationship between the on-screen
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
cousins was strained, with Hardcore frequently threatening Holly. He was often seen carrying a weighing scale
Weighing scale
A weighing scale is a measuring instrument for determining the weight or mass of an object. A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load...
when he took on the gimmick of claiming himself to be well over 400 lbs, along with Hardcore, so that they would be considered super heavyweights. Holly, teaming with Hardcore as The Holly Cousins
The Holly Cousins
The Holly Cousins, also known as The Hollys, was a professional wrestling tag team and, later, stable in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2001...
, made his pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
debut at SummerSlam
SummerSlam (1999)
SummerSlam was the twelfth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on August 22, 1999 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Results:Tag Team Turmoil...
in 1999. The pair participated in a Tag Team Turmoil match, a match where when one team was eliminated, they were replaced by another, won by the Acolytes Protection Agency
Acolytes Protection Agency
The Acolytes Protection Agency , was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Bradshaw and Faarooq. They wrestled for the American promotion World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment between October 1998 and March 2004....
. At No Mercy
No Mercy (1999)
No Mercy was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation , which took place on October 17, 1999 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio....
, they defeated the New Age Outlaws
New Age Outlaws
The New Age Outlaws, later known as the James Gang and the Voodoo Kin Mafia, were a professional wrestling tag team in World Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Maryland Championship Wrestling consisting of B.G...
team by disqualification. The next night on Raw is War, they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection
Rock 'n' Sock Connection
The Rock 'N' Sock Connection is a former professional wrestling tag team of The Rock and Mankind that wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2000 and briefly in 2004...
for the WWF Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 4, when they dropped the titles to Mankind (Mick Foley
Mick Foley
Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he...
) and his new partner Al Snow (Allen Sarven
Al Snow
Allen Ray Sarven is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment and currently works for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent.-Early career:Sarven...
) on an episode of SmackDown!.
In early 2000, Holly joined the hardcore division
Hardcore wrestling
Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...
and went on to win the Hardcore Championship
WWE Hardcore Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore Championship is a hardcore wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and is contested under "hardcore" rules, meaning there is no disqualifications, no countouts, and pin falls could be counted anywhere...
twenty-two times, with his first title win coming on the February 24, 2000, episode of SmackDown! when he defeated Test for the title. Holly decreed that he must defend the championship twenty four hours a day, seven days a week ("24/7"). This meant that the title was permanently contested, not just in the course of sanctioned matches, and could therefore change hands anywhere, as long as a referee was present to administer the three count. Holly was frequently attacked by other wrestlers while in unlikely locations, including an airport, a funhouse, a circus, and even in his hotel room. While Holly was often pinned, he normally immediately regained the title from his opponent. His most common tactic was to steal a win in one of his or someone else's Hardcore Championship match and quick run away to the back, away from other contenders. This turned him into a crowd favorite and earned him the nickname of the "Houdini
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
of Hardcore". During his time in the hardcore division, he had a long standing feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with the members of the Mean Street Posse
Mean Street Posse
The Mean Street Posse was a villainous professional wrestling faction that formerly wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation. The faction consisted of Pete Gas, Rodney, and Joey Abs...
, Pete Gas
Peter Gasperino
Peter Gasparino is an American former professional wrestler, better known simply as Pete Gas from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation.-Professional wrestling career:...
, Rodney
Rodney Leinhardt
Rodney Leinhardt is an American professional wrestler, better known simply as Rodney from his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation. He is currently working on the independent circuit as RodRageous.-Career:Leinhardt trained under Tom Prichard and debuted in 1998...
, and Joey Abs
Jason Arhndt
Jason Ahrndt is a professional wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as part of the three man team known as the Mean Street Posse, where he was known as Joey Abs...
. Holly also became well known for defending the championships against non-wrestlers, including referees and road agents like Gerald Brisco
Gerald Brisco
Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco is a former American professional wrestler, and prior to June, 2009, worked as a road agent for WWE on its Raw brand....
and Pat Patterson.
In late 2000, Holly's on-screen cousin Molly Holly
Nora Greenwald
Nora Kristina Greenwald , better known by her ring name Molly Holly, is an inactive American professional wrestler. Greenwald is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .Greenwald began her professional wrestling career in WCW, where she...
was introduced. At Rebellion, Holly defeated William Regal
Darren Matthews
Darren Kenneth Matthews , is an English professional wrestler, author and color commentator currently signed to WWE and competing on the SmackDown brand under the ring name William Regal. He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Steven Regal...
to win the European Championship
WWE European Championship
The WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. A coveted singles title of the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was held by superstars such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero, and was...
. He, however, dropped the title back to Regal only two days later. In 2001, the Holly Cousins began a feud with The Dudley Boyz
Dudley Boyz
Team 3D was a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Brother Ray and Brother Devon, formerly sporadically joined into a stable by Brother Runt on several intervals...
. In the course of this feud, Molly began a relationship with Spike Dudley
Matt Hyson
Matthew "Matt" Hyson is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his performances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Spike Dudley and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brother Runt.In ECW, he was a two-time...
, leading to internal disputes within each family, as well as a Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
-style feud between the six of them. On March 18, 2001, on Heat
WWE HEAT
WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
, Holly defeated Dean Malenko
Dean Malenko
Dean Simon is a retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Dean Malenko. He is currently signed to WWE working as a road agent. He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling , New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling...
to win the Light Heavyweight Championship
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
The World Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship. The title was challenged by light heavyweights at a maximum weight of 220 lbs.- History :...
. He held the title for over a month before dropping it to the debuting Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn
Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
on the April 29 episode of Heat. In May 2001, Holly and Hardcore briefly reunited but wrestled lower-card tag teams.
SmackDown! (2002–2003)
When the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment and then divided into two "brands", the two storyline divisionsWWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
to which WWE assigned its employees, Holly was initially drafted to the Raw
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
roster, where he had little success. He later jumped ship to SmackDown! in the midst of a match with Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former two–time TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
on the September 2, 2002 episode of Raw, shortly after Eric Bischoff
Eric Bischoff
Eric Aaron Bischoff is an American entrepreneur, and professional wrestling booker and on-screen personality currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
, having been informed that a Raw wrestler would leave Raw to reunite with a relative on SmackDown! that night, ordered a beatdown on Hardy (who he thought was leaving Raw to be with his brother Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy
Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
).
His first SmackDown! match took place on September 5, where he defeated The Hurricane
Gregory Helms
Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms...
. He started a feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
with Cruiserweight Champion
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs...
Jamie Noble
Jamie Noble
James Howard Gibson better known by his WWE ring name Jamie Noble, is an American former professional wrestler currently working for WWE as a trainer. He is best known for his work from 2002 to 2009 when a severe back injury forced him to retire from competition...
over the Cruiserweight Championship
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs...
. On October 3, on an episode of SmackDown!, Noble defeated Holly to retain the title. On December 19, Holly teamed up with Bill DeMott
Bill DeMott
William Charles "Bill" DeMott II is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment as Hugh Morrus and Bill DeMott respectively and as Crash The Terminator in Extreme Championship Wrestling and Japan...
to take on Noble and Nunzio (James Maritato
James Maritato
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
). Crash and DeMott won the match but after the match, DeMott turned on Holly and attacked him. This led to a match on the following week on SmackDown!, where Holly was defeated.
After being sidelined for four months, Holly made his return on April 24, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. After he returned, he joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler, who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment for several years in the 2000s.Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy...
as part of the "Mattitude Followers" faction (as Moore's supposed apprentice, Crash was also referred to by Hardy as a "Moore-on.") but failed to recreate his earlier success and was released by WWE on July 12, 2003.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003)
Lockwood signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA) in July 2003 and made his TNA debut on July 23 as Mad Mikey. Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a four-time NWA World Tag Team...
offered an Open Challenge to any wrestler which Mikey accepted; however, he lost in his debut match for the company. In late 2003, Mikey and Rory Fox defeated Quiten Lee and The Human Time Bomb, in what was his last professional wrestling match before his death. He also briefly wrestled for Pro Wrestling Iron in Hayward, California
Hayward, California
Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in...
.
Personal life
Lockwood was born in Anaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
, but was raised in Pacifica, California
Pacifica, California
Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.-Overview:The City of Pacifica is spread along a six mile stretch of the north central California coastal beach and hills, nestled in several small valleys spanning between...
, where he graduated from Terra Nova High School
Terra Nova High School (Pacifica)
Terra Nova High School is an American public high school in Pacifica in San Mateo County, California serving grades 9 through 12 as part of the Jefferson Union High School District .-History:...
. Lockwood became interested in professional wrestling when he was in the eighth grade
Eighth grade
Eighth grade is a year of education in the United States, Canada, Australia and other nations. Students are usually 13 - 14 years old. The eighth grade is typically the final grade before high school, and the ninth grade of public and private education, following kindergarten and subsequent grades...
, and was inspired by Brady Boone
Dean Peters
Dean R. Peters was an American professional wrestler and referee. He was perhaps best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names Brady Boone and Battle Kat....
. While training as a wrestler and working on the independent circuit, he worked at Safeway
Safeway Inc.
Safeway Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is North America's second largest supermarket chain after The Kroger Co., with, as of December 2010, 1,694 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. It also operates some stores in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern...
to support himself.
Lockwood met his wife, N'keigh Wheeler, when she escorted Mark Henry
Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand as the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. He is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic...
to the ring at Unforgiven 1999
Unforgiven (1999)
Unforgiven was the second Unforgiven professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Federation . The event took place on September 26, 1999 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina....
, in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
. They were married on New Year's Eve, 1999. He opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in Salisbury, North Carolina
Salisbury, North Carolina
Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County...
, the town where his wife grew up, in 2002.
Death
Lockwood died at the age of 32 on November 6, 2003, while at the home of wrestler Stevie RichardsStevie Richards
Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr...
in Florida. He was found partially clothed with a pool of vomit around his face. Empty prescription medication bottles and a partly consumed bottle of alcohol were found nearby, and he had recently received divorce papers from his wife. The cause of death was first ruled as choking on his own vomit, but it was later officially ruled a suicide. He was buried in China Grove
China Grove, North Carolina
China Grove is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,616 at the 2000 census. The town is located just north of Kannapolis, NC and south of Salisbury, NC.-Geography:China Grove is located at ....
in Rowan County, North Carolina
Rowan County, North Carolina
-Demographics and economics:As of the census of 2010, there were 138,428 people, 53,140 households, and 37,058 families residing in the county. The population density was 270.7 people per square mile . There were 60,211 housing units at an average density of 117.7 per square mile...
.
In August 2005, Nora Greenwald
Nora Greenwald
Nora Kristina Greenwald , better known by her ring name Molly Holly, is an inactive American professional wrestler. Greenwald is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .Greenwald began her professional wrestling career in WCW, where she...
(Molly Holly) released an autobiographical DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' the
Michael Modest
Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...
. At ECW One Night Stand
ECW One Night Stand (2005)
ECW One Night Stand was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . 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 and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman...
in 2005, Lockwood was one of the wrestlers who was honored in the video package of deceased former ECW wrestlers.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- As Crash Holly
- Corner springboard bulldog
- Crash Course (Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver)
- Crash Landing / Bottom Feeder (Belly to back inverted mat slam)
- Flowing snap DDT
- C.S.T (Crash Stole This)(Lifting double underhook implant DDT)
- As Erin O'Grady
- Hops Splash (Diving splash)
- Irish-canrana (Hurricanrana)
- As Mad Mikey
- C.S.T (Crash Stole This)(Lifting double underhook implant DDT)
- As Crash Holly
- Signature moves
- DropkickDropkickA dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
- Pre-School (Bottom rope arm twist ropewalk chop) – TNATotal Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
- Running one-handed bulldog
- Schoolboy
- Tornado DDT
- Dropkick
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The HoudiniHarry HoudiniHarry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
of HardcoreHardcore wrestlingHardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments, using foreign objects that are not normally permitted...
" - "The LeprechaunLeprechaunA leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology...
" Erin O'Grady - "Mr 24/724/724/7 is an abbreviation which stands for "24 hours a day, 7 days a week", usually referring to a business or service available at all times without interruption...
" - "Elroy Jetson"
- "The Houdini
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Slow Death" by Zack Tempest (WWF/E)
Championships and accomplishments
- All Pro WrestlingAll Pro WrestlingAll Pro Wrestling Gym Wars is a professional wrestling television program produced by APW which originally aired weekly on Saturday mornings on KFTY Channel 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area, beginning December 5, 2009. The series features the professional wrestlers of All Pro Wrestling competing in...
- APW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling AssociationInternational Wrestling AssociationThe International Wrestling Association is a wrestling promotion in Puerto Rico, started in Japan in 1994 by promoter Victor Quiñones. The Hispanic division was created in 1999. The company was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 2001, but again became a member in 2007...
- IWA Hardcore ChampionshipIWA Hardcore ChampionshipIWA Hardcore Championship is a title contested under Hardcore Wrestling rules in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico. On October 4, 2008, the title was unified with the IWA Puerto Rican Heavyweight Championship.-Title history:...
(1 time) - IWA World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipIWA World Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a title for wrestlers that weigh 225 pounds and under that was being defended in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico.-Title history:...
(1 time)
- IWA Hardcore Championship
- Mid-Eastern Wrestling FederationMid-Eastern Wrestling FederationThe Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation was a Mid-Atlantic independent professional wrestling promotion based in Essex, Maryland. Founded by promoter Dennis Wippercht and wrestler Tim "Lucifer" Burke in 1991, the MEWF was one of the leading independent promotions on the East Coast during the 1990s...
- MEWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipMEWF Cruiserweight ChampionshipThe Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Cruiserweight Championship was the primary Cruiserweight singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation....
(1 time)
- MEWF Cruiserweight Championship
- Power Pro Wrestling
- PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vic GrimesVic GrimesVictor "Vic" Grimes is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.-All Pro Wrestling:...
- PPW Young Guns Championship (1 time)
- PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vic Grimes
- Supreme Pro Wrestling
- SPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hook Bomberry
- World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWF European ChampionshipWWE European ChampionshipThe WWE European Championship was a professional wrestling championship competed for in World Wrestling Entertainment. A coveted singles title of the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was held by superstars such as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero, and was...
(1 time) - WWF/E Hardcore ChampionshipWWE Hardcore ChampionshipThe World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore Championship is a hardcore wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and is contested under "hardcore" rules, meaning there is no disqualifications, no countouts, and pin falls could be counted anywhere...
(22 times) - WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hardcore HollyBob HollyRobert "Bob" Howard better known by his ring name Bob "Hardcore" Holly, is a American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 15-year stint with World Wrestling Entertainment ....
- WWF European Championship