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Michael Lockwood
Born(1971-08-25)August 25, 1971
San Francisco, California
DiedNovember 6, 2003(2003-11-06) (aged 32)
Navarre, Florida
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Johnny Pearson
Erin O'Grady
The Green Ghost
Crash Holly
Crash
Mad Mikey
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight212 lb (96 kg)
Billed fromSalisbury, North Carolina
Trained byJerry Monti
Michael Modest
Ric Thompson
Mae Young
Pepper Gomez
Woody Farmer
Debut1988

Michael John Lockwood (August 25 1971 - November 6 2003) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) as 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 Hardcore Holly's on-screen cousin, "Crash Holly". They won the WWF Tag Team Championship together, but they split up and began feuding over the WWF Hardcore Championship. Lockwood won the title 22 times, leading to him being nicknamed "The Houdini Of Hardcore". Lockwood later joined the Mattitude stable, before being released in June 2003. Lockwood joined TNA as "Mad Mikey", but died just six months later.

In WWF/E, he was a one-time European Champion, a one-time Light Heavyweight Champion, and a 22-time Hardcore Champion. He was also a one-time Tag Team Champion with Hardcore Holly as part of the tag team The Holly Cousins.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Raised in Pacifica, California, Lockwood graduated from Terra Nova High School in 1988. Lockwood made his wrestling debut in 1988, as "Johnny Pearson" in Bay Area Wrestling, where he competed until 1994. He competed on the independent circuit as "Irish Erin O'Grady", and in 1996, Lockwood moved to All Pro Wrestling (APW), where he became "The Leprechaun". Lockwood became known especially 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 contacted Lockwood about joining ECW, and Lockwood had a brief stint there. Prior to entering the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he competed in Monterrey under a mask, using the alias The Green Ghost. He wrestled Vic Grimes in a try-out match for the WWF, 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.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

Holly Cousins (1999–2001)

Main article: Holly Cousins
File:Cholly lockwood.jpg
Crash Holly had a gimmick where he weighed 400 lbs.

Lockwood signed a contract with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999 and debuted as Crash Holly, the on-screen cousin of Bob 'Hardcore' Holly, whom he slightly resembled. He made his first appearance on WWF television on August 16 1999 edition of Raw is War. The relationship between the cousins was strained, with the grizzled Hardcore frequently threatening Holly. He was often seen bringing a weighing scale when he took on the gimmick of claiming himself to be well over 400 lbs along with Hardcore so that he would be considered a heavyweight. Hardcore and Holly began calling themselves The Holly Cousins. Crash made his pay-per-view debut at SummerSlam, where he participated in a Tag Team Turmoil match won by the Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw). At No Mercy, they defeated the New Age Outlaws (Mr. Ass and Road Dogg) by disqualification. The next night on Raw is War, they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock and Mankind) for the WWF Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 4 edition of SmackDown! where they dropped the titles to Mankind and his new partner Al Snow.

In February 2000, Holly joined the hardcore division and went on to win the WWF/E Hardcore Championship 22 times, with his first title win coming on the February 24 2000 edition 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 thus 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's else's Hardcore Title match and quickly running away to the back and from other contenders. This turned him into a crowd favorite and earned him the nickname of the "Houdini of Hardcore". During his time in hardcore division, he feuded with wrestlers such as Al Snow, Viscera, Hardcore Holly, Albert, Test, British Bulldog, Pete Gas, Steve Blackman, Perry Saturn, Christian, Matt Hardy, Funaki, Jeff Hardy, Bradshaw, Rodney, Joey Abs, 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 WWF 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. During the feud, The Dudley Boys powerbombed Molly through a table with Spike on it. On March 18 2001 edition of Heat, Crash defeated Dean Malenko to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for over a month before dropping it to the debuting Jerry Lynn on the April 29 edition of Heat. In May 2001, Hardcore and Crash briefly reunited but wrestled lower-card tag teams.

SmackDown! (2002–2003)

When the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (putting 'E' to replace 'F') and then divided into two "brands", 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 edition 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). In the weeks following Holly's jump to SmackDown!, Hardcore Holly suffered a serious injury during a match with Brock Lesnar which some attribute to the fact that Hardcore was "sandbagging" Brock's moves. Hardcore took over a year to recover. The "Holly reunion" storyline was quickly scrapped.

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 WWE Cruiserweight Championship. On October 3 edition of SmackDown!, Noble defeated Holly to retain the title. On the December 19 edition of SmackDown!, Crash teamed up with Bill DeMott to take on Noble and Nunzio. Crash and DeMott won the match but after the match, DeMott turned on Crash and attacked him. This lead to a match on the following week where Crash was defeated.

File:Mikey holly.jpg
Lockwood as Mad Mikey in TNA

He was sidelined for four months before returning on April 24 2003 edition of SmackDown!. After he returned, he joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore as part of the "Mattitude Followers" stable (as Moore's supposed apprentice, Crash was also referred to by Hardy as Crash Holly a "Moore-on") but failed to recreate his earlier success and was released by WWE on June 30 2003. He then opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in North Carolina.

After WWE

Lockwood signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (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 but lost in his TNA debut. In late 2003, Mikey and Rory Fox defeated Quiten Lee and Human Time Bomb, which would be his last professional wrestling match before his death. He also joined some of his friends at Pro Wrestling Iron, an offshoot of APW, in Hayward, California.

Death

Lockwood died on November 6 2003, while at the home of his friend wrestler Stevie Richards. 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. In August 2005, Nora Greenwald (Molly Holly) released an autobiographical DVD entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' the Shi Crap", and a portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to Mike Lockwood's daughter's education fund. 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.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • Power Pro Wrestling
    • PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Vic Grimes
    • PPW Young Guns Championship (1 time)
  • Supreme Pro Wrestling
    • SPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hook Bomberry

See also

References

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