Mike Enos

Mike Enos
Ring name(s)	Mike Enos[1] Blake Beverly[1] The Mauler[1] The Masked Sky Scraper[1]
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	252 lb (114 kg; 18.0 st)
Born	June 11, 1963 (1963-06-11) (age 48)
Resides	Tampa, Florida, United States
Billed from	Shaker Heights
Trained by	Eddie Sharkey
Debut	1988
Retired	2000

Mike Enos (born June 11, 1963) is a retired professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation between 1989 and 2000.^[1]

Career

American Wrestling Assoociation

Mike Enos started wrestling in the late 1980s after being trained by Eddie Sharkey signing with the AWA due to trainer Eddie Sharkey’s connections in the federation. Early on Enos worked mainly as a referee but slowly got more and more bookings as a wrestler. Early on he was billed as “The Construction Worker” Mike Enos. That name was soon replaced by “Mean” Mike Enos as he teamed up with fellow rookie Wayne “The Train” Bloom to form The Destruction Crew. The Destruction Crew was managed by Johnny Valiant.^[2] In the fall of 1989 the Destruction Crew challenged then AWA World Tag-Team champions Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans to a “car lifting” contest. During the challenge the Destruction Crew attacked Patera and Rhenigans and injured them (Storyline) and forced them to vacate the tag team titles.^[3] IM HIS NIECE FROM SAMANTHA ENOS ;)

A tournament was set up to crown new tag team champions. In the tournament, the Destruction Crew would defeat the team of Sgt. Slaughter & Baron Von Raschke in the first round and then beat Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond in the finals to win the titles.^[3] That victory combined with their devious tactics earned the duo a joint “Rookie of the Year” award from the readers of “Pro Wrestling Illustrated”, which is the only time a tag team has won the award.^[4]

In 1990, while still AWA Tag Team Champions, Enos and Bloom were loaned out to World Championship Wrestling. There they wrestled under masks as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 and were managed by Ole Anderson. They attempted without success to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from The Steiner Brothers.^[2] The team also defended the AWA titles in their “home” federation keeping the young team busy. Mike Enos also made a one-off appearance in 1990 as the (masked) third member of The Skyscrapers, called "the Masked Skyscraper". Only days before WrestleWar 1990 Dan Spivey left WCW so Enos was brought in as an emergency replacement against the Road Warriors.^[5] At the last original AWA television taping on August 11, 1990 the Destruction Crew lost the AWA tag-team titles to longtime rivals The Trooper and D.J. Peterson.^[3]

World Wrestling Federation

After the AWA closed up, Enos and Bloom signed with the World Wrestling Federation. They were given a complete gimmick makeover, gone were the tough construction workers and in their place a pair of spoiled rich brats known as the Beverly Brothers. Enos was renamed Blake Beverly and Wayne was renamed Beau Beverly. Their gimmick was that of two spoiled rich brats. They were originally managed by Coach, then later on by The Genius.^[2] The team was initially launched into feuds with the Legion of Doom, The Bushwhackers and The Natural Disasters, the latter of which revolved around the WWF Tag Team Championship. The Beverly Brothers were never promoted as serious players in the tag-team division making only a few PPV appearances between 1991 and 1993.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Bloom (Beau) left the WWF and professional wrestling altogether in 1993 while Enos (Blake) remained in the WWF for a few months, mainly as enhancement talent on their weekly syndicated shows.

World Championship Wrestling

After leaving the WWF Enos made several appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling before returning to WCW in late 1994. Enos was initially known as The Mauler, but then returned to wrestling under his real name as he had in the AWA. He teamed with Dick Slater as "Rough & Ready" and once again worked mainly as “Enhancement Talent” for tag-teams on the rise. In 1997 Enos and Bloom had a brief reunion in WCW, but the announcers never made any comments on their past history. After a few matches together the team split up without much fanfare. He was managed by Col. Rob Parker but really did not have much success in WCW. Enos’ biggest claim to fame in WCW is that he was in the ring wrestling Steve Doll when Scott Hall made his WCW debut.

Enos competed in the WCW double elemination tournament for the vacated WCW tag team titles in February 1999 teaming with Bobby Duncum Jr and became one of the final four teams along with Chris Beniot & Dean Malenko, Dave Taylor & Fit Finlay, and Curt Hennig & Barry Windham until he and Scotty Riggs "taking Duncum's place" were eleminated by Beniot & Malenko

Mike Enos retired from wrestling in 2000 after working on the WCW weekend shows and smaller independent shows.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Spinning crucifix toss^[11]
  • Super fallaway slam^[12]

• Signature moves
  • Neckbreaker slam^[13]
  • Scoop powerslam^[1][13]
  • Short-arm clothesline^[13]
  • Side belly to belly suplex^[13]
  • Snake Eyes^[13]

• With Wayne Bloom
  • Aided piledriver^[11] - As The Destruction Crew
  • Shaker Heights Spike (Blake flapjacks the opponent into the air and Beau catches them with a kneeling head spike)^[11] - As The Beverly Brothers
  • Wrecking Ball (Electric chair / Diving clothesline combination)^[11] - As The Destruction Crew

• Managers
  • Baron von Raschke
  • Ole Anderson
  • The Genius
  • Col. Robert Parker
  • Theodore Long
  • Coach John Tolos
  • Johnny Valiant
  • Manny Fernandez

• Nicknames
  • "Mean" Mike Enos^[1]

Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Association
  • AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Wayne Bloom

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Rookie of the Year award in 1989, along with Wayne Bloom.

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Mike Enos profile". OWOW. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mike-enos.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
4. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (1990). "PWI 1989 Rookie of the Year Award". PWI 1989 Reader Awards (London Publishing Co.). 
5. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Wrestle War Show results (1990)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/w-war.html#90. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
6. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Survivor Series Show results (1991)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#91. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
7. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Royal Rumble Show results (1992)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble.html#92. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
8. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Summer Slam Show results (1992)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/summer.html#92. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
9. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Survivor Series Show results (1992)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#92. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
10. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "Royal Rumble Show results (1993)". http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble.html#93. Retrieved 4 April 2007. 
11. ^ ^{a b c d} "Finishing Moves List". Other Arena. http://www.otherarena.com/nCo/finish/finish.html. Retrieved 2009-08-28. 
12. ^ "Mike Enos and Chris Adams vs Disorderly Conduct". World Championship Wrestling. WCW Saturday Night. 1999-04-03.
13. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Mike Enos vs Diamond Dallas Page". World Championship Wrestling, TNT. WCW Monday Nitro. 1996-10-28.

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