- Mike Hughes
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name=Mike Hughes
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"Kowboy" Mike Hughes
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birth_place =Stratford, Prince Edward Island ,Canada
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website= [http://www.kowboy.newscott.com/ Kowboy.newscott.com] |Mike Hughes (b.
November 17 ,1974 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler who has competed on the North American independent promotions throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s as a co-founder and mainstay ofReal Action Wrestling [ cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingGrandPrix/apr01_battle-can.html |title=Grand Prix stares down newcomer Real Action: The pending fight over The Maritimes |accessdate=2007-06-30 |author=Oliver, Greg |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001-04-20 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=SLAM! Wrestling |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] as part of the heel stable the "Kardinal Sinners" which includes "The Natural" Bobby Rude, Kingman and the Acadian Giant. [ cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosH/hughes_mike-can.html |title=Kowboy Hughes happy on the range |accessdate=2007-06-30 |author=White, Jeff |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001-08-01 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=SLAM! Wrestling |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]Briefly appearing in
World Wrestling Entertainment in 2003, he is presently a leading star in the Puerto Rican-basedInternational Wrestling Association . [ cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/03/03/948909.html |title=Hangman Hughes terrorizes Puerto Rico |accessdate=2007-06-30 |author=LaCroix, Cory David |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-03-08 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=SLAM! Wrestling |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]Early career
Born in
Stratford, Prince Edward Island , Hughes met Edge, Christian andGlen Kulka at a local gym while touring Canadian independent promotions during the late 1990s. After expressing interest in a professional career, the three encouraged him and Kulka suggested contacting promoterEmile Dupre to begin training.During 1998, Hughes began training under "Handsome" Hubert Gallant and the
Cuban Assassin among other wrestlers in Dupre's Grand Prix promotion inShediac, New Brunswick (he would later befriend fellow student Kingman, both of whom would eventually become charter members of Kardinal Sinners two years later).Real Action Wrestling
Making his debut in
Grand Prix Wrestling in 1999 later touring withLeo Burke and The Beast, he traveled to the United States for a brief stint in EWA before returning to the Maritime territory and establishing Real Action Wrestling with promoter Skot Gallant that same year. Although planning to tourPuerto Rico , he was convinced by Gallant to jump to RAW and help promote the promotion resulting in Grand Prix promoter Emile Dupre blacklisting Hughes from the promotion and the Maritime territory.After the promotion was sold to
Warren Olsen in 2000, Hughes stayed with the promotion and eventually won the promotion's heavyweight championship. During the next two years, he and the heel stable "Kardinal Sinners" including "The Natural" Bobby Rude, Kingman and the Acadian Giant dominated the promotion until its close in July 2002.Recent years
After competing on the independent circuit for a time, he began wrestling semi-regularly for the British promotion
All-Star Wrestling in January 2002. Making an appearance onWWE Heat in May 2003, he would later compete in the first ever Maritime Cup tournament in October 2003 making it all the way to finals before losing to current TNA star Robert Roode.In early 2004, he would be brought into the
International Wrestling Association by Luke Williams. Facing many of the top stars in the promotion including Apolo andRicky Banderas , he would eventually win the promotion's Hardcore title.In 2007, he appeared on the documentary television series "
Wrestling Reality " which featured many Canadian independent wrestlers including “Wildman” Gary Williams, Sidewinder, Marisa, Titus andKrysta Lynn Scott . [ cite web |url=http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-96909-National-Wrestling-Reality-TV-taping-set-to-explode-in-Kentville-Arena.html |title=National "Wrestling Reality" TV taping set to explode in Kentville Arena |accessdate=2007-04-05 |author=Starratt, Kirk |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=NovaNewsNow.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]He and Brody Steele, a former member of the Kardinal Sinners, defeated
Yoshihiro Tajiri andHiroshi Nagao for theWWA Korea World Tag Team Championship onMay 14 ,2007 . [ cite web |url=http://www.brodysteele.newscott.com/ |title=Brody Steele: The Official Website |accessdate=2007-06-30 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007 |month=May |format= |work= |publisher=BrodySteele.newscott.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]On September 30th 2007, he defeated
Duke MacIsaac inNorth Sydney, Nova Scotia to win the ECPW Heavyweight Championship.Championships and accomplishments
*Real Action Wrestling:*RAW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
*International Wrestling Association:*
IWA Hardcore Championship (2 times) [ cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/iwa-pr/iwapr-hc.html |title=I.W.A. World Hardcore Title (Puerto Rico) |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]*Other titles :*ECPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated :*PWI ranked him # 344 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2005Finishing Move: Hughsey Driver Favorite Moves: Slingshot SintonReferences
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/swcbios/mikehughes Supreme Wrestling Center: Mike Hughes]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mike-hughes.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
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