Upon signing for WCW in 2000, Mike Awesome was widely regarded as someone who could make a big splash with the promotion. Looking for all the world like the perfect blueprint for a modern professional wrestler, Awesome appeared to have all the tools anyone could wish to possess if they wanted to make it to the top. Tearing it up in exciting matches against the likes of Masato Tanaka in ECW, Awesome lived up to his billing throughout 1999, turning heads wherever he went. At first, Awesome appeared on WCW programming whilst still technically under contract to ECW, but because the man hadn't been paid in a while, he decided to take matters into his own hands. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x84fnj_kevin-nash-vs-mike-awesome_sport Kick-starting a feud with Kevin Nash, Awesome was booked strongly from the outset, but this wouldn't last in the company. Before long, the unlimited potential of the man was spoiled badly by crass gimmicks such as 'That 70's Guy' and the 'Fat Chick Thrilla'. Needless to say, these characters tanked, and Awesome was never quite the same again.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
