Gladiator and his allies would join The Sheik and Sabu to resume the feud with Onita and his allies throughout 1992. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Born Michael Alfonso, he broke into the business in the 1980s learning his trade in the Pro Wrestling Federation. Dearly loved wife of Ian (Bill) and loved mother of Michael and Angela. 2. RIP, What do I say about Mike Awesome. As a result, Gladiator began feuding with Titan and defeated him in their first singles match against each other on July 31. After a brief stint with TNA in 2003, Mike Awesome began to compete as a singles wrestler on the independent circuit. Gladiator's last pay-per-view appearance in FMW was at the Welcome to the Darkside pay-per-view on August 22, where he defeated Naohiko Yamazaki, Yoshinori Sasaki and Mr. Pogo #2 in a gauntlet match. Try again later. Explore Life Stories, Offer Condolences & Send Flowers. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. First and foremost, I want to single out Mike Furlong for providing truly outstanding "customer service". He was a member of two separate stables Team Canada in both FMW and WCW. loop: false, Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a6e3881bfb7a7510dcc2a157f04f1cc3" );document.getElementById("eb9a12dd6e").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. However, there was For the last 7 years, he was living with dementia and Carla cared for him. On the final episode of Nitro in March 2001, WCW tag champs Palumbo and OHaire topped Awesome and Storm. He was best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment under the ring name Mike Awesome and for his appearances in Japan with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling as The Gladiator.[1][4]. E. Anthony Cisneros Partner, Licensed Funeral Director . Awesome Grandmother of Jason, Emily, Ben and Alex. Get the occasional email with the latest wrestling tributes and memorials, Search by ring name, real name, cause of death, organization, time period (2000s, etc) or specific year, WWE Hall of Famer Ravishing Rick Rude was an amazing individual in and out of the ring. A service will be held immediately following at 2:00 PM at the Funeral Home. Awesome continued to be a major factor in ECW early in 2000, including teaming with Raven to beat Tanaka and Tommy Dreamer for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. He spent a year as an iron worker to save up for college, and helped build several . > Video This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Following Terry Funk's departure from FMW, Funk Masters (FMW) of Wrestling began to cripple as Atsushi Onita denounced himself as a FMW wrestler and formed ZEN on September 30, 1997, to feud with FMW. On August 17, Gladiator participated in the Barbed Wire Deathmatch Tournament, in which he defeated Horace Boulder in the quarter-final and lost to Sambo Asako in the semi-final. He spent part of his childhood in Missouri before moving to Madera, CA. John M. "Mike" Simon, age 76 of Defiance, peacefully passed away at home surrounded by his family on Monday morning, January 16, 2023. His epically hilarious and witty obituary is one of our favorites because of it's offbeat language and tone. Required fields are marked *. In April 2003, Awesome debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Funeral services will be held at a later date. They lost the title to the team of Hayabusa, Koji Nakagawa and Masato Tanaka on August 31. Alfonso achieved the biggest success of his career in FMW as The Gladiator, where he became a three-time world champion, with two reigns as Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and one reign as Independent Heavyweight Champion. In the spring of 2003, Awesome latched on with TNA and in his debut defeated Perry Saturn by disqualification when New Jack and The Sandman interfered. Warren-McElwain provides a full range of services including burial, cremation, in our own crematory, entombment or body donation. Alfonso dropped out of Hillsborough Community College in his third year to become a professional wrestler. He worked a short program after the merger, but never attained the heights he had as a headliner in ECW and in All Japan. }, Awesome made an appearance at WWE's (formerly the WWF) ECW One Night Stand reunion pay-per-view on June 13, 2005, defeating Masato Tanaka. }).render().setUser('blogofdeath').start(); Your email address will not be published. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Paul Mann Mad River Union HYDESVILLE - At a Saturday afternoon funeral service, Pastor Michael Delamarian III of Hydesville Community Church compared the grief inflicted by the hit-and-run deaths of two teenagers near Fortuna to the misery that engulfed Newtown, Conn. in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre at Christmastime in 2012. he will be missed, Woow, it saddens me that awesome has past away. [28] They had two children together; son Casey (born 1996) and daughter Carissa (born 2000). Alfonso appeared in at least four wrestling video games including ECW Hardcore Revolution, WCW Backstage Assault, Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: d Keish, and Fire Pro Wrestling Returns. When Thompson committed suicide in 2005, Johnny Depp funded a crazy, awesome funeral in the writer's honor. He was taken by Covid 19. Awesome battled both ICP members in a handicap match on an episode of Nitro, during which he hit Shaggy with a powerbomb on the roof of the bus that caused Shaggy to fall to the concrete floor below.[16]. Awesome (a WCW employee and ECW champion) appeared a few days later at an ECW event in Indianapolis, Indiana, accompanied by WCW's head of security,[12] where he lost the title to Tazz (a World Wrestling Federation employee), who lost it a week later to Tommy Dreamer (a full-time ECW wrestler) (who incidentally lost it approximately 20 minutes later to Justin Credible). My Dads sister married Hulk Hogans brother, and they produced a son who was about a year younger than me, my cousin Horace Hogan, who also wrestled and whose real name is Michael Bollea. 0 cemeteries found in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. Michael A. I was always interested in it. Mike is survived by his parents; two brothers, Matthew (Maureen Rieff) Gulatto and Peter (Jamie Toepfer) Gulatto; beloved . Kidman's bald stablemate Konnan replaced him and got the win, giving the Animals the right to cut off Awesome's longtime mullet. At 4th Anniversary Show, the team of Gladiator, Ricky Fuji and Big Titan defeated Katsuji Ueda, The Great Punk and Tarzan Goto in a Captain's Fall Losing Captain Leaves Town No Rope Barbed Wire Tornado Street Fight Deathmatch, which Team Canada won. Obituary. I understand the guy was a hero to most but why did he coward out and kill himself. On August 26, Gladiator wrestled his last FMW match, in which he defeated longtime rival Super Leather. Mike Awesome was an interesting character, as many thought he could've gone a lot further than he did in the business. Obituary: Sound off in the comments section below! WWE acknowledged his death on the February 20 broadcast of ECW on Sci-Fi with an "In Memory" graphic at the opening of the program, and two days later his family received friends at Serenity Meadows Funeral Home in Riverview, Florida. Gladiator made his first successful title defense against Horace Boulder on October 25. Hes long been ignored by promoters in the U.S. Thats history, and Im a part of that. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. For Awesome, the victory was a vindication of sorts. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. He was one of Professional Wrestling's biggest and brightest stars. The audience went wild. He is from United States. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. The feud continued when Edge introduced his tag team partner Christian into the rivalry. > Books Michael Dale Resene, the son of Merlin and Lorilla (Whiting) Resene, was born on <a href . [1] His TNA in-ring debut was on April 16, 2003, where Awesome defeated Perry Saturn by DQ when The Sandman and New Jack interfered. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17991309/mike-awesome. Mike Alfonso. On a major scale, Awesome was last seen beating Masato Tanaka at ECWs One Night Stand in 2005. Dylan Bowker wrote: Mike Awesome has been a proven commodity over the years.Showing us his amazing in-ring ability that showcased dazzling high flying,explosive power moves, and out of control hardcore brawling.Leading promotions such as FMW and ECW to new heights of popularity and notiriety holding the ECW world heavyweight and world tag team titles and the highly prestigious FMW doubles . You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Awesome began in ECW by losing to Tanaka on an episode ECW's weekly Hardcore TV. Failed to remove flower. Visitation was held on Tuesday, February 21st 2023 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Rose Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park (4161 E Admiral Pl, Tulsa, OK 74115). The entire Lethal Weapon attacked Fuji and turned on him to join Terry Funk's new group Funk Masters of Wrestling, which led Gladiator to turn into a villain again. On the September 6th, 2000 edition of Thunder, Awesome changed his gimmick and became "That '70s Guy" Mike Awesome (a reference to the hit TV series, That '70s Show), dressing in various 1970s inspired outfits and hosting the "Lava Lamp Lounge" interview segment. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In WWE (then still the WWF), Awesome won the Hardcore title in June 2001 from Rhyno after sneaking into the building and later was part of the WCW/ECW-WWF invasion storyline. The team of Gladiator, Titan and Fuji gained more success by defeating Asako, Katsuji Ueda and Grigory Verichev in a street fight at Year End Spectacular. On April 23, Awesome teamed with Brian Lee and Slash in a losing effort against Perry Saturn, New Jack and The Sandman. Gladiator had lost his significance as a main event competitor after losing the Double Championship despite being the longest reigning champion and became a mid-card member of ZEN. new TWTR.Widget({ Mikes body was discovered by a group of friends on February 17, 2007. Awesome lost to Tanaka again at the August Heat Wave pay-per-view event. Michael "Mike" G. Gulatto, 47, of Peoria passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. This account has been disabled. features: { A funeral service for former Cobb County Chairman Mike Boyce was held Thursday at the University of Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart in front of family, friends and While he was still in jail, his wife visited him and told him that she was going through with the divorce and taking their two children. Gladiator won a rematch at Summer Spectacular, before finally losing to Titan on September 7 to end the rivalry. Onita was impressed by Gladiator and called him back for more tours with FMW. He wanted to have a . You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Mike Cates Loyce P. "Mike" Cates, 77, of Cherokee, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 16, 2009 in Country Side Estates in Cherokee. On April 10, 2000, Awesome made a surprise appearance on WCW Monday Nitroaiding The New Blood by attacking Kevin Nashwhile still reigning as ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Born and raised in Tampa, Fla., Alfonso married his high school sweetheart and fathered two children. This spot appeared in many ECW highlight reels including the intro to a variety of their television programs for years to come (according to ECW announcer Joey Styles his own reaction to the spot inspired his "Oh my God" catchphrase). Apr 16: Impact Rebellion On Wed night Casey was messaging with her husband around 7:30pm, They joked about Ice . Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. A celebration of Michaels life will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 23, 2007 at Serenity Meadows. His work in both ECW and FMW is fantastic. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. He did an Awesome Bomb through a table and pinned Tanaka on the floor of the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Mike Awesome I found on Findagrave.com. The following year, Gladiator and Titan participated in a double-elimination tournament for the newly created Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship, in which they defeated Hideki Hosaka and Hisakatsu Oya in the quarter-final, Jinsei Shinzaki and Masaru Toi in the semi-final and Mr. Gannosuke and Tarzan Goto in the final to succeed in their block and then defeated Atsushi Onita and Katsutoshi Niiyama in the tournament final on January 18, 1994, to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship, marking Alfonso's first title in FMW. 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