Mikey Whiplash
Birth nameMichael John Gilbert
Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 43)
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
Professional wrestling career
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight14 st 9 lb (205 lb; 93 kg)
Billed fromStoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
Trained byChris Curtis
Debut2000

Michael John Gilbert (born 16 July 1980)[1] is a former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Whiplash. He currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland and wrestled for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit.

Gilbert was the owner and promoter of the Glasgow-based, women's wrestling promotion; Fierce Females and Source wrestling school. [2] He was removed from the Fierce Females promotion and his trainer role at Source Wrestling following abuse allegations stemming from the Speaking Out movement and sexting a young trainee.[3][4]

Professional Wrestling Career

Between 2002 and 2012 he was a full-time regular for All Star Wrestling. Gilbert has also wrestled for London-based promotion Progress Wrestling. In 2009 he defeated France's Thomas La Ruffa for the World Heavy Middleweight Championship (formerly held by Mark Rocco, Fuji Yamada, Robbie Brookside, Bryan Danielson and others).[5] In ASW he defeated Rampage Brown for the European Heavyweight Championship before losing it to James Mason the same day on 2 October 2010.[6]

Whiplash wrestled extensively for Insane Championship Wrestling where he is a former ICW Heavyweight Champion and Zero-G Champion.[7] He wrestled the likes of Drew Galloway, Grado, Andy Wild, Wolfgang, Jack Jester, Joe Hendry, Angélico, Jordan Devlin, Jimmy Havoc, Sabu, Stevie Boy, Joe Coffey and Zack Sabre Jr.[8]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "Mikey Whiplash « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Fierce Females « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (18 June 2020). "Fierce Females Cuts Ties With Owner Mikey Whiplash Following Allegations Of Abuse". Fightful. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Vesty, Sarah (19 June 2020). "Fierce Females Cuts Ties With Owner Mikey Whiplash Following Allegations Of Abuse". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b WORLD HEAVY-MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE Wrestling-Titles.com Accessed 2018-09-15
  6. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1300&page=5&reign=2
  7. ^ "Titles « Mikey Whiplash « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2154&page=4&search=icw
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 February 2006). "British Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (22 March 2009). "All Star People's Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  11. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (7 December 2012). "BCW Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (5 May 2013). "ICW World Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  13. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 August 2013). "ICW Zero-G Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  14. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (10 September 2010). "IPW:UK Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  15. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (20 September 2014). "Pride Wrestling Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Undisputed British Tag Team Champions History". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  17. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (1 June 2012). "NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  18. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (7 March 2020). "Target Wrestling Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  19. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 October 2016). "Target Wrestling Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  20. ^ "TNT Extreme Wrestling". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  21. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (31 January 2019). "DOA Deathmatch Tournament (2019)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  22. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (6 June 2019). "TNT Extreme Division Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  23. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (2 October 2010). "European Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  24. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 May 2014). "Seven Deadly Sins Tournament (2014)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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