John Watson

Acting

Born: 1973-06-04 in West Sayville, New York, USA

Biography

John Michael Watson, better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a trainer, and global ambassador. He is best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was an ECW Triple Crown Champion. Whipwreck is a former world champion, winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once. He also became a two-time World Television Champion and a three-time World Tag Team Champion in ECW. Watson began his professional wrestling career in ECW in 1994 and received the push of an underdog, who quickly captured the Television Championship, his first title in the company. He would later form an on-and-off partnership with Cactus Jack, with whom he held the World Tag Team Championship twice between 1994 and 1996. A year later, Whipwreck captured the World Heavyweight Championship at age 22 and became the youngest ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He would compete as a mid-carder in the company before leaving in 1998 but returned to the company in late 1999 after a short stint with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Shortly after his return, Whipwreck aligned with The Sinister Minister and formed a tag team with Yoshihiro Tajiri called The Unholy Alliance and won his third World Tag Team Championship with Yoshihiro Tajiri. The team existed until ECW's closure in 2001. Since October 28, 2018, Whipwreck along with Jerry Lynn and Mike Freland, started and co-hosts a podcast named Front Row Material.

John Watson

Biography

Known For

Raw

WCW Monday Nitro

WWE: The Rise + Fall of ECW

ECW Hardcore TV

ECW Heat Wave 2000

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

ECW on TNN

WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling

ECW November to Remember 1994

ECW November to Remember 1997

ECW Guilty as Charged 2001

ECW November to Remember 1996

ECW House Party 1996

WCW Bash at the Beach 1999

ROH: The Era of Honor Begins

WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches

ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash 1996

ECW 3 Way Dance

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2

The Stone Cold Truth

ECW The Doctor Is In 1996

ECW Massacre on 34th Street

WCW Uncensored 1999

ECW Mountain Top Madness

WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin

ECW Fan Cam: May 20, 1995

ECW Heat Wave 1994

Hardcore Homecoming

ECW Guilty as Charged 2000

ECW November to Remember 1995

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

ECW It Ain't Seinfeld

ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast

ECW Hostile City Showdown 1996

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1996

ECW Heat Wave 1996

ECW November To Remember 1998

ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994

ECW Double Tables 1995