John Watson

John Michael Watson better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck is an American semiretired 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 twotime World Television Champion and a threetime 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 onandoff 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 midcarder 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 ECWs closure in 2001 Since October 28 2018 Whipwreck along with Jerry Lynn and Mike Freland started and cohosts a podcast named Front Row Material