Tu te rends compte que ce que tu fais, c'est du suicide de carrière, Mike?
Après la 15e fois, tu me l'as dit.
Eh bien, je dois continuer à te le dire parce que tu n'écoutes pas!
J'écoutais, sauf pour tout ce que tu viens de dire...
- C'est quoi, ça? - C'est quoi, ça?
Je plaisante! Mais je n'y retourne toujours pas, pas encore du moins.
Mike Hardwick a parlé dans le casque de bluetooth alors qu'il regardait les rues et les bâtiments vraiment tristes qu'il conduisait lentement. Il savait que Rage City était un trou de merde, mais voir tout ça en personne l'a vraiment confirmé. Il s'en est sorti comme un pouce endolor aussi, une belle voiture de location de sport, fait sur mesure chemise grise dévolue et des pantalons avec des chaussures en cuir. Mike ne s'en souciait pas, mais il n'allait pas abaisser ses normes personnelles juste à cause de l'endroit où il était.
Je t'appellerai plus tard Dave, je suis presque sur le site...
Pour l'amour de Dieu Mike, j'ai fini comme votre...
Mike a raccroché à son agent avant de devoir écouter encore plus de pleurnicher et de se plaindre. Le gars avait raison, bien sûr, abandonner un prestigieux coup de titre juste pour le remboursement personnel était un geste imprudent. Il n'a pas compris les ramifications. Max Thunder n'était pas seulement son professeur, c'était un modèle, quelqu'un à regarder aussi quand tout autour de lui avait l'air pareil. Le RCPD ne faisait rien à propos du meurtre, et Mike était trop frustré pour laisser les charades continuer comme ça sans s'impliquer.
Quand il est arrivé à l'adresse de la salle de gym, tout le monde rencontrait Mike s'est tiré sur le trottoir d'un espace de stationnement à proximité et a tué le moteur. Soupir alors qu'il a verrouillé la voiture reconnaissant qu'il a obtenu une assurance sur elle parce que franchement il n'était pas sûr que le truc serait là quand il est revenu. Alors que Mike tournait le virage, il s'est vite rendu compte que la salle de gym semblait un peu... occupée... en ce moment. Un groupe de Chinois qui cherchent des gars qui battent deux autres types au hasard. Certainement pas tout à fait comment il a mis à part toute cette chose pour commencer.
Ça vous dérange de vous éloigner du chemin? J'ai des affaires à régler dans la salle de gym. Mike a appelé en espérant que c'était une chose bizarre qu'il n'avait pas à s'impliquer. Le costume était cher, il ne le laissait pas s'enfoncer dans le sang d'un connard.
Name: “Maximum Destruction” Mike Hardwick
Age: 23
Height: 6'2
Weight: 184
(Taking a picture with two fans before Wrestle Heaven 14 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan)
Fighting Style: A decent bit of jiu-jitsu and judo training, but the majority of Mike's fighting involves professional wrestling taught to him by his teacher and mentor Max Thunder. While he uses a variety of his teacher's strong style wrestling, Mike has a selection of moves from his time in Mexico wrestling in the lucha libre style.
Other Skills: Fluent in Japanese, acrobatic and has a small history practicing free running, has a knack for making just about anything into a weapon.
Personality: Mike believes in himself almost to a fault, he sees himself as the greatest pro wrestler in the world and has yet to be proven wrong in his mind. Though he is a good guy, at least he tries to be, his ego can rub people the wrong way. Mike has tasted the good life wrestling at the highest profile so he might have his standards a bit too high for whats to come.
Bio: As much as Mike would love for his story to be about surviving on the hard streets, learning to be street smart as he fought his way through all comers. The truth was though Mike's childhood is actually kind of boring. He grew up in the small city of Buttehaven, a suburbs of sorts to Rage City. His family was blue collar to a tee. His father worked at the docks in his hometown while his mom was a stay at home. While Mike was popular and liked in school, he was miserable as he felt like Buttehaven was a dead end, and moving to Rage City was a gamble to put it nicely.
It all changed when Mike was in school during career day, one of the people who came to the school was former pro wrestler Max Thunder. He came to advertise his wrestling academy 'Reign of Pain Academy'. Most of the students ignored him but Mike became enamored by the idea, especially when Max took him to a pro wrestling show. It became the moment Mike saw exactly what he wanted to do. A figure larger than life, with a stadium stuffed to the brim with people calling your name.
Mike went through everything Max Thunder's training called for. When Mike graduated he took up the nickname "Maximum Destruction" in honor of his tutor, and began traveling to hone his craft. From hardcore wrestling in Philly, lucha libre in Mexico, and technical wrestling in Germany, Mike Hardwick was picked up finally by World Japan Wrestling Championship when he turned 21. Mike quickly rose the ranks and became a fan favorite despite being American. Life was grand, Mike was experiencing the good life he always wanted. It all came to a head when the owner of the company told Mike he was getting a shot at the WJWC World Championship. He called Max Thunder, and asked if Max would manage him for the big match. After wiping the tear of joy from his eye Max happily accepted.
That was the last time Mike ever spoke to Max.
Max was shot down shortly after Axel's murdering. Leaving Mike completely gob struck and frustrated at a lack of answers as too why. Rage City police were extremely uncooperative, leaving Mike feeling helpless until Missy Stone's message got to him. Mike had his championship match rescheduled to everyone's shock, and took the first plane out to Rage City. He wanted answers, and he was getting them.