Mike n'était pas prêt pour que l'énorme mitaine soit saisi autour de sa gorge alors qu'il sentait que ses pieds commencent à s'embrouiller du sol. Awkwardly coupant légèrement dans l'air Mike a dû essayer de mettre ses doigts dans la main géante pour essayer de soulager une partie de la force se fermant sur son cou et ne pas s'évanouir. "Hong a besoin d'arrêter de parler dans la 3ème personne..." Mike s'est évanoui alors qu'il a commencé à se balancer les jambes en allers et retours. "Mieux encore, Hong a besoin de monter une autre octave..." Avec ce Mike a remonté sa jambe droite aussi loin qu'il l'allait et avec autant d'élan qu'il pouvait le rassembler vers l'espace entre les jambes de Hong.
Si la poignée de Hong s'est suffisamment relâchée pour que Mike puisse se sortir de la cale, le lutteur a eu besoin d'un souffle d'air. Le musc putride de Rage City n'a jamais été aussi bon que Mike l'a mis dedans et dehors pendant un moment qu'il était sur un genou. Quand il a levé les yeux et a vu Hong bien qu'il était debout Mike est rapidement revenu à ses pieds. Reprenant un pas en arrière et frottant un peu sa jambe droite avant d'avancer, déchargeant un superkick sur le menton de Hong. Il ne l'a pas contacté en voyant parfaitement comment le porc était grand. Mais il a été capable d'atterrir le superkick sur des cibles plus élevées avant.
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.