Whipwreck continues on road to retirement
By JON WALDMAN -- For SLAM! Wrestling
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Mikey
Whipwreck at Jabroni's Wrestling Store in Winnipeg. -- Jon Waldman
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The "road to nowhere" tour continues for Mikey
Whipwreck, as the former Extreme Championship
Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling star comes
closer to retirement.
"It's going quite well," he told SLAM! Wrestling while in Winnipeg for a show with the Indigenous Wrestling Alliance. "No injuries yet. So
far so good."
Whipwreck, scheduled to have his last bout later this
year, is looking forward to his retirement from the
industry. "I have no plans, nothing. My wife makes good
money, so I don't have to do anything," he said with a
laugh. "I'm going to sit at home and get fat."
Among the organizations Whipwreck will be working for
before his retirement is Main Event Championship
Wrestling. While he has not signed an official
contract, he has agreed to work shows for the upstart
promotion. "We're all looking forward to that and that
should be really good," he said. "We've got a lot of
good talent and we're ready to go."
Where Whipwreck will not be working, however, is among
his former ECW cohorts who are part of the WCW/ECW
Invasion angle in the World Wrestling Federation. "I
couldn't work a four-to-five day schedule," he said. "my body
just couldn't handle it."
Whipwreck will best be remembered for his hardcore
style, much of which was on display during his time in
ECW. However, he would not advise wrestlers to follow
in his footsteps. "If you don't have to do it, don't
do it, but if you have to do it, you have to do it,"
he said. "I wouldn't recommend it though myself."
Whipwreck began his career with ECW in 1994, quickly
becoming a fan favourite, and winning the
organization's triple crown of the Television, Tag
Team, and World titles. He counts his time teaming
with Cactus Jack (
Mick Foley) as being a highlight of
his career.
Whipwreck also spent time with WCW, debuting at their
"
Uncensored 1999" pay-per-view card against
Billy
Kidman. The match got high marks from a lot of
analysts (including a 10/10 by our own John Powell), but Whipwreck was soon demoted to working
WCW Saturday Night. He says that backstage politics
that kept him down in WCW after the performance at
Uncensored. "You stole the show, you're done. That was
it," Whipwreck said. "That was the end of me."
Whipwreck's stay in WCW wasn't long, and he soon
returned to ECW, where he joined up with the Sinister
Minister and current WWF star Yoshihiro Tajiri.
Whipwreck has enjoyed his career, working with people
like Cactus Jack,
Tajiri,
Steve Austin, and the
Sandman. One of the best parts of his career was,
"just meeting a lot of people. It was really cool."
