Mikey Whiplash

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Mikey Whiplash
Birth nameMichael John Gilbert
Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44)
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
Professional wrestling career
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight14 st 9 lb (205 lb; 93 kg)
Billed from Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
Trained byChris Curtis
Debut2000

Michael John Gilbert (born 16 July 1980) [1] is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Whiplash. He currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland and wrestled for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit.

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Gilbert was the owner and promoter of the Glasgow-based, women's wrestling promotion; Fierce Females and Source wrestling school. [2] He no longer worked with the Fierce Females promotion following abuse allegations stemming from the Speaking Out movement and sexting a young trainee. [3] [4]

Professional wrestling career

Between 2002 and 2012 he was a full-time regular for All Star Wrestling. Gilbert has also wrestled for London-based promotion Progress Wrestling. In 2009 he defeated France's Thomas La Ruffa for the World Heavy Middleweight Championship (formerly held by Mark Rocco, Fuji Yamada, Robbie Brookside, Bryan Danielson and others). [5] In ASW he defeated Rampage Brown for the European Heavyweight Championship before losing it to James Mason the same day on 2 October 2010. [6]

Whiplash wrestled extensively for Insane Championship Wrestling where he is a former ICW Heavyweight Champion and Zero-G Champion. [7] He wrestled the likes of Drew Galloway, Grado, Andy Wild, Wolfgang, Jack Jester, Joe Hendry, Angélico, Jordan Devlin, Jimmy Havoc, Sabu, Stevie Boy, Joe Coffey and Zack Sabre Jr. [8]

Championships and accomplishments

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  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Fierce Females « Promotions Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (18 June 2020). "Fierce Females Cuts Ties With Owner Mikey Whiplash Following Allegations Of Abuse". Fightful. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Vesty, Sarah (19 June 2020). "Scots wrestling promoter 'Mikey Whiplash' resigns after grabbing woman by throat and sexting another young female". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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