Chris Michaels

William Pierce (born July 13, 1961) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Chris Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992 to 1993. He is to not be confused with Nebraska and Iowa wrestler, Chris Michaels (real name, not a ring name) who worked for the USWA with tag team partner Todd Morton.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1989–1991) After training under Mark Tendler, Michaels made his debut on the independent circuit in 1989. In September 1990 he started to work for International World Class Championship Wrestling and he worked there until 1992. In January, 1991 Michaels started to work for Herb Abrams UWF. In the summer of 1991 he left the promotion.

World Wrestling Federation (1991–1992) In July 1991, Michaels started to work under his real name as a preliminary wrestler in the WWF, jobbing to names such as Sgt. Slaughter, Ric Flair, The Undertaker, Earthquake and Typhoon The Nasty Boys, Kamala, Rick Martel and The Mountie.

Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993) Michaels teamed up with Johnny Hotbody and Chris Candido to form a tag team known as "the Suicide Blondes" in Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the early 1990s. The trio won the ECW Tag Team Championship from Tony Stetson and Larry Winters on April 3, 1993.

Championships and accomplishments East Coast Professional Wrestling ECPW Five Boroughs Hall of Fame (class of 2011) NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling ECW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Johnny Hotbody and Chris Candido NWA New York NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA New York Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #242 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2002 Superstars of Wrestling Federation SWF United States Championship, (1 time, final) SWF Tag Team Champions (1 time Vacated titles) USA Pro Wrestling USA Pro United States Championship (1 time) Universal Superstars of America USA Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Tito Santana and Johnny Handsome (2)