12 Facts About Connor Michalek

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Connor Michalek was an American WWE fan who received considerable media attention after a social media campaign for him to meet Daniel Bryan, his favorite professional wrestler.

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Connor Michalek later met Bryan and other WWE performers a number of times.

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Connor Michalek was born in 2005, the son of Brittany Caligiuri and Steve Michalek.

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Connor Michalek had a younger brother named Jackson, and lived with his family in Shaler Township, Pennsylvania.

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Connor Michalek developed medulloblastoma in September 2009, when he was three years old.

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Connor Michalek subsequently began a clinical trial of chemotherapy and treatments but doctors gave him close to a zero percent chance of surviving due to surgery not being an option and having exceeded his lifetime amount of radiation to the brain and spine.

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In October 2012, a video featuring Connor Michalek asking to meet his hero, WWE professional wrestler Daniel Bryan, was posted to YouTube and received attention from media outlets.

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Connor Michalek met Bryan on December 18,2012, and again on October 7,2013, when WWE held events in Pittsburgh.

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On March 9,2015, WWE announced that Connor Michalek would be honored with the inaugural Warrior Award at the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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Justin Roberts, who was instrumental in getting Connor Michalek to meet his favorite wrestlers, wrote an article questioning whether his Hall of Fame induction by WWE was "driven by sincerity and not strategy".

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Connor Michalek wrote in detail about WWE's relationship with Michalek, including his own involvement as the initial point-contact with Michalek's family.

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Roberts, who had left WWE several months prior, was driven to write the article after reading a tweet by Stephanie McMahon made on the same day as Connor Michalek's posthumous receiving of the Warrior Award, which as analyzed by PWInsider "raises questions about the company's reasoning for their community outreach" despite Roberts' love of "the company [having] inducted Connor Michalek into their Hall of Fame".