Mike Knox tagged with Samoa Joe at UPW Proving Ground on December 12,2000, in the Galaxy Theatre of Santa Ana, California and defeated the debuting Al Katrazz with Basil.
21 Facts About Mike Knox
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Mike Knox wrestled at UPW live against the boss Samoa Joe for the Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to win the title.
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Mike Knox was booked to win the Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and the Tag Team Championship with friend and rival Derek Neikirk on one occasion.
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Mike Knox was signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental deal in February 2005, and made a handful of appearances on WWE shows, including one appearance as a masked "jihadist" for Muhammad Hassan, in the infamous segment that led to Hassan's ousting from WWE.
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Mike Knox mainly wrestled for their Atlanta, Georgia-based developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling.
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Mike Knox debuted on the June 20,2006 episode of ECW as a heel by interfering in Kelly Kelly's striptease segment, coming from the backstage area and covering her with a towel before escorting her off stage, though he was unnamed on-screen at the time.
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Mike Knox was pushed strongly, interfering in matches, and squashing his opponents.
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Mike Knox later formed a short-lived tag team with Test before starting a feud with CM Punk, after growing jealous of Kelly Kelly's admiration towards Punk.
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Mike Knox made his pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series where he teamed up with Team Rated-RKO to take on Team DX, but was the first man eliminated after taking a superkick from Shawn Michaels, a match Team Rated-RKO would lose.
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Mike Knox then attacked her on the next ECW episode, breaking the duo up for good.
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Mike Knox was again taken off television for several months in order to return to Deep South Wrestling.
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The next week Mike Knox wrestled against ECW Champion CM Punk, again losing to Punk after a Go To Sleep from Punk.
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Mike Knox's look drastically changed as well from his previous clean-cut look to long unkempt hair and a long beard.
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Mike Knox attacked Rey Mysterio two times over a period of three weeks.
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Mike Knox made his debut for the brand on the May 8,2009 episode of SmackDown, defeating R-Truth in a singles match.
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Mike Knox's final match was a loss to JTG on the April 23,2010 edition of SmackDown, on the same day WWE announced that Mike Knox had been released from his contract.
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Mike Knox competed against Corporal Robinson and Raven at JCW Bloodymania IV.
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In May 2012, Mike Knox competed in a dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling against the Television Champion Devon.
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Mike Knox gained his revenge on Angle the following week, hitting him in the neck with a ball-peen hammer.
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On November 9,2021, in the second part of NWA Power: By Any Means Necessary, Mike Knox made his in-company debut by attacking NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Trevor Murdoch in steel cage during event.
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On December 4,2021, in the Hard Times 2, Mike Knox was defeated by Trevor Murdoch and failed to win the title.