Michael Polchlopek was born on December 27,1965 and is an American retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist.
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15 Facts About Mike Polchlopek
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Mike Polchlopek is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names Bart Gunn and Bodacious Bart, as well as his appearances with All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1998 to 2002 and with New Japan Pro-Wrestling from 2002 to 2004 as Mike Barton.
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Michael Mike Polchlopek was born on December 27,1965 in Titusville, Florida.
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Mike Polchlopek was trained to wrestle by Caesar Barraza, Blackjack Mulligan, Tim Parker and Boris Malenko.
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In 1992, Mike Polchlopek formed a tag team with Kip Winchester in the Tampa, Florida-based International Championship Wrestling Alliance known as "The Long Riders".
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Mike Polchlopek was perhaps most famous in the World Wrestling Federation as one-half of the tag team The Smoking Gunns with his kayfabe brother Billy Gunn.
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Under his new manager Jim Cornette, Mike Polchlopek recreated the Midnight Express tag team as "Bodacious Bart" with partner Bombastic Bob.
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Mike Polchlopek would compete in the 1998 World Strongest Tag Determination League, teaming with Johnny Ace, and finishing in 4th place with 8 points.
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Mike Polchlopek became a member of Johnny Ace's gaijin stable, The Movement, and the two continued to team.
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Mike Polchlopek had a short stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2003 only lasting a month where he wrestled one match where he lost to Perry Saturn.
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Mike Polchlopek's last match in the company was a victory over Katsushi Takemura on September 25,2006.
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Mike Polchlopek returned to the WWE as Bart Gunn for the December 10,2007 edition of Raw, where he participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal.
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Mike Polchlopek made his mixed martial arts debut against UFC veteran Wesley Correira at Rumble On The Rock: Beatdown on June 17,2006.
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Mike Polchlopek won his debut via TKO after the ringside doctor determined Correira was unable to continue fighting after suffering a large cut.
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Mike Polchlopek was previously an electrician until 1993, and resumed work as an electrician 15 years later, in addition to doing home construction work.
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