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Michael Hayner
Ring name(s)	Prince Iaukea[1] The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea[1] The Artist[1] The Tongan Prince
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight	219 lb (99 kg)[1]
Born	Honolulu, Hawaii[1]
Resides	Zephyrhills, Florida
Billed from	Honolulu, Hawaii The Kingdom of Tonga
Trained by	Larry Simon Dean Malenko Rico Federico WCW Power Plant[1]
Debut	1995
Retired	2002

Michael Hayner (sometimes known as Mike Haynes, Mike Haines or Mike Haynor) was a professional wrestler best known as Prince Iaukea in World Championship Wrestling. Haynes has also made a career performing and coordinating stunts for major motion pictures.^[1] He holds a Black Belt in Judo and is well trained in amateur and submission wrestling. He has trained with former USMC champions Greg Gibson and Craig Pittman, Japanese wrestling champion Manube Nakanishi, and submission wrestlers Ron Hill and Karl Gotch.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 World Championship Wrestling (1995–2001) 1.2 Independent circuit (2001–2002) 2 Current Life 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] World Championship Wrestling (1995–2001)

After being trained by Dean Malenko and Rico Federico, Haynes debuted on World Championship Wrestling (WCW) pay-per-view Fall Brawl 1995 as a cadet delivering papers to Cobra for Craig Pittman. Later, Kevin Sullivan brought him to some TV tapings and was so impressed by his professionalism, overall attitude, and respect for the business that Sullivan gave him the Iaukea name taken from Curtis Iaukea, a good friend of Sullivan. Prince Iaukea debuted on WCW TV in 1996 and quickly made a name for himself with his unique Samoan persona and real submission wrestling skills along with solid pro wrestling ability. The common pronunciation of his ring name came about by the mispronunciation from WCW Announcer Tony Schiavone. Prince Iaukea also received blessing from King Curtis Iaukea during a phone conversation with King Curtis telling him that "he was family" and that he enjoyed the work that Prince was doing.

On February 17, 1997, Iaukea captured the WCW World Television Championship by defeating Lord Steven Regal^[1] and would hold it for 4 months before losing it to Ultimate Dragon. Iaukea then went off to tour New Japan working with established greats such as Shinjiro Otani and Koji Kanemoto. On the tour he was kicked severely by Koji Kanemoto and thought he was severely injured. Japanese booker Riki Chōshū was a huge supporter of Iaukea.

Back in WCW, Iaukea would then float around the lower mid-card for several years, mainly because of an alleged romantic link between Iaukea and the wife of an upper level WCW executive. Iaukea denied the allegations, but the rumor persisted. He was repackaged in 2000 as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea, a comedic gimmick based on singer Prince. Later, his ring name was shortenend to simply The Artist. He won the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship from Lash LeRoux in February 2000.^[1] The Artist would lose the title to Billy Kidman and later reclaim it^[1] before being stripped of the title by Vince Russo in April 2000 when Russo and Eric Bischoff "re-launched" WCW.

[edit] Independent circuit (2001–2002)

After WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001, he wrestled the independent scene traveling around the country for various promotions. He was briefly known as The Tongan Prince for Jimmy Hart's X Wrestling Federation, but when that went under he used his military background and went to work for a security contractor overseas. In 2007 he started 3SX Entertainment,(Samoan Strong Style Xtreme Wrestling and Entertainment) in American Samoa where work on a Pro Wrestling and MMA Dojo is ongoing. He won the PWF (Pro Wrestling Fusion) Luchador title by defeating Chris Jones on November 29, 2008 and held it for 6 months before losing it back to Chris Jones, but he rebounded quickly and received a Heavyweight title shot against Steve Madison only to lose a close contest. ^[1]

[edit] Current Life

In addition to his professional wrestling career, Haynes also has considerable experience as a martial artist, stunt performer and coordinator in motion pictures. Mike Haynor can be found on IMDB.com as a professional stunt man for several well known movies, including: Scream 2, Bowfinger, Austin Powers 2, and most recently Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Ready to Rumble.^[1][2]

Haynes is also a devout Christian and hopes to set an example for others by his professional attitude and demeanor.

Haynes owns and promotes 3SX Pro Wrestling and 3SX Entertainment which runs events in the Pacific, particularly [{Am Samoa} and New Zealand.

Haynes also has a son in the professional wrestling industry. They both currently work for Pro Wrestling Fusion, a Florida based independent wrestling promotion that emphasizes family safe and high impact, high energy, professional wrestling entertainment.

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Diving DDT^[1]
  • Swan dive headbutt (Diving headbutt)^[1]

• Signature moves
  • Diving crossbody
  • Double leg takedown^[3]
  • Dropkick^[3]
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Belly to belly
    • Cradle
    • German
    • Northern lights
  • Slingshot crossbody^[3]
  • Slingshot leg drop
  • Snap swinging neckbreaker
  • Superkick^[3]

• Managers
  • Paisley

• Nicknames
  • "TAFKAPI"^[1]

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Fusion
  • PWF Luchacore Championship (1 time)^[1]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Rookie of the Year (1997)^[1]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him #97 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003

• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)^[1]
  • WCW World Television Championship (1 times)^[1]

• Other titles
  • eXtreme Japan World Championship (2 times)
  • FXCW World Championship (2 times)
  • GPCW World Championship (3 times)
  • IWF InterNational Championship (1 time)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Michael Haynes III at the Internet Movie Database
• August 1, 2009 Video Interview with Prince Iaukea

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