Michael Jackson (November 10, 1949), better known by his

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"Action" Mike Jackson, is an American professional wrestler who currently works for

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and the

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in Georgia and Alabama. During the 1970s and 1980s he worked for Georgia Championship Wrestling and a short time with World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Professional wrestling career

Mike Jackson dropkicks Jake Roberts 1984

Jackson made his professional wrestling debut in June 1972. Early in his career he worked for NWA Mid-America and

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. In 1978 he made his debut for Georgia Championship Wrestling. During his career he wrestled against

Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair has had a career spanni ...

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and

Bob Backlund Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s, wher ...

. He also worked for

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, UWF Mid-South, World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions (which later became World Championship Wrestling) from 1984 to 1991. He went into semi-retirement from wrestling in the early 1990s and made his last appearance in the 1993 Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 at 382. In 1998, he wrestled for New Dimension Wrestling and then once again retired. Then in 2005 he came out of retirement working for NWA Wrestle Birmingham and Peachstate Wrestling Alliance in Georgia. On December 8, 2019, Jackson and Tommy Rich defeated 1 Called Manders and Mance Warner to win the WOMBAT tag team titles. As of 2022, Jackson still wrestles in Georgia and Alabama.

Impact Wrestling (2020, 2021–present)

On March 7, 2020, Jackson made his debut for

at 70 years old losing to Johnny Swinger on a TV-taping which aired April 14. Jackson returned to Impact for one night only on December 18, 2021, teaming with Johnny Swinger as The Rhythmic Warriors as they defeated Kar Daniel Dunn and

Chris Sabin Joshua Harter (born February 4, 1982), better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, and is also known for his work in Ring of Honor. After being trained by Scott D ...

. Jackson then participated in the Reverse Battle Royal at

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won by

Shark Boy Dean Matthew Roll (born January 28, 1975) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Shark Boy. Prior to his appearances in TNA, Roll competed on the independen ...

. He wrestled in a 6-way scramble won by KUSHIDA at Hard To Kill (2023). The next night, he lost to Trey Miguel.

Championships and accomplishments

*Continental Championship Wrestling **CCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) * Game Changer Wrestling **WOMBAT Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich *Georgia Pro Wrestling Association **GPWA Southern Cruiserweight Championship *Global Championship Wrestling **Alabama Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Peachstate Wrestling Alliance **PWA Heritage Championship (3 times) **PWA Southern Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) * Pro Wrestling Illustrated **PWI ranked Mike Jackson # 346 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991 **PWI ranked Mike Jackson # 277 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992 **PWI ranked Mike Jackson # 382 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993 **PWI ranked Mike Jackson # 480 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2022 *Rocket City Championship Wrestling **RCCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) *Southern Championship Wrestling **SCW Alabama Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *Spartan Pro Wrestling **Spartan Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Wrestle Birmingham **Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2006)cite web, url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=128149

References

External links

Mike Jackson at OWW.comMike Jackson at Cagematch.netMike Jackson at Wrestlingdata.com
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