Michael John Gilbert (born 16 July 1980) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mikey Whiplash. He currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland and wrestles for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit, most notably
Insane Championship Wrestling
Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Mark Dallas in 2006. It mixes elements of traditional sports entertainment with hardcore wrestling; thus admittance is restricted ...
where he is a former
ICW Heavyweight Champion and
Zero-G Champion.
Between 2002 and 2012 he was a full-time regular for
All Star Wrestling
All Star Wrestling (ASW) is a British professional wrestling promotion operated by Brian Dixon and based in Birkenhead, England. Founded as Wrestling Enterprises of Birkenhead in October 1970, it has also been known over the years as All Star P ...
. Gilbert has also wrestled for London-based promotion
Progress Wrestling
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen ...
. In 2009 he defeated France's
Thomas La Ruffa for the World Heavy Middleweight Championship (formerly held by
Mark Rocco
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,
Fuji Yamada,
Robbie Brookside
Robert Edward Brooks (born 11 March 1966), better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a trainer/producer for the NXT brand. He has toured all ove ...
,
Bryan Danielson
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and others).
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Gilbert was the owner and promoter of the Glasgow-based, women's wrestling promotion; Fierce Females. He was removed from the promotion following abuse allegations stemming from the Speaking Out movement
The Speaking Out movement is a social movement against emotional, physical and sexual abuse in the professional wrestling industry, where people publicize their allegations of misconduct committed by powerful and/or prominent individuals. Similar ...
.
Championships and accomplishments
*All Star Wrestling
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**British Tag Team Championship
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Although the title was created just aft ...
(1 time)
**All Star People's Championship (1 time)
**World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)
*British Championship Wrestling
**BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
*Insane Championship Wrestling
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** ICW Heavyweight Championship
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( 1 time)
**ICW Zero-G Championship
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(1 time)
**ICW Bammy Award for "Feud of the Year" with BT Gunn
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(2015)
**ICW "Match of the Year" Bammy Award - for Legion (Mikey Whiplash, Tommy End
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& Michael Dante) vs New Age Kliq (BT Gunn
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, Chris Renfrew & Wolfgang) at Fear & Loathing VIII (2015)
** Square Go Contract (Fourth Annual Square Go 2013)
* International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
** IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time)
*Pride Wrestling
**Pride Wrestling Championship (1 time)
*Revolution Pro Wrestling
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Revolution Pro Wrestling currently has partnershi ...
**Undisputed British Tag Team Championship
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(1 time) – with Robbie Dynamite
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*Rock N Wrestle
**RNW Highland Championship (1 time, current)
*Scottish Wrestling Alliance
**NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship
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(1 time)
*Target Wrestling
**Target Wrestling Championship (1 time, current)
**Target Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time)
* TNT Extreme Wrestling
**DOA Deathmatch Tournament (2019)
**TNT Extreme Division Championship (1 time)
*Union of European Wrestling Alliances
**European Heavyweight Championship
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The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage ...
(1 time)
*World Wide Wrestling League
**Seven Deadly Sins Tournament (2014)
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
English male professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
Undisputed British Tag Team Champions