[WWW] Slam 11.6.03 Crash Holly found dead at 34

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Crash Holly found dead at 34

By JASON CLEVETT -- SLAM! Wrestling
 
WWE.com and wrestlingobserver.com have reported that Mike Lockwood,
better known as Crash Holly and more recently, Mad Mikey, was found
dead this afternoon at WWE star Steven Richards' home in Florida. He
was 34.

Lockwood started his career in California, wrestling as "Leprechaun
Erin O'Grady" before joining the WWE in 1999, as the cousin of Bob
"Hardcore" Holly. The two frequently battled each other but also went
on to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

He was used mostly as a comedy wrestler, announced as weighing "Well
over 400 pounds" despite his small stature and carrying a scale to the
ring. His greatest WWE claim to fame was his multiple Hardcore
Championship reigns. He was the first champion to adhere to the 24/7
rule and sketches revolving around wrestlers, non-wrestlers, and WWE
agents Pat Patterson & Gerald Briscoe trying to steal the title from
him were frequently a part of WWE programming.

After floating around on Velocity and being unused by the company,
they finally found him a role as one of Matt Hardy's followers, and he
began using A.J. Styles' signature finisher, dubbing it the "Crash
Landing." He was released shortly thereafter and surfaced in NWA-TNA
as Mad Mikey, forming a team with Shark Boy.