MIKE MASSIVE - MASSIVE DESTROYER
**Interview from Issue 8 of Westside Pro Wrestling Newsletter - April 2010**
Can you feel your heart pound?
Do you feel it beat?
Can you feel the earth quake
Underneath your feet?
KISS - I’m An Animal (G. Simmons/P. Stanley/T. Thayer)
Mike Massive is not only the biggest man on the WA scene, but he is the current, and first ever, Southern Hemisphere Wrestling Alliance champion, and is three months into his reign. WPW’s Tez had the opportunity to speak to the big man and fellow KISS Army soldier.
WPW: What wrestlers influenced you to such an extent that you wanted to become a Pro Wrestler?
MASSIVE: When I was growing up I always idolised William Myers better known as George “The Animal” Steele. He was one guy I could really relate too. Big, bad, crazy and ridiculously hairy.
John Tenta or Earthquake is the one wrestler who showed me that, yes, big men make good wrestlers. Who needs all the high flying and speed when you got power, size, a big ass to sit on your opponents with, and most importantly, a beard!
WPW: You had a short run in All Action Wrestling before the beginning of SHWA. Can you tell us about your time in AAW?
MASSIVE: AAW was where I made my debut as a pro wrestler. It was here where I learnt to adapt myself in and out of the ring. Instantly, I was teamed up with the AAW champ, at that time, as his personal bodyguard, and started making our dominance as a team felt throughout the AAW locker room.
WPW: In the very early days of SHWA, you were a heel managed by the 2009 WPW Manager of the Year, Ebenizah J. Klaus. Do you feel your career has been on the rise, since turning face and splitting from Klaus?
MASSIVE: I will make this answer short and sweet as I don't have much time for that so called Manager of the Year, Ebenizah J. Klaus... I have the gold, don't I?
WPW: Mid 2009 saw you get your first Interstate booking. You have been to South Australia again since then working the Allstar Wrestling Supershow. Are there anymore Interstate bookings on the horizon for 2010?
MASSIVE: Nothing yet, but it's only a matter of time before i make my presence felt in an interstate ring again. Especially those boys down in the Snakepit. They have a massive beating coming their way soon.
WPW: Ascension 2009 saw you defeat the Wraith to in the final of the SHWA Championship Tournament. How does it feel to be the very first SHWA Champion?
MASSIVE: Initially, words couldn’t describe how I felt to be the Champ. It's something you always dream of becoming and when you do you have to pinch yourself to make sure your not dreaming. Right now, I feel overwhelmed to be the first ever SHWA Champ as I went through hell and high water to get it.
Becoming Champ wasn't easy by any means and I wont make it any easier for whoever on the SHWA roster thinks he can take it away from me.
WPW: During your first SHWA championship defense against Jake Paragon at When Mountains Collide you suffered an arm injury. Is the injury all healed up now and have you had many wrestling related injuries prior to that?
MASSIVE: Yes the arm's doing fine now, after a few weeks rest. It just goes to show that injuries can happen anywhere at anytime in the ring no matter how good a wrestler you are.
As far as previous injuries, I had been pretty lucky not to sustain anything serious. Every now and then I wake up with a stiff neck or an overstretched muscle but nothing serious, and I would like to keep it that way.
WPW: You are working your way through the Muscle Militia having defeated the Wraith and Pain. This just leaves their leader, Jarrad Slate, standing in the way of a clean sweep over the faction. Slate eliminated you from the Battle Royal at the Allstar Wrestling Supershow in Adelaide. Are you looking forward to a future Championship clash with Slate?
MASSIVE: Absolutely. Jarrad Slate and I have a lot of bad blood between us and it's only a matter of time before I get my hands on him. Being one of the last five men in the ring he illegally eliminated me and cost me the title of becoming the AWS Battle Royal winner and taking the trophy home. A trophy that would've
looked good next to my SHWA Championship belt.
Not only will I defeat Jarrad Slate, but I will be the one person who single handedly puts a stop to the most dominating stable in W.A., The Muscle Militia, and Ebenizah J. Klaus.
WPW: What does Mike Massive still hope to achieve in his wrestling career?
MASSIVE: Well since becoming SHWA Champ, I have achieved just about everything that I first set out to do. One thing that I would like to achieve is to continue working hard and making myself a better wrestler and a good role model for those climbing the ranks of the roster.
A lot of people look me and up and down and I can see in their eyes what they think of me - he's to big, he's to slow blah, blah, blah. Well guess what? I'm living proof that if you work hard enough at what you set out to do, or become, then you will achieve it... successfully.
WPW: Being a fellow KISS Army soldier, I can’t finish the interview without a KISS related question or two. What is your favourite KISS album and Who is your favourite member?
MASSIVE: (Laughs) Toughest question of all this one, so I will simply say this..... Every KISS album is a work of musical genius. Nothing but pure raw energy is heard on every release. No album of theirs out does the other.
Although I have Peter Criss tattooed on my upper right arm, I did that to spite Mrs. Mass (Laughs), I have to say Gene Simmons "The Demon" is definitely my favourite member. This man, other than being a great father, business man, and the brains behind KISS is a rock god.
WPW: Thank you for taking the time to speak to Westside Pro Wrestling, Mike.
Can you feel your heart pound?
Do you feel it beat?
Can you feel the earth quake
Underneath your feet?
KISS - I’m An Animal (G. Simmons/P. Stanley/T. Thayer)
Mike Massive is not only the biggest man on the WA scene, but he is the current, and first ever, Southern Hemisphere Wrestling Alliance champion, and is three months into his reign. WPW’s Tez had the opportunity to speak to the big man and fellow KISS Army soldier.
WPW: What wrestlers influenced you to such an extent that you wanted to become a Pro Wrestler?
MASSIVE: When I was growing up I always idolised William Myers better known as George “The Animal” Steele. He was one guy I could really relate too. Big, bad, crazy and ridiculously hairy.
John Tenta or Earthquake is the one wrestler who showed me that, yes, big men make good wrestlers. Who needs all the high flying and speed when you got power, size, a big ass to sit on your opponents with, and most importantly, a beard!
WPW: You had a short run in All Action Wrestling before the beginning of SHWA. Can you tell us about your time in AAW?
MASSIVE: AAW was where I made my debut as a pro wrestler. It was here where I learnt to adapt myself in and out of the ring. Instantly, I was teamed up with the AAW champ, at that time, as his personal bodyguard, and started making our dominance as a team felt throughout the AAW locker room.
WPW: In the very early days of SHWA, you were a heel managed by the 2009 WPW Manager of the Year, Ebenizah J. Klaus. Do you feel your career has been on the rise, since turning face and splitting from Klaus?
MASSIVE: I will make this answer short and sweet as I don't have much time for that so called Manager of the Year, Ebenizah J. Klaus... I have the gold, don't I?
WPW: Mid 2009 saw you get your first Interstate booking. You have been to South Australia again since then working the Allstar Wrestling Supershow. Are there anymore Interstate bookings on the horizon for 2010?
MASSIVE: Nothing yet, but it's only a matter of time before i make my presence felt in an interstate ring again. Especially those boys down in the Snakepit. They have a massive beating coming their way soon.
WPW: Ascension 2009 saw you defeat the Wraith to in the final of the SHWA Championship Tournament. How does it feel to be the very first SHWA Champion?
MASSIVE: Initially, words couldn’t describe how I felt to be the Champ. It's something you always dream of becoming and when you do you have to pinch yourself to make sure your not dreaming. Right now, I feel overwhelmed to be the first ever SHWA Champ as I went through hell and high water to get it.
Becoming Champ wasn't easy by any means and I wont make it any easier for whoever on the SHWA roster thinks he can take it away from me.
WPW: During your first SHWA championship defense against Jake Paragon at When Mountains Collide you suffered an arm injury. Is the injury all healed up now and have you had many wrestling related injuries prior to that?
MASSIVE: Yes the arm's doing fine now, after a few weeks rest. It just goes to show that injuries can happen anywhere at anytime in the ring no matter how good a wrestler you are.
As far as previous injuries, I had been pretty lucky not to sustain anything serious. Every now and then I wake up with a stiff neck or an overstretched muscle but nothing serious, and I would like to keep it that way.
WPW: You are working your way through the Muscle Militia having defeated the Wraith and Pain. This just leaves their leader, Jarrad Slate, standing in the way of a clean sweep over the faction. Slate eliminated you from the Battle Royal at the Allstar Wrestling Supershow in Adelaide. Are you looking forward to a future Championship clash with Slate?
MASSIVE: Absolutely. Jarrad Slate and I have a lot of bad blood between us and it's only a matter of time before I get my hands on him. Being one of the last five men in the ring he illegally eliminated me and cost me the title of becoming the AWS Battle Royal winner and taking the trophy home. A trophy that would've
looked good next to my SHWA Championship belt.
Not only will I defeat Jarrad Slate, but I will be the one person who single handedly puts a stop to the most dominating stable in W.A., The Muscle Militia, and Ebenizah J. Klaus.
WPW: What does Mike Massive still hope to achieve in his wrestling career?
MASSIVE: Well since becoming SHWA Champ, I have achieved just about everything that I first set out to do. One thing that I would like to achieve is to continue working hard and making myself a better wrestler and a good role model for those climbing the ranks of the roster.
A lot of people look me and up and down and I can see in their eyes what they think of me - he's to big, he's to slow blah, blah, blah. Well guess what? I'm living proof that if you work hard enough at what you set out to do, or become, then you will achieve it... successfully.
WPW: Being a fellow KISS Army soldier, I can’t finish the interview without a KISS related question or two. What is your favourite KISS album and Who is your favourite member?
MASSIVE: (Laughs) Toughest question of all this one, so I will simply say this..... Every KISS album is a work of musical genius. Nothing but pure raw energy is heard on every release. No album of theirs out does the other.
Although I have Peter Criss tattooed on my upper right arm, I did that to spite Mrs. Mass (Laughs), I have to say Gene Simmons "The Demon" is definitely my favourite member. This man, other than being a great father, business man, and the brains behind KISS is a rock god.
WPW: Thank you for taking the time to speak to Westside Pro Wrestling, Mike.