
Wrestler:	Rick Michaels
Real Name:	Raymond Rawls
Birthday:	September 8, 1974
Hometown:	Originally from Atlanta, Georgia Lived in Jacksonville, Florida
Marital Status:
Height & Weight:	6' - 234 lbs
Trained by:
Debut:	November 10, 1991
Previous Gimmicks:
Finishing Move:	The Double-Shot
Favorite Moves:
Notable Feuds:	David Young Rainman

NWA Wildside Heavyweight title (2);

NWA World Tag Team titles (4);

NWA Beat the Champ title ();

NWA Georgia/Wildside Tag Team titles (2);

NWA Wildside United States title (3);

NCW (Georgia/North Carolina) Heavyweight title (2);

NCW (Georgia/North Carolina) Television title (3);

NCW (Georgia/North Carolina) Tag Team titles (2);

In The Beginning:

December 5, 1997 - OMEGA: Surge (Matt Hardy) defeated Rick Michaels to capture the Omega title..

October 23, 1999 - WWF Jakked: D'Lo Brown, defeated Rob Conway..

February 26, 2000 - WWF Jakked: The Headbangers defeated Rick Michaels & Tracy Smothers..

Rick Michaels trained multi-time NWA World Heavyweight champion The Phenomenal AJ Styles..

NWA: Wildside:

January 25, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated David Young in a Street Fight..

February 15, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels & Cru Jones defeated G-Rated (??? & ???)..

February 16, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels vs David Young ended in a NO CONTEST..

March 2, 2002: Rick Michaels/Bart Sawyer/Jason Cross/Adam Cross beat Tank/Justin Timberlake/Scottie Wrenn/Caprice Coleman..

March 23, 2002--NWA Wildside: David Young won a three-way over A.J. Styles and Rick Michaels to win the Wildside title..

April 6, 2002--NWA Wildside: David Young defeated Rick Michaels to retain the Wildside title..

April 11, 2002--NWA Wildside: David Young beat Jason Cross, Adam Jacobs & Rick Michaels in a 4-WAY to keep Wildside title..

May 3, 2002--NWA Wildside: David Young vs Rick Michaels ended in a NO CONTEST..

May 18, 2002--NWA Wildside: Adam Jacobs & Jason Cross defeated Rick Michaels & Tank..

June 1, 2002: Rick Michaels & A.J. Styles & Scottie Wrenn & Tank vs Iceberg & Rainman & Homicide & Adam Jacobs (No Contest)..

June 7, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels & Scott Cage defeated Rainman & Todd Sexton..

June 29, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels participated in a violent and bloody Gauntlet Cage match..

~~~Iceberg b Scottie Wrenn, Iceberg b Tank, David Young b Iceberg, Rick Michaels b Young, Rainman b Michaels..

~~~Said to be the most blood ever seen in a match ever and Michaels literally had to wring the blood out of his hair..

July 6, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Murder One by DQ after interference from New Jack..

July 26, 2002: Rick Michaels vs Rainman in a Cage was a No Contest when keyholder Speedy Nelson pinned ref Andrew Thomas..

August 2, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rainman defeated Rick Michaels..

August 3, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rainman & Iceberg defeated Rick Michaels & David Young by Disqualification..

August 16, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Slim J by Disqualification..

September 7, 2002--NWA Wildside: Iceberg defeated Rick Michaels..

September 13, 2002--NWA Wildside: The Lost Boys & Rick Michaels defeated Slim J & Rainman & Tony Stradlin..

September 21, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Rainman in a Death match..

October 5, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rainman defeated Rick Michaels in a Stairway to Hell match..

~~~The match included a ladder to get barbed wire hung from the ceiling and first blood rules..

October 19, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Brian Black..

November 1, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick & Chris Michaels defeated Brad Hunter & Shaun Alexander..

November 2, 2002--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Rainman in Barbed Wire match..

Rick Michaels suffered a back injury that led to an infection that doctors had trouble treating..

December 21, 2002--NWA Wildside Rick Michaels was in Jason Cross' corner, needing a walker and getting a standing ovation..

NWA: Wildside:

April 18, 2003--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels & Nick Halen defeated Al Getz & Shadow Jackson..

June 28, 2003--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels (first match back since horrible injuries and was limited) defeated Jeff G. Bailey..

August 9, 2003--NWA Wildside: Jeremy V & Rick Michaels & Iceberg beat Rainman & Azrael & Jeff G. Bailey..

September 12, 2003--NWA Wildside: Nemesis & Skeeter Frost & Salvatore Rinauro beat Nick Halen & T.C. Carnage & Rick Michaels..

March 26, 2004--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels defeated Jason Blackman..

April 17, 2004--NWA Wildside: Tank & Rick Michaels defeated Ace Rockwell & Sean Tempers..

July 3, 2004: Tank & Iceberg & Rick Michaels & David Young beat Scottie Wrenn & Ace Rockwell & Sean Tempers & Al Getz..

September 4, 2004--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels & Bart Sawyer & Cru Jones beat Adam Roberts & T.C. Carnage & Zero X..

Rick Michaels went into temporary retirement.......

NWA: Wildside - Manager Rick Michaels:

March 25, 2005--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels won Reunion Rumble..

April 30, 2005--NWA Wildside: Rick Michaels' Team beat Getz Enterprises and NWA Elite in a War Games Cage match..

~~~Rick Michaels' Team = Iceberg & Tank & New Jack with manager Rick Michaels..

~~~Getz Enterprises = Ace Rockwell & Shaun Tempers & Scottie Wrenn with manager Al Getz..

~~~NWA Elite = Murder One & Jeremy V & Mikal Adryan with manager Jeff G. Bailey..

World Wrestling Entertainment:

Late 2004: Rick Michaels signed with World Wrestling Entertainment as a character outfit designer..

Raymond Rawls was officially dropped from the WWE after some legal matters taking place in Georgia..