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Mike 'Crash Holly' Lockwood dead at 34

TSN.ca Staff

11/6/2003

Michael Lockwood, known professionally in the wrestling world as Crash Holly, passed away on Thursday.
No official details regarding his death have been released.
Lockwood was a 14 year veteran of professional wrestling, and competed as Erin O'Grady in All Pro Wrestling, ECW, and Memphis Power Pro Wrestling before earning a shot in WWE.
Lockwood was brought into WWE on August 16th, 1999 as Bob "Hardcore" Holly's cousin, claiming he was 6'6" and over 400 pounds. Together the Holly's claimed that they weighed over 800lbs in their entrance announcement. With his cousin Hardcore, the two took the WWF Tag-Team Championship from Mankind and The Rock on October 18, 1999, and lost the belt three weeks later to Mankind and Al Snow.
His most successful run was as the "Houdini of Hardcore" where he held the WWE Hardcore Championship on and off for a period of a year, where he instituded the now infamous 24/7 rule by stating that he was so tough that he would defend the belt anytime, anywhere. This eventually led to a Battle Royale at WrestleMania 13 where Crash won and lost the belt twice in the match.
Lockwood ran a wrestling school of his own, and appeared in indy bookings and NWA-TNA.