Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Michael Hayes

Michael Hayes

Born:
03/29/1959
,
Pensacola, Florida
Birthname:
Michael Seitz
Height & Weight:
6'1"
,
255 Ib

Titles Won:

  • NWA/WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts(6), Kerry Von Erich & Kevin Von Erich(1)
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship – with Terry Gordy
  • WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Steve Cox
  • Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2015

Seitz is best known for leading The Fabulous Freebirds under the ring name Michael “P.S.” (“Purely Sexy”) Hayes and for his role as an announcer under the name Dok Hendrix in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He is currently employed with WWE as Vice President, Creative Writing & Booking and is also a senior producer.

Notable Feuds

w/ The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs

w/ The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Road Warriors

w/ The Fabulous Freebirds vs. Devastation Inc

w/ Terry Gordy vs. Jake Roberts & The Samoan Swat Team

vs. Lex Luger

w/ The Fabulous Freebirds vs. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers

vs. Paul Orndorff

Other Notable Achievements

Cauliflower Alley Club Lou Thesz Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)

NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship – with Terry Gordy

NWA National Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Terry Gordy (3) and Otis Sistrunk (1)

NWA United National Championship

Mid-South Tag Team Championship – with Terry Gordy

NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Terry Gordy

PPW Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jimmy Garvin

WCW United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jimmy Garvin

WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship – with Jimmy Garvin and Badstreet

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards: Tag Team of the Year (1980) with Buddy Roberts as The Fabulous Freebirds

Most Charismatic (1981)

Best Heel (1983)

Feud of the Year (1983, 1984) with Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy vs. the Von Erichs

Match of the Year (1984) with Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy vs. the Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin, and Mike) in an Anything Goes match on July 4

Best Color Commentator (1986)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2005) – as part of The Fabulous Freebirds

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