
Mike Quackenbush
- Born: 03/18/1976 in West Lawn, Pennsylvania
- Birthname: Michael Spillane
- Height & Weight: 6'0", 191 Ib
Titles Won:
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
- Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas – with Jigsaw
- King of Trios (2007) – with Jigsaw and Shane Storm
Quackenbush has written seven books including the two memoirs Headquarters (2001) and Secret Identity: Essays From Both My Lives (2004). Both memoirs were re-released as e-books for the Kindle in May 2010, and a few years later in 2017, he released 7 Keys to Becoming a Better Performer: A Book for Fellow Pro-Wrestlers. From 1998 to 2008, Quackenbush penned a regular column entitled “From Bell To Bell” for The Wrestler magazine and “The International Report” for Pro Wrestling Illustrated, among other publishing credits.
Quackenbush is the founder of both The Wrestle Factory and the professional wrestling promotion Chikara. In wrestling, he is a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and one half of the Campeones de Parejas with Jigsaw. Quackenbush is best known as the promoter of Chikara and for his work as a wrestler on the independent wrestling circuit, the latter of which has spanned 20 years. In 2016, Sports Illustrated included Quackenbush on their list of the Top 101 Wrestlers of All Time.
Notable Feuds
vs. Mitch Ryder
w/ Team F.I.S.T vs. Toxic Trio
w/ Reckless Youth & Jigsaw vs. The Kings Of Wrestling
vs. BDK
Other Notable Achievements
AULL Intercontinental Lightweight Championship (2 times)
AULL Mexican Middleweight Championship (2 times)
APWF Internet Championship
CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Best of the Best 5
EWF Light Heavyweight Championship
FNW Freeweight Championship
FWA Championship (3 times)
IPW Junior Heavyweight Championship
IPW Hardcore Light Heavyweight Championship
IWA Deep South Heavyweight Championship
IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
Ted Petty Invitational (2007)
IWU Light Heavyweight Championship
NEW Junior Heavyweight Championship
PCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
PCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship – with Inferno Kid and Boogie Woogie Brown
PCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Pat Shamrock (1) and Inferno Kid (1)
PWE Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
PWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hallowicked
SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
SCW Lord of the Dance Championship
USCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
wXw World Heavyweight Championship
wXw World Lightweight Championship