Michael Modest

Michael Modest
Ring name(s)	Michael Modest[1] Mike Modest[1] The All-American Boy[2]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Billed weight	220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)[1]
Born	July 19, 1971 (1971-07-19) (age 40)[1] Berkeley, California
Resides	Las Vegas, Nevada
Billed from	San Francisco, California[1] Sacramento, California
Trained by	Rick Thompson[1] Jerry Monti[1]
Debut	1991[1]

Michael K. Cariglio (born July 19, 1971)^[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest (sometimes shortened to Mike Modest).^[1] A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005.^[1] Modest has also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah, winning the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship after defeating Yoshinobu Kanemaru. He has also wrestled in Canada, Mexico and Ireland. He is perhaps best known for his appearance in the wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat,^[1] and also appeared in the film Ready to Rumble.^[3]

Career

Modest began wrestling in 1991, and has worked for All Pro Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Association, and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), along with both Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico. Modest had try-out matches for both the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and WCW, and eventually got signed to a WCW contract, although he was released after WWF bought WCW. After his release he began working for Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. In 2001, he also worked for Stampede Wrestling, and won the North American Heavyweight and Pacific Heavyweight titles. He was the last ever Pacific Heavyweight Champion.

Modest also operated the Pro Wrestling IRON school and promotion in the USA, along with his tag team partner Donovan Morgan. He also briefly worked for Ring of Honor.

On March 18, 2005, Modest won the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament held by New Breed Wrestling Association, defeating Jamie Noble in the finals. On February 18, 2006, Modest wrestled in a six-man tag team match with Morgan and Ryan Drago, as "La Migra" on an episode of TNA Impact!.^[4] They lost to the Latin American Xchange.^[4]

Personal life

Modest is divorced and has two sons. Modest currently lives in Las Vegas and is working for the Las Vegas Wrestling promotion Future Stars of Wrestling.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Modest Driver^[1] (Half nelson lifted and dropped into a bridging Olympic slam)
  • Reality Check^[1] (Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver)

• Signature moves
  • Diving knee drop^[1]
  • Exploder suplex^[1]
  • Fisherman buster^[1]
  • Handstand frankensteiner^[1] to an opponent sitting on the top turnbuckle
  • Reverse chokeslam facebuster^[1]
  • Running Death Valley driver^[1]
  • Russian legsweep^[1]
  • Stunner^[1]
  • Swinging fisherman suplex,^[1] sometimes from the top rope^[1]

Championships and accomplishments

• All Pro Wrestling
  • APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)^[5]
  • APW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Steve Rizzono (1) and Tony Jones (1)^[6]
  • APW Universal Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[7]

• Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
  • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[8]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #58 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2003^[9][10]

• Pro Wrestling IRON
  • PWI Tag Team Championship (1 Time, Last)- with Donovan Morgan^[11]

• Pro Wrestling NOAH
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[12]

• Stampede Wrestling
  • Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
  • Stampede Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[14]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y} "Mike Modest Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/mike-modest.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
2. ^ "Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499206/. Retrieved 2010-01-28. 
3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217756/fullcredits#cast
4. ^ ^{a b} "TNA Wrestling Results - TNA Impact! on SpikeTV". Online World Of Wrestling. 2006-02-18. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/tnaimpact/060218.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
5. ^ "APW Worldwide Internet Championship history". http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/sf/apw/apw-wwi.html. 
6. ^ "APW Tag Team Championship history". http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/sf/apw/apw-t.html. 
7. ^ "APW Universal Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/sf/apw/apw-h.html. 
8. ^ Westcott, Brian; Roelfsema, Eric. "PCW Heavyweight Championship history". Solie's Title Histories. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/hwtpcw.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
9. ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1006&view=awards#awards
10. ^ http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50003.htm
11. ^ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1006&view=erfolge#erfolge
12. ^ "GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship history". http://www.noah-usa.cc/GHC%20Jr%20Heavyweight%20Champion%20sub%20title%20page.html. 
13. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary. "Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship history". Solie's Title Histories. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/nahcalg.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
14. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary. "Stampede Wrestling Pacific Heavyweight Championship history". Solie's Title Histories. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/phwtcalg.html. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 

External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Future Stars of Wrestling profile
• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Interview
• Oct 02 2008 Audio Interview
  • Interview Recap
• Interview

Persondata
Name	Modest, Michael
Alternative names	Modest, Mike
Short description	professional wrestler
Date of birth	year=1971
Place of birth	Berkeley, California
Date of death
Place of death