Michael Porter (wrestling)

Michael Porter
Born	January 14, 1951 San Francisco, California

Michael Porter (born Kim Michael Porter, January 14, 1951 – October 23, 2010) was an American professional wrestling ring announcer and internet radio host.

Porter was born in

in 1991.

He had announced for such independent feds such as the United Wrestling Alliance (

. He also co-hosted the popular Cloverleaf Radio on the same channel.

Porter remained close friends with many WWE stars like

Mean Gene Okerlund

.

Porter died on October 23, 2010, at his home in

He was suffering through various health problems from obesity to diabetes and was a two-time cancer survivor.

Good friends of Porter's, internet radio host Wacko Bob (Robert Guercia) & indy pro wrestler Rick Ryder would reunite with their old wrestling internet radio show The Dark Match on Blog Talk Radio and pay tribute to him only a few days after his death with The Stro and Bill Apter as guests on the show.^[3]

Michael Porter's WrestleShoot

On June 22, 2008, after co-hosting Cloverleaf Radio and The Dark Match for a number of months, and after a one-year stint on KMYC-AM radio in the 1990's, Porter relaunched his radio program Michael Porter's WrestleShoot on internet radio using the service

(until his passing) served as hosts until the last all-new episode on May 31, 2020.

Career highlights

• World Wrestling Federation

• Ring Announcer/Security/Ring Crew (House shows and WrestleMania VII, 1988-1993)

• United Wrestling Alliance

• UWA Commissioner (2003)
• UWA Hardcore Champion (2003)

• Pro Championship Wrestling

• Ring Announcer (2005)

• Devil Mountain Wrestling

• Ring Announcer (2007)

References

External links

• Michael Porter's WrestleShoot on Blog Talk Radio
• Cloverleaf Radio on Blog Talk Radio
• "The Dark Match" Tribute to Michael Porter
• AVE Radio Network on Blog Talk Radio
• Action VR Network on Mixlr