Roadkill (wrestler)

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Retired2012[3]

Michael DePoli (born August 10, 1976) is an American retired

professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Roadkill, where he wore traditional Amish dress and was billed from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, an area with a large Amish population.

Professional wrestling career

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996–2001)

See also: Danny Doring and Roadkill

Roadkill was trained by

Taz
.

In December 1997, Roadkill formed an unlikely tag team with his fellow House of Hardcore graduate,

World Wrestling Federation, and then by Elektra
until she turned on them in 2000.

Doring and Roadkill quickly embarked on a two-year-long

Mike Mizanin's wrestling character The Miz
, while in the Amish Roadkill character, about his wrestling antics.

Independent circuit (2001–2005)

After ECW folded, Doring and Roadkill wrestled

Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) in early 2001 at Madison Square Garden
.

Roadkill and Doring wrestled on three

Wagner Brown on March 19[12] and April 9, 2005 but would be on the losing end of both those matches.[13] However, on May 21, 2005 he defeated Brown in a Triple Threat Match that also included Simon Diamond to become the new 3PW Heavyweight Champion.[14]

World Wrestling Entertainment (2005–2008)

Doring and Roadkill were defeated by

Velocity.[15]

Roadkill appeared at the WWE promoted ECW reunion show,

Shad Gaspard and The Neighborhoodie on May 24, ending their 58-day reign as Tag Team Champions.[17]

On the June 13 edition of

ECW, Roadkill took part in a battle royal (with the winner facing John Cena at Vengeance) but was eliminated by Big Show before it was eventually won by Sabu.[18]

Two weeks later, on the June 27 edition of ECW he faced Sabu in an

camel clutch.[19] On the July 4 edition of ECW, Roadkill defeated Tony Mamaluke in a dark match.[20]

He then returned to OVW where he would feud with his former partner Kasey James trading victories in tag and singles matches until James was called up to the main roster. Roadkill was then moved back up to the main roster on August 1 in a dark match loss against Stevie Richards.[21]

After a near six-month hiatus from WWE and OVW TV, Roadkill made his return to OVW on February 17, 2007 as Braddock losing to

Jacob Duncan
.

After an 8-month hiatus from WWE TV he returned under the name of "Antoni Polaski" and defeated

Velocity.[23]

He would then return to OVW at the TV Tapings on May 9 defeating Mike Hutter in a dark match. On May 30 at the TV Tapings, Polaski was entered into a tournament to see who would face

Atlas DaBone
in the final round.

On June 13 at the OVW TV Tapings, Polaski would defeat Chet the Jett to earn the right to challenge Santino Marella for the Intercontental Championship in his first major WWE Title match. On June 22 at OVW Six Flags, he would challenge Marella for the title.

After this Polaski began participating in $2500 Bodyslam Challenges, where if someone could Bodyslam him, he would give them $2500. After defeating jobbers,

Royal Rumble to see who would fight John Cena
at OVW Six Flags on July 17, but it was won by Shawn Spears. Polaski would defeat Duncan three times in a $2500 Bodyslam Challenge but on August 10 at OVW Six Flags, Duncan would become the first person to defeat Polaski in such a challenge. They would continue to feud with indecisive endings like disqualification and double count outs until they had their final match on October 31 at OVW TV Tapings where Duncan defeated Polaski in a Halloween Hardcore Match.

He would then start to team with

Matt Sydal for the title at a house show
in a losing effort.

Roadkill was released from WWE on February 4, 2008. When Depoli was released from WWE, he retired from professional wrestling.[3]

House of Hardcore (2012)

On October 6, 2012, 4 years after being released from WWE, Roadkill wrestled again with Doring, defeating F.B.I. in the first House of Hardcore show.[24]

Professional wrestling style and persona

Roadkill used the character of an

Super Bon Bon" as his entrance theme song in ECW.[25]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Roadkills Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. ^
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    .
  3. ^ a b "Roadkill". Cagematch. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Roadkill and Doring win tag titles". 2000-12-03. Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  5. ^ "3PW "Year End Mayhem"". Online World of Wrestling. 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  6. ^ "3PW "Su-Su-Superfly"". Online World of Wrestling. 2003-12-27. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  7. ^ "3PW The Future is Now". Online World of Wrestling. 2004-04-17. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  8. ^ "3PW Splintered". Online World of Wrestling. 2004-06-19. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  9. ^ "3PW 5 Star 4 Way". Online World of Wrestling. 2004-08-21. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  10. ^ "3PW Show". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  11. ^ "February 2005 show". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-02-19. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  12. ^ "March 19, 2005 3pw Show". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  13. ^ "April 2005 3PW Splintered". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-04-09. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  14. ^ "Roadkill wins 3pw Championship". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  15. ^ "July 21, 2005 Smackdown Results". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  16. ^ "May 5, 2005 Smackdown Results". Online World of Wrestling. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  17. ^ "OVW results for 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06. May 24 - Shad Gaspar[d] & The Neighborhoodie b Amish Roadkill & Kasey James to win the Tag Team titles
  18. ^ Hoffman, Brett (2006-06-13). "An Extreme Debut". WWE. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  19. ^ Hoffman, Brett (2006-06-27). "Spear Two". WWE. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  20. ^ "July 4, 2006 ECW Results". Online World of Wrestling. 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  21. ^ "ECW August 1, 2006 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  22. ^ "April 30, 2007 Raw results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  23. ^ "May 4, 2007 Smackdown results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
  24. ^ Johnson, Mike (2012-10-06). "Complete House of Hardcore live coverage: Dreamer, Edge, Bucks, London, Kendrick, Carlito, and many more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  25. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0
    .
  26. ^ "ECW Tag Title History". WWE. 2006-06-27. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  27. ^ "History of OVW Tag Team Championships". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-05-21. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  28. ^ "Roadkill wins 3pw title". Online World of Wrestling. 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

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