Mikey Nicholls

Real Name: Michael Nicholls
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 230 lbs.
Date of Birth: August 20, 1985
Hometown: Perth, Australia
Pro Debut: November 2001
Trained By: Dynamite Factory & NJPW L.A. Dojo
Finishing Move: Mikey Bomb

Biography

– Nicholls began his career in Australia’s Explosive Pro Wrestling, working as ‘Mikey Whiplash’. He defeated Psychofett in his first match on November 4, 2001
– On November 6, 2004, Nicholls defeated Davis Storm & FN Carnage to win the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On March 12, 2005, Nicholls defeated Richter to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On April 23, Nicholls defeated Psychofett to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On May 28, Nicholls defeated JAG, Jimmy Payne & Bruce Mills to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title, but lost it later that day to Richter
– On July 16, Nicholls defeated Richter in a Street Fight to regain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On August 20, Nicholls defeated FN Carnage, Bobby Bad Blood & Devlin Reeves to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On October 14, Nicholls defeated Jimmy Payne to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On November 12, Nicholls defeated JAG in a Best Of 3 Falls Match to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– In late 2005, Nicholls relocated to the US to join the Inoki Dojo
– Nicholls debuted for New Japan on July 2, 2006, teaming with Hartley Jackson in a loss to CTU (Hirooki Goto & Minoru)
– On September 7, 2007, Nicholls defeated Ryan Taylor & Karl Anderson in an Iron Man Match to win the EWF American Title
– On October 12, Nicholls defeated Ryan Taylor to retain the EWF American Title
– On October 26, Nicholls defeated TJ Perkins to retain the EWF American Title
– On November 23, Nicholls defeated Bobby Marshall in the final of a tournament to become the first NWA Australia National Champion
– The next day, Nicholls defended the title against Bryan Danielson
– On February 9, 2008, Nicholls defeated Damian Slater to retain the NWA Australia National Title
– On February 16, Nicholls defeated Jimmy Payne to retain the NWA Australia National Title
– On August 8, Nicholls defeated EWF Heavyweight Champion Scorpio Sky by DQ
– In June 2009, Nicholls worked a series of dark matches for Ring Of Honor
– On November 7, Nicholls & Shane Haste defeated Carlo Cannon & Slex to win the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On December 5, Nicholls & Haste defeated Jimmy Payne & Davis Storm to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On February 6, 2010, Nicholls & Haste defeated Chris Vice & Jonny Wimbledon to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On May 29, Nicholls & Haste defeated Damian Slater & AZ Vegara to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– In 2011, Nicholls & Haste signed with Pro Wrestling NOAH, where they would become known as ‘The Mighty Don’t Kneel’, shortened to TMDK
– On February 17, 2012, TMDK defeated Rudy Switchblade & Shiloh Jonze to win the ROH Rise And Prove Tournament
– On July 7, 2013, TMDK defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On August 24, TMDK defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On October 5, TMDK defeated No Mercy (Yoshihiro Takayama & Takashi Sugiura) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 7, TMDK defeated BRAVE (Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, TMDK, Naomichi Marufuji & Toru Yano defeated Suzuki-gun (Shelton Benjamin, Takashi Iizuka, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr)
– On January 10, 2015, TMDK defeated Dangan Yankees (Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr) in their first defence a month later
– In June 2015, TMDK took part in a WWE tryout camp
– In February 2016, it was announced that TMDK would be joining WWE’s developmental brand, NXT. They reported to the Performance Center in April
– TMDK made their NXT debuts on April 22, losing to Alexander Wolfe & Sawyer Fulton at a live event
– Prior to their televised debuts, TMDK were renamed ‘Nick Miller’ and ‘Shane Thorne’, with the team becoming ‘TM-61’
– Nicholls requested and was granted his WWE release in December 2018
– In March 2019, Nicholls returned to Japan, competing for New Japan as a member of the CHAOS stable
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2019, Nicholls, Hirooki Goto & Juice Robinson defeated BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale)
– On November 9, Nicholls defeated Michael Morleone to win the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On February 8, 2020, Nicholls defeated Julian Ward to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On January 23, 2021, Nicholls defeated Michael Morleone to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On April 17, Nicholls defeated Robbie Eagles to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On July 24, Nicholls defeated Kiel Steria to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On August 28, Nicholls defeated Taylor King to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– At NJPW Capital Collision, Nicholls, Shane Haste, Bad Dude Tito & JONAH defeated United Empire (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare)
– On November 12, 2022, Nicholls defeated Adam Brooks & Slex to win the vacant STW Ambition Global Title
– On December 17, Nicholls & Davis Storm defeated The Pulse (Jarrad Slate & Felix Young) to win the EPW Tag Team Titles
– At New Year Dash 2023, TMDK (Nicholls, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At The New Beginning In Nagoya 2023, TMDK (Nichools, Haste, Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita) defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Ryohei Oiwa & YOSHI-HASHI)
– On March 3, 2023, Nicholls & Davis Storm defeated The Pulse (Jarrad Slate & Felix Young) to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles and win the SHWA Tag Team Titles
– At New Year Dash 2024, TMDK (Nicholls, Shane Haste, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley
– At Windy City Riot 2024, TMDK (Nicholls & Haste) defeated Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser, The Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) and The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) to win the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles
– On April 27, TMDK defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles
– At Satsuma No Kuni 2024, TMDK (Nicholls, Haste, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great O-Khan)
– At Dominion 2024, TMDK (Nicholls & Haste) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens & KENTA), The Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to win the IWGP and NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles
– At Capital Collision 2024, TMDK defeated Virus & Hechicero