Mike Knox

Michael Knoxville Hettinga (born July 17, 1978) is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mike Knox.

He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

Hettinga is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and also performed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Knux.

Hettinga worked for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) in 2000.

He tagged with Samoa Joe at UPW Proving Ground on December 12, 2000, in the Galaxy Theatre of Santa Ana, California and defeated the debuting Al Katrazz with Basil.

He also wrestled at UPW live against the boss Samoa Joe for the Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to win the title.

After being trained by Steve "Navajo Warrior" Islas, Knox started wrestling for Islas' organization Impact Zone Wrestling in 2002.

He was booked to win the Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and the Tag Team Championship with friend and rival Derek Neikirk on one occasion.

Knox was signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental deal in February 2005, and made a handful of appearances on WWE shows, including one appearance as a masked "jihadist" for Muhammad Hassan, in the infamous segment that led to Hassan's ousting from WWE.

He mainly wrestled for their Atlanta, Georgia-based developmental territory, Deep South Wrestling.

Knox debuted on the June 20, 2006 episode of ECW as a heel by interfering in Kelly Kelly's striptease segment, coming from the backstage area and covering her with a towel before escorting her off stage, though he was unnamed on-screen at the time.

It was later revealed that Kelly was Knox's on-screen girlfriend, and he informed her that he did not appreciate her stripping in front of anyone but him.

For his in-ring debut, a win over Danny Doring, Kelly accompanied him to the ringside acting as a valet.

Knox was pushed strongly, interfering in matches, and squashing his opponents.

He later formed a short-lived tag team with Test before starting a feud with CM Punk, after growing jealous of Kelly Kelly's admiration towards Punk.

Punk won every match in the feud, including a qualifying match for December to Dismember's Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Championship.

Knox made his pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series where he teamed up with Team Rated-RKO to take on Team DX, but was the first man eliminated after taking a superkick from Shawn Michaels, a match Team Rated-RKO would lose.

Upon his elimination, he was subsequently mocked by DX, as he was virtually unknown compared to the other participants.

His next pay-per-view appearance saw him abandon Kelly Kelly during a mixed tag team match against Kevin Thorn and Ariel at December to Dismember, resulting in his team's loss.

He then attacked her on the next ECW episode, breaking the duo up for good.

After being taken off television, Knox returned on February 13, 2007, episode of ECW, where he lost easily to CM Punk.

Knox was again taken off television for several months in order to return to Deep South Wrestling.

On March 1, Knox and Derek Neikirk, the reformed Team Elite, were booked to win the Tag Team Championship after defeating the Major Brothers.

After DSW closed, however, Knox was sent to WWE's Florida-based territory Florida Championship Wrestling.

Knox returned on the September 11 episode of ECW, defeating Balls Mahoney.

The next week, he lost in a rematch to Mahoney.

He then easily defeated Nunzio the week after.

The next week Knox wrestled against ECW Champion CM Punk, again losing to Punk after a Go To Sleep from Punk.

On the October 27 and November 3, 2008, episodes of Raw, two vignettes were aired to promote his arrival on the Raw brand.

His look drastically changed as well from his previous clean-cut look to long unkempt hair and a Long Beard.

He debuted the following week, on November 10, defeating D-Lo Brown.

He attacked Rey Mysterio two times over a period of three weeks.

After losing to Mysterio, Knox attacked Mysterio once again.

Interviewer Todd Grisham asked Knox why he attacked Mysterio and Knox answered saying he did not know why.

In a house show at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Knox won a battle royal to become an entrant at the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out.

At No Way Out, he was eliminated by Chris Jericho and was the second competitor eliminated overall.

On April 15, Knox was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.

After months without any notable storylines, he began a feud with Tommy Dreamer whom he defeated in a series of matches, including an Extreme Rules match on the 100th episode of ECW.

He then began a feud with Finlay.

After weeks of confrontations between the two, they finally had a match on the August 26 edition of ECW, where they had an ECW Championship scramble qualifying match, which was won by Finlay.