Mikhail Ivanov (wrestler)
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| Born |
August 14, 1982 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
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| Residence | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Mikhail Ivanov Michael Sain Mike Osbourne Cyco |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 282 lb (128 kg) |
| Billed from | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Trained by |
"Brutal" Bob Evans Steve Bradley Jimmy Snuka Soulman Alex G |
| Debut | 2001 |
Mikhail Ivanov (Russian: Михаил Иванов, tr. Mikhail Ivanov) (pronounced 'Ee-van-ov') is a Russian professional wrestler. He wrestles on the independent circuit throughout the Southeastern United States as well as New England and Puerto Rico as one half of the Red Devil Fight Team with Aleksander Chekov.
Ivanov made his debut in 2001. He began training with Bob Evans in Rhode Island shortly after his professional debut. Ivanov credits Evans as his primary trainer and is a close friend of his to this day.
Ivanov performed as "Michael Sain" for the majority of his career before deciding to use his given birth name and dropping the "gothic psychopath" character. He began working the character for Rampage Professional Wrestling out of Maine, where he made his debut, and continued to use the character until he relocated to Florida in 2008. Ivanov worked for several companies in the New England region, including New England Championship Wrestling, Wrestling Federation of America, PWF Northeast, Eastern Pro Wrestling, Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Top Rope Promotions, and many others. It was through Wrestling Federation of America that he met and began training with Steve Bradley.
Ivanov appeared on every event for Northeast Wrestling beginning on the December 9, 2006 event "Holiday Havoc" in Southington, Connecticut, where he lost a match to Sgt. Slaughter. His last event for Northeast Wrestling was March 28, 2009 in Bristol, Connecticut, where he was in a 6-man tag team match partnering with Caleb Konley and Jake Manning vs. Kevin Nash, Reid Flair, and Charlie Dreamer. During his near 3-year tenure with the company, he wrestled many top name stars including Sgt. Slaughter, Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle, "The Monster" Abyss, Big Daddy V, Mick Foley and a long-standing feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler that culminated in a Steel Cage Match at "Wrestlefest XII" in Bristol, Connecticut on April 19, 2008.
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