Wrestler Name:
Mike Plett
Height:
6'1 Weight:245
Hometown:
Spokane, WA
Alignment:
Heel
Alignment:
"Know Your Enemies" by Rage Against The Machine
Alignment:
none
Background Information:
Born the son of a military father, Michael Plett bounced around from state-to-state, country-to-country, home-to-home throughout his childhood. Never fully understanding his continuous uprooting, he was still able to capture intensely close friendships as he made his way into high school in eastern Washington. There, he became a popular student among his peers and superiors, holding varsity spots on the wrestling and football teams as well as high-positions in other clubs and organizations within his community. For a freshman, he was on top of the world.
The horrible news came in the spring of 1993, toward the end of his freshman year. His family was being transferred to Little Rock, Arkansas, where his dad would finish out his years in the Air Force and retire. He was done in Washington – his friends, his girlfriend (his best friend), all of them left behind. It was during his last weeks in the school that he went out of his way to befriend every student he could before moving; he reached out to a lot of people who weren’t the most talented people out there. He reached out to people that others saw as Freaks. His obsession with doing so continued when he went to North Pulaski High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was well received, make no doubt about it, but Michael Plett had no intentions of being the big man on campus. He wanted to remain true to his values, and in doing so he met a beautiful young lady named Rose.
His relationship with Rose went on-and-off throughout high school as Plett began to grow as a person. Just a year removed from school, Plett decided not to pursue a college education like he had always wanted to, but instead he headed toward the EWI. A backwater wrestling promotion where he could learn the ropes, Mike Plett soon became the masked daredevil known as Wicked Sight. His promos consisted of confusing poetry. He was an enigma, a wrestler who was so very green yet so-very-promising. In the middle of 1998, Wicked Sight walked away from the promotion without having ever held a single piece of gold – but holding more knowledge of the business than anyone else that worked there.
As he took some time wrestling independent dates here and there, his love for Rose became very, very real, and she gave him the motivation to continue into the business, and in late 1998, Wicked Sight signed a contract to the INCW. Yet another independent promotion, Wicked Sight was assured the opportunity to shine here. The creative team revamped his character – he would wear a grotesque snake skull mask to the ring, only to remove it and show off his handsome face and bleached blonde hair. He wasn’t given much time to talk – they simply let his in-ring skills speak for themselves.
It was at about this time that the scouts from CSWA came calling… well, not quite – a CSWA wrestler caught one of Sight’s matches and let Commissioner Chad Merritt know about it – it’s amazing that he did so, because it gave Wicked Sight the opportunity he needed to thrive. An always growing Michael Plett happily signed his contract with the CSWA in the spring of 1999 and once again his on-screen character was changed. The creative team wanted him to change his name, but Sight felt that there were a lot of fans buzzing about him through the dirtsheets, and that if he were to show up as Wicked Sight, people would pay attention. With chopped golden locks, Wicked Sight was unveiled on the undercard of some weekend programming against “Winless” Wes Paige, essentially dissolving the INCW. He shined so brightly, that the CSWA quickly put him on a PrimeTime card against another hot-rookie sensation named Jesse Solomon.
This match gave Wicked Sight the golden opportunity to shine ever-so-brightly. Not only would he be working in the ring with another talented athlete who would be giving it all he had, but the idea the creative team threw at him was one that he knew would rear heads.
Sight and Solomon fought back and forth, and the crowd was hot into it. Solomon was being dubbed as “the next Eli Flair” and Sight was hot about that, so he really laid into Jesse Solomon. After a stunning 360 degree clothesline by Wicked Sight, “The Call of the Falcon” hit over the PA system. A blast from the past, broadcast journalist extraordinaire Rudy Seitzer hit the ring dressed as The Hooded Falcon and attempted to hit Solomon over the head with his staff… unfortunately for Sight, he was pretty helpless and accidentally hit Sight over the head with it before being pulled away by a guy wire.
The match brought attention to Sight and he feuded with Solomon for the following months. Even though Solomon won the feud decisively, Wicked Sight gained the most from it. Solomon quickly faded away into the sunset, while Wicked Sight became embarked in a war of words with the then-Greensboro champion, The Blade.
Exchanging mind games (which Blade obviously won), the two bickered for several months before actually coming face-to-face in the ring. To get to the match, Blade made sure Wicked Sight was worthy by making overcome a series of obstacles. Sight soon gained Blade’s respect – even though Sight had a long way to go, Blade saw that Sight had heart and talent. The two fought on the CSWA’s one-night-only CSTV, which took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. Blade dropped the belt to Sight before the match, but was ordered to wrestle anyway. Sight won by disqualification, but not before the two put on the best performance of the night. Two quality athletes went to battle – Sight left with the belt that Blade no longer wanted.
This all led to a short-lived alliance between Sight, Blade, Havoc and Zero… Known as the Forsaken, the group was supposed to work as a team despite their personal issues to take out a group of the “inner circle and their adopted stepchildren” – The Family, consisting of Eli Flair and Steve Radder among others. They were successful in doing that, but Sight’s continuing quest for acceptance among his new peers, coupled with Blade’s waning interest in the group and Zero’s departure from the CSWA led to the demise of the stable.
As the Forsaken fell apart, Wicked Sight was pegged as the next breakout star in the CSWA. Holding the CSWA Greensboro Title, he held the belt while defending against such names as Hornet, JT Tyler, Lawrence Stanley, Steve Radder and many more. But he was also in a spot he had never been in before – instead of being the top dog reaching out to others, he was one of the others with no one to reach to. Within the CSWA, he was a loner, an outsider and an outcast.
Outside of the CSWA, however, things picked up both personally and professionally. On a personal level, he and Rose had married and moved to Spokane, Washington. On a professional level, Wicked Sight joined the roster of the TCW during a near-collapse of the CSWA following Thanksgiving Weekend Spectacular 1999 – one of the many other reasons for the Forsaken falling apart. In early 2000, while still defending the Greensboro Title, Wicked Sight made his dramatic debut by running in on a “Franchise” Battle Royal in the TCW… helping his friend of a few years – Billy “All There Is” Moser – he attacked a man who he admired and hated all at the same time… he attacked “Total Elimination” Eli Flair. The three, along with John J. Battles, feuded off-and-on for months. Still holding the Greensboro title, Wicked Sight won the TCW Regional Title in a three-way dance during a weekly Confrontation card. In doing so, though, he injured his already ailing body when flying through the announce table. He dropped that strap two weeks later and not long afterward, the TCW’s doors were closed – but not before he violently turned on his partner Billy Moser, sending Moser into a downward spiral of bouncing between booze and steroids to Christianity and love and back again to booze and steroids.
Independence Day 2000 marked a change for Wicked Sight. He had always had drive, and his own personality was the character coming out on TV. Wicked Sight was his own man, subtly dropping his rebellion against the establishment and adding to his in-ring repertoire. But his dedication and devotion to the game would be completely redefined as it was put to its greatest test to date – the brutality that was Cardigo Mysterian.
Cardigo pushed Wicked Sight to his limit – and then a little bit more. Sight entered the ring with a string of personal problems and left with an equal amount of physical problems. Could Sight have won had his mind been in the match one hundred percent? Maybe, but doubtful. Cardigo unleashed a lifetime of anger out on Sight, just like he does every other competitor, and Sight’s injuries continued to linger. Refusing to get caught in a painkiller addiction, Sight struggled to keep his life together. Rose offered a tremendous amount of support. After a few months off, Wicked Sight stepped into the ring one more time – once again against Cardigo Mysterian but this time in a strap match, in Phoenix, Arizona. His mind completely focused, Wicked Sight did his damndest to not be denied. Cardigo ripped nerves and cracked bones inside Wicked Sight’s arm, but Sight still did not give up. In the end, though, Cardigo tagged all four corners with Sight being dragged by the throat all the way around the ring. The announcers and the fans were amazed.
One other person was amazed as well – the doctor. He was amazed that Michael Plett’s head still worked after the deep concussion he received. Waking up in a hospital bed just outside Phoenix, Wicked Sight realized that he still had a long way to go.
Rudy Seitzer asked him to quit.
Rose asked him to quit.
Mike Plett denied them their wishes. At Anniversary 2000, Wicked Sight attempted to gain acceptance into Team Extreme, Eli Flair’s mini-stable. Sight was set to go into the ring against Johnny Fizzbin, Eli’s young apprentice. But fate had other ideas – Eli Flair was ready to return to the CSWA and he was a part of a huge plot culminating with the debut of the ClaimStakers – a group consisting of Eli Flair, Hornet and Mike Randalls. Fizzbin was knocked out backstage, most likely by Flair, and Flair substituted himself. The two put on a barnburner. Though the ending of the match was completely controversial – Eli Flair came out on top.
Wicked Sight redefined himself in the months leading to Anniversary, though… he proclaimed loudly and clearly to everyone who would listen that freaks like him ran the pageantry of a great federation like the CSWA. The Freaks, he said, Run The Pageantry. That catchphrase stuck, and in the months following Anniversary, Wicked Sight attempted to deal with his personal problems.
Maintaining a losing streak, Sight proved that he could go toe-to-toe with the best of them, but never showed he could come out on top. Finally, at PrimeTime in Paducah in the spring of 2001, Wicked Sight won a bout over Troy Windham – with the assistance of Eli Flair, who continues to have conflicting interests with Troy. It wasn’t how he wanted to win, but it led to a win over Gemini, the entering EWI world champion who proclaimed that Wicked Sight was a failed mid-carder. It lit a fire under Wicked Sight and he went out and pinned Gemini, proving that he could hack it with any wrestler in the world. The nightmares and demons of the past that Sight experienced leading up to his match with Gemini were well worth his victory.
Between Anniversary 2000 and his match at PrimeTime in Paducah with Troy Windham, Wicked Sight was involved with the EWI. His non-CSWA contract had been sold from Commissioner LeCompte (TCW evil suit) to Albert Thomas Ingalls, a man who Sight never got to confront. However, after a loophole, Sight got out of the deal and subsequently left the federation, which has since changed to the GXW.
A year of four to five star matches later, a Presidential title run under his belt, Plett found himself going into Anniversary 2001 for a six man, number one contenders bout with many settles to score and many friendly rivalries to end. He came out with the victory over Tom Adler, Cameron Cruise, Apocalypse, Triple X and Shane Southern, giving him a title shot against Evan Aho, a man he had went to a time limit draw with before.
At the same time, a returning veteran by the name of GUNS was arriving into the federation and Plett took it upon himself to stop the politics, as he had tried once before with the Forsaken. It cost him the world title, and later the United States title in a bout with Hornet.
Plett went into Fish Fund in the year of 2002 with rumors that he was going to turn to the GXW and help with their "infiltration"... he had all loyalties with the CSWA as he always had, but the lack of faith within the CSWA roster led him to turn to the GXW and at Fish Fund, the GXW stable formed within the CSWA as Kendall "The Blade" Codine (Plett's old mentor), Dan Ryan, "Career Ender" Chris Lehew and Mike Plett. The Intruders - GUNS, The Pros and PI - attacked them quickly and the two stables quickly wrapped into wars of words...
Mike Plett looks on the future with the goal of desecrating the tradition and "pissing" on the CSWA.
Titles Held:
(CSWA Only)
Greensboro Title - CSTV in October 99 to March 2000
Presidential Title - Elvis Lives 2001 to November 2001
Finishing Move:
View To A Kill
Finishing Move Description:
Reverse Nelson Drop, sometimes as an "Acid Drop" or "Dudley Dog"
Setup Move:
Low Blow
Setup Move Description:
Typical Moves:
360 degree clothesline · Springboard Plancha · Fireman’s Takedown into a head & arm pin · belly-to-back suplex · Fisherman’s Bomb · Abdominal Stretch · Side Russian Legsweep · Superkick· Double Armbar Submission (Rings of Saturn)· Springboard Somersault Splash
Handlers Name:
Mike Pettingill
Email Address:
pettingill_420@hotmail.com
Messenger Identity:
Wrestler's Entrance Description:
Music cues and Sight is ready to soak up the boos... enough said.
Favorite Matches:
vs. Cardigo Mysterian at Independence Day 2000
Doomsday Cage at TCW
Six Man at Anniversary 2001
vs. Evan Aho in Little Rock
Catchphrase:
"I Promise."
"...piss on the CSWA..."
Recent Quote:
Roleplay Sample:
"All you've proven is that you're a big lumbering oaf with a fascination for Hornet" - to GUNS
"Does anybody really think GUNS is going to destroy a multi-billion dollar empire with the largest arms in the world and smallest penis in the universe? You guys in the back want to know something? There WAS no mole, there WAS no infiltration behind the scenes, not even Kin Hiroshi was going to do a thing. The GXW was playing us CSWA guys for fools... and since those of you backstage believed it, you just cost yourself your MOST VALUABLE PLAYER..." -- At FISH FUND