page_title: Mike Knox
section_title: Brand switches (2008–2010)
hierarchical_section_title: Mike Knox / Professional wrestling career / World Wrestling Entertainment / Brand switches (2008–2010)
caption_attribution_description: Depicted person&#58; &#32;Mike Knox&#32;– American professional wrestler
context_page_description: Michael Knoxville Hettinga is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling on the independent circuit. He is known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment under the name Mike Knox. He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Knux.
context_section_description: 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. He made his debut for the brand on the May 8, 2009 episode of SmackDown, defeating R-Truth in a singles match. This was his last win on television for WWE; from late May 2009 until his release in April 2010, Knox lost all the 30 televised matches he wrestled on either SmackDown or WWE Superstars, whether it be in singles, tag, or multi-man matches.
  On the August 14 episode of SmackDown, Knox debuted new elements to his character that included knowledge of biology and the human anatomy, using this knowledge to methodically inflict pain upon his opponents. Knox's final match was a loss to JTG on the April 23, 2010 edition of SmackDown, on the same day WWE announced that Knox had been released from his contract.
caption: Mike Knox at a Puerto Rico house show
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