Steve McMichael Stephen Douglas ( Steve ) " Mongo " McMichael ( born October 17 , 1957 ) is a former American college and professional football player as a defensive lineman in the National Football League ( NFL ) , a former commentator and then professional wrestler for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , and is currently the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Continental Indoor Football League . McMichael played college football for the University of Texas and was an All - American . He played for the New England Patriots , Chicago Bears , and Green Bay Packers , winning Super Bowl XX with the Bears . During his pro wrestling career , McMichael became a member of the legendary Four Horsemen stable , and was a holder of the WCW United States Title . After being blinded by one of the NWO ' s spray paint attacks , McMichael was forced to leave the WCW . McMichael also ran a failed bid for mayor in the city of Romeoville , Illinois in 2013 . College football career . Born in Houston , Texas , McMichael attended the University of Texas , where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1976 to 1979 . As a senior in 1979 , he was a consensus first - team All - American . Professional football career . McMichael was drafted out of Texas in 1980 by the New England Patriots . He was acquired by the Chicago Bears as a free agent in 1981 . He would become one of their starting defensive tackle s and help lead them to a Super Bowl win in 1985 . He had a streak of 101 games started until 1990 , when his playing time was reduced . He led the Bears with 11 sacks in 1988 . He had 108 tackles in 1989 . McMichael was named to the NFC ' s Pro Bowl teams for the 1986 and 1987 seasons . McMichael gained notability in a 1991 game against the New York Jets . With the Bears down 13 - 6 with 1 : 54 remaining , McMichael forced a Blair Thomas fumble and recovered it at the New York 36 . Quarterback Jim Harbaugh then threw a game - tying touchdown to Neal Anderson . With : 18 left in the game , Harbaugh scored on a 1 - yard run . Bears coach Mike Ditka said in 2005 that McMichael was the toughest player he had ever coached . He played with the Green Bay Packers in 1994 before retiring . Professional wrestling . World Wrestling Federation ( 1995 ) . After the end of his NFL career , he appeared at ringside in the WWF for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI on April 2 , 1995 in Hartford , Connecticut . Taylor was wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow and there were several football players at ringside to keep wrestlers from interfering in the match . During a previous episode " Monday Night Raw " , McMichael provided guest commentary with Vince McMahon and would later brawl with Kama Mustafa , one of Bigelow ' s comrades . The fight was all over the arena floor and almost into the stands , knocking over the broadcast table , soon being broken up by personnel . Taylor ended up winning the later match . World Championship Wrestling ( 1995 – 1999 ) . In 1995 , McMichael was hired by World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . On September 4 , 1995 , he made his debut with the company as the pro - babyface color commentator on the premiere of " WCW Monday Nitro " , with Bobby Heenan fulfilling his typical pro - heel commentator role alongside lead broadcaster Eric Bischoff . McMichael would root for the popular wrestlers during matches , would bicker with Heenan on a regular basis , and brought his dog Pepe with him to the broadcast booth . In April 1996 , Ric Flair started hitting on his wife Debra , who would sit at ringside during " WCW Monday Nitro " . McMichael challenged Flair and Arn Anderson to a match with his partner Kevin Greene . He trained with Randy Savage ( he was actually trained by Terry Taylor at the WCW Power Plant ) , while Flair and Arn got Heenan to be their coach for the match . The match took place at The Great American Bash on June 16 , 1996 . During the match , Debra and Greene ' s wife were chased to the back by Woman and Miss Elizabeth , who were Flair ' s valets . Debra came back with Woman and Elizabeth , and she had a briefcase full of money and a Four Horsemen t - shirt . McMichael accepted it and hit Greene in the head with the briefcase . McMichael ' s first singles match was against Joe Gomez at Bash at the Beach on July 7 , 1996 . McMichael won with his signature move , the Mongo Spike , which is a reference to his football career having never being able to spike the ball in a game because of never personally scoring . He went on to feud with the Dungeon of Doom with the other Horsemen , and he had problems with Jeff Jarrett over the affections of Debra in late 1996 through early 1997 . Woman would trash Debra , causing McMichael and Benoit to step in each time . The turning point in the McMichael - Jarrett feud was at SuperBrawl on February 23 , 1997 . McMichael wrestled Jarrett , and if Jarrett won , he was an official Horsemen . Debra interfered for Jarrett , so he would win . Then McMichael and Jarrett had to team , and they bickered at first but later became a solid tag team . McMichael wrestled two football players in 1997 . He beat Reggie White at Slamboree on May 18 , 1997 and lost to Kevin Greene at the Great American Bash on June 15 , 1997 , which saw McMichael slapped by Greene ' s mother at ringside . In July 1997 , Jarrett was kicked out of the Horsemen , and Debra soon left McMichael for Jarrett . McMichael got his revenge when he defeated Jarrett for his WCW United States Title at the " Clash of the Champions " on August 21 , 1997 . Just weeks earlier , Arn Anderson had been forced to retire due to an injury , and Curt Hennig took his place in the Horsemen . At Fall Brawl on September 14 , 1997 , Hennig turned on the Horsemen and joined the nWo during the War Games match that the Horsemen were involved in . McMichael was handcuffed to the steel cage surrounding the ring along with Benoit , and neither man could defend Flair from the 5 - on - 1 assault from the nWo ; the match ended after McMichael surrendered to stop the nWo from attacking Flair . The next night on " Nitro " , Hennig defeated McMichael for the United States Title , and Flair disbanded the Horsemen . McMichael went after Debra ' s stable of wrestlers that included Jarrett , Eddie Guerrero and Alex Wright . Debra hired Bill Goldberg to get McMichael , and he became one of Goldberg ' s first victims in November 1997 . Goldberg stole McMichael ' s Super Bowl ring and weeks later McMichael hit Goldberg with a pipe and reclaimed it . He briefly helped Benoit feud with Raven ' s Flock in January 1998 and then got into a feud with Davey Boy Smith , in which he broke his hand during a match at SuperBrawl in February . McMichael returned in June 1998 and had a feud with Stevie Ray and helped reform the Four Horsemen in October with Flair , Benoit , Dean Malenko and manager Arn Anderson . They feuded with the nWo , and in early 1999 , McMichael left WCW . After wrestling . McMichael co - hosts a Bear pre - game show with Jeff Dickerson on ESPN 1000 in Chicago , and is the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Indoor Football League . On August 7 , 2001 , McMichael took a turn as the guest singer for " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " at Wrigley Field for a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies . After home plate umpire Ángel Hernández called Ron Coomer out at the plate on a controversial call , McMichael questioned Hernandez ' s call and said that he would be waiting for him after the game . Hernandez ejected McMichael after he sang , but McMichael had left Wrigley Field immediately after his performance and did not know until much later of the ejection . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2008 ) . McMichael returned to professional wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s flagship pay - per - view , Bound For Glory , where he refereed the Monster ' s Ball Match . This match was notable for McMichael ' s extremely slow cadence for a three count . Personal life . In 1985 , McMichael married Debra Marshall . They divorced on October 12 , 1998 . On August 3 , 2007 , McMichael appeared as a guest on the Waddle & Silvy Show on ESPN 1000 and announced he is going to be a father with his wife , Misty . Their daughter Macy Dale McMichael was born at 4 : 12pm on January 22 , 2008 . On July 17 , 2010 , McMichael was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . On August 16 , 2012 , McMichael announced his intentions to run for mayor of Romeoville , Illinois .