Steve McMichael Steven Douglas McMichael ( October 17 , 1957 ) is an American former Football defensive tackle who played for the New England Patriots , Chicago Bears , and the Green Bay Packers of the NFL . He was also a professional wrestler for four years , and is currently the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Continental Indoor Football League . NFL career . Steve " Mongo " 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 tackles 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 1 / 2 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 . He played with the Green Bay Packers in 1994 before retiring . Pro 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 . At a previous RAW , McMichael did guest commentary 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 , soon being broken up by personnel . Taylor ended up winning the later match . For unknown reasons , McMichael was not seen again on WWF television . World Championship Wrestling ( 1995 - 1999 ) . Mongo then went to World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) as a commentator . He bickered with Bobby Heenan during matches 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 . Mongo did not like this and challenged Flair and Arn Anderson to a match with his partner Kevin Greene . He trained with Randy Savage ( In reality , he was 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 PPV on June 16 , 1996 . During the match , Debra & Greene ' s wife were chased to the back by Woman and Miss Elizabeth . Debra came back with Woman and Elizabeth , and she had a briefcase full of money and a Four Horsemen T - shirt . Mongo accepted it and hit Greene in the head with the briefcase . Then they all pounded on Savage , and the Horsemen ( along with Chris Benoit ) were four strong again . His first singles match was against Joe Gomez on the Bash at the Beach PPV on July 7 , 1996 . Mongo 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 . Because of this , Woman would trash Debra , causing Mongo and Benoit to step in each time . The turning point in the Mongo - Jarrett issue was at SuperBrawl on February 23 , 1997 . Mongo wrestled Jarrett ; and if Jarrett won , he was an official Horsemen . Debra interfered for Jarrett , so he would win . Then , Mongo and Jarrett had to team , and they bickered at first but then became a solid team . Mongo 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 Mongo slapped by Greene ' s mother at ringside . In July 1997 , Jarrett was kicked out of the Horsemen , and Debra soon left Mongo for Jarrett . Mongo 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 . The next night on Nitro , Hennig defeated Mongo for the United States Title , and Flair disbanded the Horsemen . Mongo went after Debra ' s stable of wrestlers that included Jarrett , Eddie Guerrero , and Alex Wright . Debra hired Bill Goldberg to get Mongo , and he became one of Goldberg ' s first victims in November 1997 . 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 Super Brawl in February . Mongo returned in June 1998 and had a feud with Stevie Ray and finally helped to reform the Four Horsemen in October with Flair , Benoit , Malenko , and manager Arn Anderson . They feuded with the nWo , and , in early 1999 , Mongo left WCW for good . He was divorced from Debra around this time . She was already dating World Wrestling Federation superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin , prompting McMichael to do an interview with The National Enquirer entitled " Stone Cold Stole My Wife ! " After Wrestling . McMichael co - hosts a Bear pre - game show with Carmen DeFalco on ESPN 1000 in Chicago , and is the head coach of the Chicago Slaughter of the Continental Indoor Football League McMichael was a guest singer for Take Me Out to the Ball Game at a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies in August 2001 . After home plate umpire Angel Hernandez called Ron Coomer out at the plate on a controversial call , McMichael questioned Hernandez ' s call and said that he ' d be waiting for him after the game . Hernandez ejected McMichael after he sang . 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 .