Mike Swanson

**Mike Swanson** (real name Michael McDowell) is an American professional wrestler. He is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## GTS

Mike Swanson made his debut as a member of Clown Corp. He would later on return to GTS and challenge Tommy Salami for the GTS Intercontinental Championship in a losing effort. After Tommy lost the championship he would challenge the Shadow Demon multiple times and would win but not the championship. Swanson, later on, retrieve the real GTS Intercontinental Championship from Duhop, at the same time he would become the GTS Loser Championship. He, later on, would lose the Loser belt after pinning Hollywood Hooligan, thus entering a feud with him. Hooligan would ambush Swanson and busted him open with a cheese grater. This feud would be concluded at SuckaSlam 2018 in a First Blood Match with Hooligan emerging victorious after delivering a knee to the trash can that was on top of Swanson's head. Swanson later would disappear for a couple of months to recover from his knee injury after he had accidentally hyper-extended his knee.

Swanson would later win his 3rd GTS Intercontinental Championship despite the IC belt being stolen from Michael Oscar MyersWhen Duhop found the Championships, Swanson would claim the title until he lost the title to Jimmy Controversy shortly after. Afterward, Swanson would have a feud against Jimmy Rave and claim he was a better wrestler than him and gets more indy bookings. At the Christmas Chaos 2018 Swanson attacked Rave and made Gabby Gilbert cash in her Junk in the Trunk Briefcase turning her heel. By the end of December the feud quietly ended between them when Swanson joined forces with Kurt Bale and joined Non-Yarders and left GTS because of Grim moving to the Yard thus leaving the company and form AWE Wrestling. Swanson would team up with Onslaught to win the GTS Tag Team Championship twice but after the title win during his second reign, he was inactive for a couple of weeks due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Joey Angelo at Foot Brawl (2019) when they lost the titles to Francesca Rabbit & Tony Chini.

When Bale couldn't afford to pay his wrestlers or AWE Wrestling, Grim purchased the company thus merging GTS and AWE as 1 brand. Swanson continued to work as a heel and also parodied Orange Cassidy at one point and challenged both Hollywood Hooligan and Bonifer for the YouTube Wrestling Figures Heavyweight Championship in losing efforts. But before the events of GTS SuckaSlam 2019, Swanson had a feud with Kurt Bale (who recently turned face and joined Grim) after attacking him at an SWF event and later Bale attacking him at his job in his hometown in Philadelphia. He later won the GTS Hardcore Championship from Bale but lost it to Joey Angelo. At Suckaslam, Grim announced that it would be a Last Man Standing Loser Leaves GTS Match. Swanson briefly turned face at GTS SuckaSlam 2019 when Grim and Bale turned heel after the events of Duhop winning the YouTube Wrestling Figures Heavyweight Championship. Swanson later defeated Kurt Bale in a Last Man Standing Loser Leaves GTS match with the help of Onslaught. After the match, Grim claimed that he would make Swanson a "star" but Swanson didn't trust Grim and quit GTS. He returned 2 months later as a heel and restarted his feud with Bale for the GTS Championship. However this feud would be put on hold as Grim began a feud with Mike for various reasons, costing each other several matches. At BLT 2019, Mike defeated Grim in a no holds barred match with help from Joe Dice. Grim announced a rematch in a steel cage. Grim, also feuding with Bale, cost Bale a match against Hooligan and Swanson where the latter became GTS Champion. The feud with Grim concluded at Penetration Chamber 2020 where Mike beat Grim via Escape. During the match, Hollywood Hooligan interfered and attempted to cost Mike the match, this reigniting their feud. At Grimamania 6 Swanson beat Hooligan to retain the GTS Championship. but food in the fridge winner Dice cashed in and defeated Swanson for the title. Mike however regained the title at Fatlash 2020. He would later on start a feud with then GTS Champion Francesca Chini over the title, which would last until after Suckaslam.

At Suckaslam 2021, Mike made history, unifying the GTS Championship and the Youtube Wrestling Figures Heavyweight Championship to become the first ever GTS Undisputed Youtube Heavyweight Champion.

He returned in 2022, facing Pete Corvus in a first-time-ever showdown, but in a losing effort. As of 2023, Mike has presumably to be a part-timer on the roster as he hasn't made recurring appearances as he used to do

**Nicknames**

* **The Game Changer of Professional Wrestling**
* **The Extreme Dream**
* **The Hardcore Hellraiser**
* **"Philly" Mike Swanson**
* **Filthy Mike Swamp-Ass** (called by Grim)
* **The Real Deal Heel**
* **The Face of GTS**

**Finishing Moves**

* Cross-King (Rolling Cutter)
* Curb Stomp (running pushing stomp to the back of an grounded opponent's head)

**Signature Moves**

* DDT
* Missile Dropkick
* Superkick
* Lethal Injection (clothesline to the back of an opponent's skull)

**Championships & Accomplishments**

* GTS Championship (4 Times)
* GTS YouTube Wrestling Figures Heavyweight Championship (2 Times)
* GTS Undisputed Youtube Heavyweight Championship (1 Time & Inaugural & Last)
* GTS Loser Championship (3 Times)
* GTS Intercontinental Championship (3 Times)
* GTS Tag Team Championship (3 Times) With Duhop (1 Time) & Onslaught (2 Times)
* GTS Hardcore Championship (5 Times)
* GTS Triple Crown Champions
* GTS Most Improved wrestler of the year (2018)
* GTS Extreme moment of the year (2018)
* GTS Shocking moment of the year (2019)
* GTS Talker of the year (2019)
* GTS GameChanger of the year (2019)

**LTW Wrestling**

* LTW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) Current
* LTW Wild Card Championship (1 Time)