| abstract | - John Mikels was born in Pittsburgh, PA. Mikels a lifelong wrestling fan met the Legendary Iron Sheik at an autograph signing in 1996 when Mikels was only 14 years of age at the time and got his first real exposure in professional wrestling when spending the day with the Iron Sheik and helping carry his bags to his car, due to this John Mikels got an invitation to a wrestling event the next day where Iron Sheik faces Ko Ko Beware in the main event. The Event is a yearly event in Pittsburgh known as Deaf Wrestlefest and during the event The Iron Sheik challenged any fans from the audience to match or beat The Iron Sheik Persian Club Challenge. The challenge consist of 30 pound clubs by swinging it as many times as you can over the head, a record held by Iron Sheik was 106. John Mikels was allowed to stand in the corner of one of the fans who challenged him and was unsuccessful. Since the event, John Mikels has attended almost every deaf wrestlefest held in Pittsburgh. Once Mikels started to be more active in wrestling John Mikels has made attempts to be apart of the Deaf Wrestlefest Staff in advertising and promoting the event. Since no deal was ever made, Mikels was never officially on staff. However Mikels has recapped live reports for his newly made website Insane Plan and had opportunities to interview and work with many of its talents on its roster through the years.
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