[ StarBuck lost the WNC Championship to Belgian wrestler Bernard VanDamme at Fight Club Finland's ''Talvisota VIII'' on March 8.
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Wrestle-1
After WNC went out of business and its male wrestlers moved over to the Wrestle-1
was a Japanese ''puroresu'' or professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, founded in July 2013 by Keiji Mutoh following his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). The core of the promotion's roster was formed b ...
promotion, StarBuck made his return to Japan on October 10, 2014, working at an Akira produced Wrestle-1 event. In the main event of the show, StarBuck defeated Akira and Masakatsu Funaki
is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as , who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF) ...
in a three-way match.
Asuka Project and Tokyo Championship Wrestling
After a four-year hiatus, StarBuck returned to ring action in Japan on September 24, 2018, for Asuka Project, a small promotion in Tokyo featuring former WNC wrestlers trained by Tajiri. It was there that StarBuck tagged up with Utamaro against Shinose Mitoshichi and Shota Nakagawa, proving victorious as StarBuck pinned Shinose after his famed jumping spike piledriver. On September 27 at Shinjuku Face Arena in Tokyo, StarBuck and Utamaro lost a tag team match against Yoshihiro Tajiri and Yusuke Kodama
is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently wrestlers for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a freelancer. Kodama is best known for his time with Wrestle-1 (W-1), where he is a former two time UWA World Trios Champion, two time Wrestle-1 Cruiser ...
when Tajiri pinned Utamaro in the main event of the show for Tokyo Championship Wrestling.
SLAM! Wrestling Finland
In the summer of 2018, Majalahti started up SLAM! Wrestling Finland, which became a limited company at the end of 2019, operating and running, as well as selling, events in Finland and Estonia.
Other endeavors
Majalahti has coached several Finnish rock and metal vocalists and bands in better English, both in regards to lyrics and pronunciation/enunciation. Known acts that Majalahti has worked with in some capacity are Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup c ...
(Unia album), Stratovarius
Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band. Formed in 1984, they have released sixteen studio albums, six DVDs and six live albums. The band's line-up has changed many times, with no founding member left since the departure of drummer Tuomo ...
(Stratovarius album), Lordi
Lordi () is a Finnish Rock music, rock band. Formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu), Lordi are known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during c ...
(The Arockalypse and The Monsterican Dream albums), Celesty (Vendetta album), The Souls (The Grand Confusion), Widescreen Mode (The Hanging Man album), Godsplague (Evilution and Triumph albums), Thunderstone (Tools of Destruction album), Timo Kotipelto
Timo Antero Kotipelto (born 15 March 1969) is a Finnish musician best known as the lead singer of the power metal band Stratovarius, whom he joined in 1994, as well as fronting his own band Kotipelto.
Biography
He studied vocals at the pop/ja ...
(Coldness and Serenity albums), in addition to others. Majalahti has also created the characters of children's heavy metal band Hevisaurus
Hevisaurus are a Finnish heavy metal band that was formed in 2009 with music aimed at children. The band members are known for performing in dinosaur costumes. Hevisaurus's debut concert was at the Elämä Lapselle charity concert on 9 September ...
, and has illustrated the band's album covers.
Majalahti is a licensed FAF gym instructor, serving as a freelance personal trainer and coach in Finland. He also works as a freelance graphic artist and illustrator and has been known to do perform translation work from Finnish to English for several companies, in addition to being one of the most utilized voice-over speakers in Finland in the corporate, B2B and export sector.
In 2014, it was reported that Yle
Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock comp ...
and the Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation (, ) is an independent Foundation (charity), foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finland, Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy i ...
were working on a feature film on Majalahti called Spandex Sapiens, filmed over the past five years. The full-length documentary Spandex Sapiens movie was released throughout Finnish movie theaters on June 17, 2016 and in September of the same year it was featured prominently on YLE television in Finland. The movie won the Audience Favorite Award at the Night Visions Festival in Helsinki as well as the Critic's Choice award at the Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival.
In 2016, news was released that Majalahti was signed to and would be playing a key acting role in Finland's first-ever superhero action movie, Rendel, slated for a September 22, 2017 theater release.
Majalahti's autobiography about his life in professional wrestling was released through Crowbar Press on May 22, 2017, entitled Battleground Valhalla.
In 2017, a movie version of 1980s hit video game It Came From The Desert was released and licensed throughout the world. In the movie, Michael plays the role of The Eradicator, the big idol the main characters in the film.
In 2019, Majalahti and his southern rock band, Crossfyre, released a notable remake cover song and video of professional wrestler "Freebird" Michael Hayes' 1983 song, Badstreet USA. This noted the first time in history that a rock musician/pro wrestler tributed and covered this classic song, which was the first original theme music ever written in the annals of professional wrestling.
Discography
with Hallowed
*2000: ''End of the Age'' (EP)
*2002: ''Fear and Pain'' (EP)
with Stoner Kings
*2002: ''Brimstone Blues''
*2006: ''Fuck the World''
*2019: ''Alpha Male''
with Klaatuu
*2008: ''Altars of Doom'' (EP)
with Angel of Sodom
*2015: ''Divine Retribution''
with Crossfyre
*2010: ''Southbound''
*2014: ''Iron Horse''
*2016: ''No Limits''
with Overnight Sensation
*2013: ''Life's a Bitch''
Personal life
Michael Majalahti was married to a Romanian girl, Diana (born April 27, 1987). She has worked for FCF as his valet, under the name of Miss D, between February 2013 and February 2014.[ Majalahti proposed to Diana in the wrestling ring in Lohja, Finland on January 4, 2013. Their engagement made headlines in the Romanian media.
The couple divorced in May 2020 and do not have any children together.
At the moment Michael Majalahti is engaged to Susanna Sihlman and the couple will have their big wedding on the 9th of September 2023, in Finland.
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Championships and accomplishments
*British Wrestling Alliance
**BWA World Catchweight Championship (1 time)
*Deutsch Wrestling Allianz
**DWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
*EuroStars
**EuroStars European Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
**FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship (5 times)[
*I Mitti Del Wrestling
**I Mitti Del Wrestling UE Championship (1 time, current)
*Italian Wrestling Superstars
**Italian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
**Italian Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
*Pro Wrestling Finlandia
**Finnish Heavyweight Championship (1 time)][
* Smash
**]Smash Championship
The Smash Championship was a professional wrestling championship, owned and promoted by the Japanese Smash promotion. Championship reigns were determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors were involved in scripted rivalri ...
( 1 time)[
** Smash Championship Tournament (2011)][
*STHLM Wrestling
**Valhalla Nordic Wrestling Championship (1 time)][
*TopCatch
**TopCatch Europameisterschaft Championship (1 time)][
*]Wrestling New Classic
was a Japanese ''puroresu'' or professional wrestling promotion, founded in April 2012 by Yoshihiro Tajiri. WNC was the follow-up promotion to Smash, which folded in March 2012.
History
On April 5, 2012, Tajiri held a press conference to ann ...
**WNC Championship
The WNC Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Championship, the top title of WNC's predecessor, Smash. The championship was fi ...
(2 times
"2 Times" is the debut single of English singer Ann Lee. It was released in Italy in December 1998 by X-Energy as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999), and was issued worldwide the following year. The single peaked at number tw ...
)[
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References
External links
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Majalahti
at Majalahti.com
Feature article
at Canoe.ca
Body Mike
at Bodymike.fi
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1973 births
Finnish male professional wrestlers
Canadian male professional wrestlers
Living people
Professional wrestling announcers
Professional wrestling trainers
Professional wrestlers from Ontario
People from Timmins
Canadian expatriates in Japan
Canadian people of Finnish descent