Mike Rapada

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Mike Rapada
Statistics
Ring name(s)	The Colorado Kid
Billed height	6 ft 3 in
Billed weight	230 lb
Born	August 28, 1966 (1966-08-28) (age 41) Nashville, Tennessee ^[1]
Resides	Oceanside, California
Billed from	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Trained by	Jeff Jarrett Tojo Yamamoto
Debut	April 1986

Michael Rapada (born August 28, 1966) best known as "The Colorado Kid" Mike Rapada is an American professional wrestler.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Wrestling facts
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References

[edit] Early life

Michael Rapada was worked as a carpenter and a window washer before getting into the wrestling business.

[edit] Career

Mike Rapada started out in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He entered a few toughman competitions and shortly thereafter left for Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in wrestling. It took three months, but eventually he convinced Jeff Jarrett to train him. After Jarrett left for the WWF, Rapada sought out training from the likes of Kenny Wayne, Buddy Wayne and others.

He also made several appearances on WCW Monday Nitro as a security guard during his career.

In 1994, he was named Rookie of the Year in the United States Wrestling Association promotion out of Memphis. He also had a reign as North American champion in Jonesboro, Arkansas, beating Cactus Jack, and as USWA World champion, beating Jerry Lawler.

Until winning the NWA World title, he had been NWA North American champion, the top belt recognized by the NWA Worldwide promotion based out of Nashville.

He was the first American wrestler ever to win a match in China.

Rapada is currently working out of Oceanside, California with the Southwestern Alliance of Wrestling, a promotion founded by himself. His son, Mike Rapada Jr, is currently a wrestler on the independent circuit.