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Mike Iles

Nickname: Big; The Kingpin; The Smartest Man in Pro Wrestling; The Real Driving Force Behind Oklafan

From: Philadelphia, PA

Birthday: Aug 9th

Pro Debut: June 18, 2004

Aliases: Lloyd Braun

Feds Worked For: AACW, AWFUL, BB, BCW, BPPW, BUW, ComPro, EmpCW, FCW, GWF (2016), IZW, MWA, MSWA, NCWO, NWA-OK, NWA-TXO, NWA-U, OKX, OWA, PWTV, SRPW, SWCW, TAP, TIW, TOPW, UWE, UWO, WAH, WFC, WLW, Arkansas Pro Wrestling (AR), Hometown Heroes (KS), Mid-States Wrestling (AR/KS/MO/OK), Southern Independent Wrestling Federation (KY), Texoma Pride Wrestling (OK/TX), Traditional Championship Wrestling (AR/MO/MS/TN)

Signature Moves: Hitting people with his shoe

Affiliates: Charming Charles, Christopher Fox, Jason Jones, Tug Jacobs, Tad Thirsty, C. M. Burnham, Striker, Beau Dalton, Luc Lapointe, Mitch Carter, Max McGuirk, Doomsday, Damon Windsor, Blake Albright, Brent Albright, Jack Legacy, Michael Barry, Dustin Heritage, Se7en, Lars Manderson, Brad Michaels, Hadji Shore, Ken Masters/Duke Swellington, Kurtis Riggs, O'Malley, Jacob O'Brien/Jake O'Brien, Michael Kensington McIntyre III, The Canadian Red Devil, Nurse Sanity, Seth Angel, Wade Argento, Vulgar Jones, Psycho Sawyer, Gavin Dixon, Talon Luck, D. A. Travis Fowlhark, Alex Royal, The Standard, Stephen E

Notable Feuds: Flamon Raymon, Bernard Funk, Renegade, Bobby Burns, Beau Dalton, Ray Martinez, Michael Barry, Stephen E, Rick Garrett, Crazy Charlie, Johnny Z, Steve O

Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from Tulsa, OK or Broken Arrow, OK
-Was given the nickname "The Kingpin" by Michael Barry
-As Lloyd Braun, he was billed from Galveston, TX and used the nickname "Luscious"
-Graduated from Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, OK. He was in the same graduating class as pro wrestler Buzz Markley.
-Got married in the Tunnel of Love at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, NV in February 2020. It is the same drive thru wedding chapel that Triple H married an unconscious Stephanie McMahon on an episode of "WWF Monday Night RAW" in November 1999. The interior of the same chapel was used on an episode of "Friends" in May 1999.
-Broke into the wrestling business almost on a fluke. He was planning on attending a wrestling show and his friend, who was a worker on the show, asked if he would like to fill in for the absent ring announcer. He has been around ever since.
-Associate Editor of Oklafan
-Is an avid hockey fan. He is an off-ice official for the ECHL, a minor professional hockey league. He was previously an off-ice official for the now defunct Central Hockey League.
-Outside of wrestling, he is the PA announcer for Broken Arrow High School Lacrosse and the substitute PA announcer for Tulsa Oilers Hockey. He has also been the PA announcer for the Western States Hockey League Western States Shootout, Tulsa Junior Oilers of the Western States Hockey League, the Oklahoma City Blazers of the North American 3 Hockey League, the Tulsa Youth Hockey Association, University of Central Oklahoma Hockey, Oklahoma State University Hockey, America's Best Boxing, Inc, Mid-States Promotions Boxing Fight Night, Tour de Cowtown Bicycle Race, and Tulsa Athletic Soccer.
-Also an avid fan of the TV show "Seinfeld" and considers himself a Seinfeld History buff.
-Former member of Excellence Personified. He, Jack Legacy, and Michael Barry are the founding fathers of the group.
-Has appeared in 5 matches. The first was on March 6, 2005 at SRPW in a Gimmick Battle Royal in which all participants dressed up as a different wrestler. Iles was dressed as Pork Chop. He eliminated himself after Kenny Campbell told him to get out of the ring. His second match, he tagged with Mitch Carter and defeated Johnny Z & Tommy Revell on May 17, 2008 in IZW. His third and fourth matches occurred on September 18, 2010 at ComPro. The first match on the card that night Michael Barry defended the ComPro Showtime Title against Iles, but considering Iles was Barry's manager at the time, it really wasn't much of a match and Barry won after the "Fingerpoke of Doom". ComPro owner Mike Two then ordered Iles into a 6-Man Tag Team Match later in the card. Iles tagged with Se7en & Dustin Heritage and lost to Dutch Hagen, Jesus Rodriguez, & Tim Rockwell, with Rockwell pinning Iles for the win. The 5th match occurred on July 8, 2017 at ComPro. He tagged with Kirk Chalmers against ComPro Tag Team Champions Excellence Personified (Duke Swellington & Dustin Heritage). It was basically a ruse as Iles had been EP's manager for several months. He was introduced as "Luscious Lloyd Braun" and was handpicked by Swellington & Heritage as the mystery partner of Chalmers. EP defeated Chalmers & "Braun".
-Has been licensed as a ring announcer in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma
-Former ring announcer or co-ring announcer for ComPro, MWA, NWA-U, OWA, SRPW, TAP, WFC, Arkansas Pro Wrestling, and Mid-States Wrestling. Has also filled in as a substitute ring announcer for FCW, SWCW, UWE, Southern Independent Wrestling Federation, and Traditional Championship Wrestling.
-In addition to ring announcing, he has also done TV or DVD announcing for IZW, MWA, NWA-OK, NWA-U, NWA-OK, OWA, WFC, and Mid-States Wrestling.
-During the time that NWA-U's TV show "NWA Intense TV" ran on WB19 in Tulsa, he also was co-producer of the show and supplied voice overs for commercials and announcements.
-Was introduced as the new play-by-play announcer for AACW Television in July 2006 but AACW's TV show never materialized.
-Former Commissioner of NWA-OK, NWA-U, SWCW, ComPro, and IZW
-Former Director of Operations of MWA
-Former Executive Director of BB
-Former member of the MSWA Board of Directors
-Former Executive Director of Talent Relations for NCWO
-Current member of the Board of Directors for both UWO and WAH
-Executive Liason, Corporate Confidant, and Chief Information Officer for The Standard
-During his tenure as SWCW commissioner, he turned on SWCW Heavyweight Champion Rick Garrett and made a quick 3-count giving Striker the title. He then began building a stable of wrestlers to take over SWCW until he stepped down as commissioner to take the commissioner position in IZW.
-Was hand picked by the Oklahoma Boxing Commission to become IZW Commissioner on October 27, 2007. Was forced to share commissioner duties in IZW when Steve O was named co-commissioner by IZW owner John Zorthos. Was fired as IZW Commissioner on March 21, 2009 when Zorthos was granted a court injunction against the Oklahoma Boxing Commission's appointment of Iles.
-While ring announcer at MWA, he was named Director of Operations on October 9, 2009. He began managing Excellence Personified behind the scenes at MWA until he revealed himself as the leader of EP when he turned on Jeff Starchild and allowed Jack Legacy to win the MWA Heavyweight Title on May 7, 2010. He only signed a one year contract and his last show as DOO was on September 10, 2010.
-Credited with naming GPCW's Wichita Mountains Title
-Voted Ring Announcer of the Year in the 2005 OldSchoolWrestling.com Year End Awards
-Voted Ring Announcer of the Year in the 2007 OldSchoolWrestling.com Year End Awards
-Voted Commissioner of the Year in the 2009 Oklafan Year-End Awards
-Voted Commissioner of the Year in the 2012 Oklafan Year-End Awards