March 12, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Mike Awesome bio, Mistico

The saddest part about a suicide death without explanation is it leaves the family and friends an eternity of asking why. In the case of Mike Alfonso, better known as Mike Awesome and The Gladiator, it will be an unresolved question. Sure, everything wasn’t perfect in his life. He was in the midst of a divorce from wife Delisa, who he met in high school and been married to for 16 years. He had moved from the family home to a condo in Tampa. His marriage had survived the rigors of not only pro wrestling, but the bulk of his career saw him overseas for weeks at a time as one of the most popular foreign stars in Japan. His health wasn’t the best, as he had to make several major lifestyle changes when it came to food, drinking and training over the past year due to suffering from sugar diabetes. He was no longer near 300 pounds, but was still training more for cardiovascular fitness and was around 230. His wrestling career was over, both for health reasons, but he also told friends, it was also by choice. Subscr