American Wrestling Association (1988–1990) Mike Enos started wrestling in the late 1980s after being trained by
Eddie Sharkey. His signing with the AWA was due to trainer Eddie Sharkey’s connections in the federation. Early on, Enos worked mainly as a referee but slowly got more and more bookings as a wrestler. He was billed as "The Construction Worker" Mike Enos, that name was soon replaced by “Mean” Mike Enos, as he teamed up with fellow rookie
Wayne "The Train" Bloom to form
The Destruction Crew. The Destruction Crew was managed by Johnny Valiant. In the fall of 1989 the Destruction Crew challenged then
AWA World Tag Team champions Ken Patera and
Brad Rheingans to a "car lifting" contest. During the challenge the Destruction Crew attacked Patera and Rhenigans and injured them (
Storyline) and forced them to vacate the tag team titles. That victory combined with their devious tactics earned the duo a joint
Rookie of the Year award from the readers of
Pro Wrestling Illustrated, which is the only time a tag team has won the award. At the last original AWA television taping on August 11, 1990, the Destruction Crew lost the AWA tag-team titles to longtime rivals
The Trooper and
D.J. Peterson.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1990-1991) After the AWA closed, the Destruction Crew went to Japan and competed in a series of matches in the
New Japan Pro-Wrestling including an unsuccessful title match against then IWGP Tag Team Champions
Keiji Mutoh and
Masahiro Chono on August 19, 1990.
World Wrestling Federation (1991–1993) In May 1991, Enos and Bloom signed with the
World Wrestling Federation. The two wrestlers were repackaged as a team of spoiled rich brothers from
Shaker Heights, Ohio. They became known as the Beverly Brothers, with Enos given the name Blake Beverly while Bloom was given the name Beau Beverly. They were originally managed by
Coach, then later on by
The Genius. they were launched into feuds with the
Legion of Doom,
The Bushwhackers (who they defeated at the
1992 Royal Rumble) and
The Natural Disasters (who they unsuccessfully challenged for the
WWF World Tag Team Championship at
SummerSlam '92). By the later part of 1992, however, they would be used primarily to put
over other tag teams; they were on the losing end of an eight-man elimination tag team match at
Survivor Series '92 and were defeated by their old rivals The Steiner Brothers at the
1993 Royal Rumble. The team broke up in 1993 when Bloom decided to leave the business. Enos stuck around for a while longer, mostly serving as an
enhancement talent on the WWF's weekly syndicated shows.
Japan and return to Minnesota (1993–1995) After his release from the WWF in August 1993, Enos returned to
New Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled on his own feuding with
Keji Muto. From 1994 to 1995 he teamed with
Chris Benoit,
Lord Steven Regal and
Scott Norton. On July 13, 1995, Enos and Scott Norton lost to
Shinya Hashimoto and
Junji Hirata for the vacated IWGP Tag Team titles. Enos returned to Minnesota working for
Pro Wrestling America and other independent Minnesota shows. He reunited with Wayne Bloom in 1994 as the Destruction Crew.
Return to WCW (1996–1999) Enos returned to WCW in 1996. Enos was initially known as The Mauler, but then returned to wrestling under his real name as he had in the AWA. He teamed with
Dick Slater as "Rough & Ready" and once again worked mainly as enhancement talent for tag teams on the rise. He was managed by
Col. Rob Parker but did not have much success. A notable moment in Enos' second WCW run was him wrestling against
Steve Doll on the May 27, 1996, episode of
WCW Monday Nitro when
Scott Hall interrupted and made his WCW return, planting the seeds for the
New World Order. Enos and Wayne Bloom had a brief reunion in 1997 and 1998 but remained low-card performers. The team finally disbanded after working a few matches together. Enos competed in the WCW double elimination tournament for the vacated WCW tag team titles in February 1999 teaming with
Bobby Duncum Jr. and became one of the final four teams along with
Chris Benoit and
Dean Malenko,
Dave Taylor and
Fit Finlay, and
Curt Hennig and
Barry Windham, until he and
Scotty Riggs (replacing Duncum) were eliminated by Benoit and Malenko.
Later career (2000) Enos retired from wrestling in 2000 after working on WCW weekend shows, smaller independent shows in Florida, and tours in Japan. ==Personal life==