Mike PoseyStats
Height: 5 foot 8
From: Birmingham, Ala.
WWE Debut: 2006

WWE is a world of superheroes, and that is especially true in ECW. Mike Posey has the difficult task of keeping order in the Land of the Extreme. His secret? Becoming a part of it all.

“I fit right in,” Posey said. “I’m just a big kid.”

A collector of Transformers, G.I. Joe and comic books, Posey may be a fan of superheroes, but he is the governor of these giants when he steps into the ring.

“That’s the part of wrestling I’ve always liked, the adventure and the story of it,” he said.

Posey has been officiating since 2000. He started out wrestling. Shortly after, he added refereeing to his repertoire, working matches as an official the same nights he would be competing in action. Living in Birmingham, Ala., he would have to drive nearly two hours just to get to a $5 job at the nearest sports-entertainment company. On weekends, he would drive up to five hours into Georgia to gain experience.

Now Posey is one of the veterans, officiating in perhaps the most dangerous of WWE’s brands. A victim of a Balls Mahoney chair shot early in his ECW tenure, he knew he wasn’t in store for an easy job.

ECW has no doubt made Posey an even stronger man. It has also allowed him to travel all over the world. But no matter what, Alabama is the place for this homegrown big kid.

“The more places I go, the more reasons I have that I want to stay in Birmingham.”