| Michael Modest | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael K. Cariglio |
| Born | (1971-07-19)July 19, 1971 (age 53)[1] Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | La Migra[2] Michael Modest[1] Mike Modest[1] Private Pain[3] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15.1 st)[1] |
| Billed from | San Francisco, California[1] Sacramento, California |
| Trained by | Rick Thompson[1] Jerry Monti[1] |
| Debut | 1991[1] |
Michael K. Cariglio (born July 19, 1971)[1] is an Americanprofessional wrestler, better known by hisstage name,Michael Modest (sometimes shortened toMike Modest).[1] Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling Iron with tag partnerDonovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005.[1] Modest has also wrestled in Japan forPro Wrestling Noah, winning theGHC Junior Heavyweight Championship after defeatingYoshinobu Kanemaru. He has also wrestled inCanada,Mexico andIreland. He is perhaps best known for his appearances in the wrestling documentaryBeyond the Mat,[1] the filmReady to Rumble, and the TV specialExposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets (under a mask as "Private Pain").
Modest began wrestling in 1991, and has worked forAll Pro Wrestling,Universal Wrestling Association, andWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), along with bothAAA andConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) inMexico. Modest had try-out matches for both theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) and WCW, and eventually got signed to a WCW contract, although he was released after WWF bought WCW. After his release, he began working forPro Wrestling Noah in Japan. In 2001, he also worked forStampede Wrestling, and won theNorth American Heavyweight andPacific Heavyweight titles. He was the last Pacific Heavyweight Champion.
Modest also operated the Pro Wrestling IRON school and promotion in the US, along with his tag team partnerDonovan Morgan. He also briefly worked forRing of Honor.
On March 18, 2005, Modest won the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament held by New Breed Wrestling Association, defeatingJamie Noble in the finals. On February 18, 2006, Modest wrestled in a six-man tag team match with Morgan andRyan Drago, as "La Migra" on an episode ofTNA Impact!.[2] They lost to theLatin American Xchange.[2]
In March 2006, Modest took part in a six-man tag team match with partnersFrankie Kazarian andScott D'Amore againstCibernético,Chessman, andMuerte Cibernética at a AAA taping in Querétaro.
In 2014,YouTube personality Brian Zane interviewed Modest, who described his involvement with the NBC TV specialExposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets, where Modest described how the producers of the special orchestrated how they created the special. Modest testified that "they took bits and pieces" of what the producers thought would cause a reaction towards their ultimate goal of provingprofessional wrestling as fake.[4]
Modest is divorced and has two sons. Modest currently lives in Las Vegas and is working for the Las Vegas Wrestling promotion Future Stars of Wrestling, where he is also the head trainer.
Hunter: Private Pain, the army gimmick...that's Mike Modest! Doing double duty here onExposed, and he's also inBeyond the Mat!
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