Bill Pierce comes from Long Island New York. During his time serving in the Army at Ft. Polk Louisiana he became interested in professional wrestling and told all his Army buddies that they would see him again. After 4 years Pierce left the Army as a sergeant, then he decided to follow a path in professional wrestling. By pure fate that he met the daughter of Mark Tendler the wrestler who’s wrestling school Bill Pierce attended. The likes of Cactus Jack “Mick Foley” would come to the school and assist in training. After just a few short months he got a chance to work for WWF at Summer Slam ‘90 being one of the bearers that carried out the Macho King Randy Savage on his sat tan. Bill Pierce also spent time with ICW setting up the ring as well as driving the ring truck and of course wrestling. Much time was also spent on the Indy circuit with many smaller promotions. Listed is some of the stats for Chris Michaels AKA Bill Pierce. WWE , Preliminary wrestler from 1990-92, Eastern Championship Wrestling , ECW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Johnny Hotbody (1) and Chris Candido, UWF, Wrestled many singles and tag team matches, NWA New York, NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [4] NWA New York Junior Heavyweight Championship, Wrestler: Chris Michaels, Real Name: William Charles Pierce, Birthday: July 13, 1961, Hometown: Bayshore, Long Island, NY , Marital Status: Married , Height & Weight: 5'10" - 215 lbs , Trained by: Mark Tendler, Debut: 1989 , Previous Gimmicks: Da Bum Lucky Louie, Sir Richard Michaels, Sir Christopher Michaels, Chris USA Michaels