Former ROH broadcaster Mike Hogewood passes away
Former Ring of Honor broadcaster Mike Hogewood died Wednesday at 63 years old.
Best known for his work as a college sports announcer for the Atlantic Coast Conference and for various on-air roles at local broadcast stations, Hogewood became the ROH play-by-play man when the promotion had a run on HDNet in 2009, now AXS TV, despite having no wrestling experience.
He and Dave Prazak were part of all 100 episodes ROH had on HDNet. He was not retained after Sinclair Broadcasting purchased the promotion in June 2011. Hogewood retired from broadcasting in 2013 after a 26 year run.
As of this writing, no cause of death has been announced.
Amid an outpouring of praise on social media from the college sports world, former ROH producer and writer Dave Lagana said on Twitter that Hogewood “was a nice gentleman who worked hard and let me push him to call a sport that was not native to him. He really was passionate about Ring of Honor and I am proud to have worked with this legend.”
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.