Mike Bailey (wrestler)

Émile Charles Baillargeon-Laberge is a Canadian professional wrestler, ring announcer and taekwondo practitioner, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name "Speedball" Mike Bailey.

and is a former X Division Champion.

He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and on the independent circuit.

He is a former two-time IWS World Heavyweight Champion and two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.

Bailey made his professional wrestling debut at a Federation de Lutte Quebecoise house show from January 6, 2006 as Mike Sydal, where he teamed up with Bouncer and Brad Foley in a losing effort to Alextreme, Sheik Tank Ali and Sweet Pete in a six-man tag team match.

He is known for working with various wrestling promotions and would often compete under the nickname of Speedball.

Bailey made his IWS debut on October 1, 2009 in a tag team victory with Brian Kirkland, defeating 2.0 (Jagged & Shane Matthews) at Le Skratch in Laval.

Bailey worked for the Canadian promotion Capital City Championship Combat, where he debuted on May 1, 2010 at C4 Stand Alone 2010 in a losing effort against Player Uno.

He teamed up with Kevin Steen at C4 Domination 2K11 on April 30, 2011 to defeat Josh Alexander and Michael Von Payton (who replaced an injured Rahim Ali) for the C4 Tag Team Championship.

Bailey worked with other infamous wrestling personalities, such as in a six-way match from C4 Crossing The Line 5 on June 16, 2012, where he competed against Josh Alexander, Michael Elgin, Scotty O'Shea, Stu Grayson and Tyson Dux for the C4 Championship, coming in unsuccessfully.

He eventually won the title at C4 Crossing The Line 6 on June 15, 2013 in a three-way match also involving Josh Alexander and the champion Scotty O'Shea.

On September 18, 2021 at Fighting Back X, Bailey defeated Daniel Garcia for his second C4 Championship.

On November 12, 2021 at Never Say Never, Bailey defeated Kevin Blackwood for the C4 Underground Championship in a Title vs Title Match.

At Scarred 4 Life, on September 20, 2014, Bailey won the IWS World Heavyweight Championship against The Green Phantom.

At the Combat Zone Wrestling's New Heights 2014 event from July 12, he unsuccessfully challenged Biff Busick for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.

At CZW Night Of Infamy 2014 on November 8, he teamed up with Buxx Belmar and unsuccessfully challenged OI4K (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) for the CZW World Tag Team Championship.

On October 18, 2014 event CZW Tangled Web 7, he unsuccessfully challenged Shane Strickland for the CZW Wired Championship.

At CZW Cage Of Death XVI, he participated in a six-man scramble match, a qualifier for the Best Of The Best Tournament, where he competed against the winner Jonathan Gresham, A. R. Fox, Caleb Konley, David Starr and Alex Colon.

Bailey was also the winner of Combat Zone Wrestling's 2015 Best of the Best, DDT Pro-Wrestling's 2016 DNA Grand Prix, Revolution Pro Wrestling's 2021 British J-Cup and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's 2023 Battle of Los Angeles tournaments.

At Un F'N Sanctioned on March 28, 2015 at Corona Theatre, Bailey defeated Hallowicked and Jesse Neal in a Triple Threat Match.

On September 5 at Scarred 4 Life, he retained the IWS World Heavyweight Championship against Jack Evans.

At CZW Deja Vu 2015 on March 14, Bailey unsuccessfully challenged Joe Gacy for the CZW Wired Championship.

Their feud continued until CZW Proving Grounds 2015 from May 9, where he managed to defeat Gacy, but by disqualification, therefore not succeeding in winning the title.

Bailey made his debut for the Southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) at From Out of Nowhere on February 27, 2015, losing to Biff Busick in his first match.

At Mystery Vortex III, Bailey answered Roderick Strong's open challenge for the PWG World Championship, but failed to win the title.

Bailey picked up his first win in PWG by defeating Chris Hero at Threemendous IV.

He participated in the Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where he managed to reach to the final by defeating Drew Galloway in the first round, Will Ospreay in the quarterfinals and Tommy End in the semifinals.

Bailey competed against Chris Hero and Zack Sabre Jr. in a three-way elimination match in the final, where he was the first man to be eliminated.

On March 5, 2016 at Un F'N Sanctioned held at Métropolis, Black Dynomite won the IWS World Heavyweight Championship in a 4-Way Match versus Rey Mysterio, Jack Evans and Bailey.

His last match in CZW was a loss against Sami Callihan at CZW Seventeen from February 13, 2016.

He made a few more appearances with PWG until early 2016 before he was banned from working in the US for five years due to not having a work visa.

Bailey worked several matches for Progress Wrestling, first of them being a loss against Mark Haskins for the Smash Wrestling Championship at Smash/Progress Smash vs. Progress, a cross-over event held between the two promotions on August 7, 2016.

Bailey worked for the British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling, having his first match at RevPro High Stakes 2016 on January 16, where he lost to Big Damo.

On September 9, 2018, Bailey defeated Psicosis and Argenis in a 3-Way Dance, at an IWS vs AAA spot show for the Montreal Mercado del Taco.

On March 23, 2019, IWS celebrated its 20th anniversary with Un F'N Sanctioned at MTelus, where Tajiri with Mikey Whipwreck defeated Bailey.

at Progress Chapter 95: Still Chasing on September 15, 2019, he participated in a 30-person rumble match for the inaugural Progress Proteus Championship, competing against other wrestlers such as the winner Paul Robinson, Eddie Kingston, Dan Moloney, Sid Scala and Los Federales Santos Jr. At Progress Chapter 78: 24 Hour Progress People on November 11, 2018, he lost a match to Eddie Dennis.

On February 8, 2020 at Praise the Violence, Matt Angel defeated Bailey in an IWS World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match.

On September 4, 2021 at Blood, Sweat & Beers, Bailey defeated Matt Angel in an IWS Title Match, winning his second IWS World Heavyweight Championship.

On June 25, 2022 at Hardcore Heat, Matt Falco defeated Bailey for the IWS World Heavyweight Championship.

Bailey has taught seminars and until moving to the United States, was part of the IWS Training Centre coaching staff.