Mike Danger

Mike Danger was the stage name of John Michael Apperson, best known for being a wrestler, singer, standup comic, daredevil, wearing a fluorescent Mohawk-style haircut, loud attire and incorporating a chainsaw into his stage antics -much of which he accomplished after losing his eyesight in his late twenties due to diabetes and an automobile accident.

In his younger days, he was a world competition skateboarder and the subject of over one-hundred articles in various surf and skateboard magazines, also in various newspapers, including one in the Pensacola News-Journal on August 5, 1987.

Mike Danger had also been employed at Plee-zing Grocery, Sal's T-shirt Factory, Franco's Lounge, Franco's All-Nite Affair, Domino's Pizza, and Subway Sandwiches. He also owned the Rockasaurus record label, and had several books and CDs published.

On July 4, 1984 he performed with local new wave band The X-Statics at Franco's All-Nite Affair, a bottle club located on 9th Avenue at Douglas Avenue. In 1986, he hosted the No Wave Jam, a local rock concert at the municipal auditorium. Local favorites The Pilots headlined the event. A year or two later, he skydived and landed on Pensacola Beach.

In the late 1980s, he performed with the Continental Wrestling Association, and several times was seen either on television or entering the ring area with local faves Austin Idol, or Sika The Samoan.

Mike Danger was 49 years old when he died on August 15, 2006 of complications from diabetes.