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My Take
Michael "P.S." Hayes is a fascinating case of someone who reinvented himself behind the curtain. As a wrestler he led the Fabulous Freebirds from 1979, a stable that helped define the rock-and-roll bad-guy archetype, and he's earned spots in both the WWE Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. What I respect most, though, is the second act: he became WWE's Vice President of Creative Writing and Booking, shaping storylines for performers decades younger than him. The Pensacola-born showman clearly understood the business from the inside out. Few people in wrestling have stayed relevant as both a star and a backstage architect for this long.
Overview
Michael Seitz (born March 29, 1959) is an American professional wrestling executive, retired professional wrestler and former musician, better known by the ring name Michael "P.S." Hayes. He is employed by the professional wrestling promotion WWE as Vice President, Creative Writing & Booking. Debuting in 1977, Hayes came to prominence in 1979 as the founder and leader of stable the Fabulous Freebirds.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Hayes
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ヘイズ
- Reading
- まいける・へいず
- Born
- March 29, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / professional wrestler / television writer / professional wrestling writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- WWE Hall of Fame
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Composer — see all → · Professional wrestler — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.