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American professional wrestler

Houston started wrestling in 1983, initially competing in Championship Wrestling from Florida. On June 7 he made his first television appearance, defeating Gibbs on Wrestling Challenge in a match taped in Houston, TX. At the same event Houston came out to help a newly arrived Ted DiBiase (who had made his first WWF appearance as a babyface) clear the ring of The One Man Gang. Houston's first loss came a few weeks later when he was defeated by another new arrival, Bam Bam Bigelow at a house show in Jackson, Mississippi on June 25. One night later in Houston, Texas he tag teamed with DiBiase against The One Man Gang and Ron Bass. The babyface duo lost when DiBiase turned heel on his partner. Houston remained off US television, wrestling opening matches on house shows against Tiger Chung Lee, Jose Estrada, Barry Horowitz, and others, winning most of these encounters. He finally made his television debut on October 31, 1987, on WWF Superstars when he upset Danny Davis, handing the former referee his first televised loss. He moved into the winter wrestling Outlaw Ron Bass on the house show circuit, with many of the matches ending in draws. In December 1987 he began a series with Danny Davis, trading wins with him on various house show matches in a feud that lasted all the way into June 1988, and would continue sporadically into 1989. During his time in WWF he teamed with fellow cowboy Scott Casey on a number of occasions and a match that included his brother Jake Roberts (though the audience didn't know the relationship at the time), with Houston saving Roberts from elimination on a number of occasions. He wrestled in the first ever Royal Rumble match on January 24, 1988, and two months later made his first pay per view appearance when he appeared at WrestleMania IV's twenty man battle royal. That summer Houston entered a house show series with Big Boss Man, but unlike his previous house show series he was winless. Houston also fell in matches against King Haku, Frenchy Martin, and the newly arrived Curt Hennig and Terry Taylor. His biggest win in the summer of 1988 was against Jos LeDuc. He also continued to gain televised victories on Prime Time Wrestling, and was usually successful against lower level competition such as Steve Lombardi. He formed a short lived tag team with Hillbilly Jim, including a win over George South and Gene Ligon on the September 13 episode of Prime Time Wrestling. He made his second PPV appearance of the year when he teamed with The Ultimate Warrior, The Blue Blazer (Owen Hart), Jim Brunzell, and Brutus Beefcake in a winning effort against Honky Tonk Man, Greg Valentine, Ron Bass, Bad News Brown, and Danny Davis in the second annual Survivor Series. Houston defeated Steve Lombardi in the dark match at the 1989 Royal Rumble but was unable to move past lower level competition. On the February 11th edition of WWF Superstars he lost to The Honky Tonk Man in less than two minutes. After this Houston wrestled primarily on house shows, facing Barry Windham and The Genius. In 1990 he appeared sporadically, although he wrestled Jerry Sags in the dark match of the 1991 Royal Rumble. His final match was against The Barbarian on February 7, 1991, in Salt Lake City, UT. On the May 12 edition of WCW Main Event, Houston lost to WCW World Champion Ric Flair. Houston would go on to face The Diamond Studd, Larry Zbyszko, Arn Anderson, and Steve Austin that summer. His final match came on August 11 when he was defeated by The One Man Gang at a house show in Roanoke, Virginia.

Houston next went to the United States Wrestling Association promotion, which had bought up the World Class Championship Wrestling promotion in Dallas, where he feuded once again with Black Bart. Wrestling as The Midnight Rider His final appearance would come on September 26, 1994, when he was defeated by The Honky Tonk Man at a WCW Pro taping in Knoxville, TN.

After WCW, Houston worked in the independent circuit until semi retiring in 1998. He returned to wrestling on the independent wrestling circuit for GWE, OWE, and others in 2007. Wrestling against some top independent wrestling talent, such as Mike DiBiase. He won the Ark La Tex Heavyweight title on November 7, 2015, in Longview, Texas. He is still active on the independent circuit wrestling with the PWA in Ohio and currently holds the heavyweight title which he won in early 2022. He also worked with Bobby Fulton of the Fantastics at his wrestling school in Salisbury, NC and assists several young independent wrestlers with their training.

Michael Smith is a second generation professional wrestler, his father being former wrestler Grizzly Smith. He had been arrested numerous times before, with his ex wife Roberts claiming in 2005 that he had an average of two DUI arrests per year for the past ten years before he was sent to prison. He worked part time at a construction company, and also helped his father at a cemetery, which is operated by the Firemen's Charitable and Benevolent Association, near the French Quarter in New Orleans.