For years, Open Mike Eagle has been one of the sharpest, most unique voices on the rap underground. But now he's branching out into other art forms, as well. Mike Eagle has always been a huge and vocal pro wrestling fan. He co-hosts a wrestling podcast and occasionally uses the performative sport as a metaphor for certain aspect of the human condition. And now Mike Eagle has done things that few wrestling fans could dream about. He's wrestled a real match. He's had a legend in his corner. And he's won.
Last night, Mike made his in-ring debut, working for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville. He took on Shiloh Jonze, a wrestler whose gimmick is that he's a rapper. Their issue has been building for a while. Last month, Jonze issued an open challenge for a rap battle, daring any rapper to come at him. On Twitter, Mike scoffed at it:
https://twitter.com/seramarlowe/status/1050212390657290240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
holy shit that hurt
— Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) October 11, 2018
As he was preparing for his match, Mike also made a lyric video for his extremely good new single "Relatable (peak OME)." Here's that:
Mike's new album What Happens When I Try To Relax is coming soon.
