Michael Seitz

Michael Seitz is an American retired professional wrestler and former musician Seitz is best known for leading The Fabulous Freebirds under the ring name Michael PS Purely SexyHayes and for his role as an announcer under the name Dok Hendrix in WWE He currently works with WWE as one of the senior producers He then became a backstage road agent producer and color commentator for WWE Initially appearing for one night on the September 23 1999 broadcast of SmackDown Hayes became a color commentator on Sunday Night Heat alongside Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly from 2000 to 2001 although he was mostly used on the international broadcasts of that show At WrestleMania XSeven on April 1 2001 he competed in the gimmick Battle Royal but was eliminated by The One Man Gang In October 2006 Hayes became the head creative writer for the SmackDown brand after Alex Greenfields departure from the company He can be seen on the second season of WWE Classics on Demand series Legends of Wrestling Hayes made occasional appearances on WWE programs on the December 7 2007 episode of SmackDown Hayes was a guest of MVPs VIP Lounge Hayes promoted the new Triumph and Tragedy of WCCW DVD and reinforced its antidrug message However Hayes ended up being attacked by MVP before being saved by Rey Mysterio Jr In October 2013 Hayes took a leave of absence from WWE for personal reasonsbut he returned to work on December 2 2013 On August 1 2014 Hayes appeared in a short segment on the online series JBL and Cole Show in which he stared at a Free Birds call to enquire flier In February 2015 Hayes partook in a WWEcom interview alongside Arn Anderson with Michael Cole to discuss Triple H and Stings match at WrestleMania 31 On April 2 2016 Hayes was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame with the Fabulous Freebirds Hayes accepted the award alongside Jimmy Garvin In 1987 on the back of the popularity of the Badstreet USA theme Hayes recorded and released an album Off The Streets He also performed live concerts to promote the album with his backing band the Badstreet Band The July 1988 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated written circa March 1988 contained a bcolumn by writer Dave Rosenbaum in which he visited the box office for a Badstreet Band show and surveyed what sort of people would actually go to Hayes concerts In 1992 Hayes performed a duet with music producer Darwin Conort called Freebird Forever on the WCW album Slam Jam 1 In 2011 Hayes paid tribute to his Freebird brother Terry Gordy who died of a heart attack caused by a blood clot in 2001 with a song entitled Freebird Road His music video was an emotional and stirring trip down memory lane as a Freebird and shows shots of him at Gordys grave