Mike Bennett: podcast appearances and interviews

Mike Bennett is the associate vice chancellor for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Strategy at the University of Illinois Chicago. His role involves overseeing strategic development and implementation of data science and artificial intelligence initiatives within the university. He has a background in professional wrestling, having competed for several major organizations including Ring of Honor, WWE, Impact Wrestling, and AEW. Bennett made his debut in the Ring of Honor in 2008 and was a member of the stable 'The Kingdom' alongside Matt Taven. During his tenure in ROH, he achieved success by winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship and, through a talent-sharing agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the IWGP Tag Team Championship. After leaving ROH in late 2015, he competed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he secured the TNA X Division Championship. In 2017, Bennett signed with WWE, where he held the WWE 24/7 Championship twice. Following his departure from WWE in 2020, he briefly returned to ROH and Impact Wrestling before joining AEW in October 2022. Outside of his wrestling career, Bennett and Matt Taven operate a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island.