Michael Draven, having left the NYSWF in 2002, spent nearly 10 years searching for his rival, Alexander Haven, to exact his revenge, after his fiancee, Alyssa Marie, left him for Haven. Draven, never able to defeat Haven in the ring, searched the country, wandering, living off the grid, but never found Haven. Draven attempted suicide in 2011, but survived the attempt and was institutionalized for two years. Draven formed D&D Investments with his older brother, EWA legend Erik Draven, and purchased the rights to the EWA.

In late 2015, it was revealed that Alexander Haven died overseas two years prior. His long time best friend and partner, Chris Kage, began stalking Alyssa Marie Haven, Alexander Haven’s widow, as well as Michael Draven. Draven found himself in a relationship with Alyssa Marie, as well as trying to move on from something that consumed the majority of his adult life…until Champions Summit, when Haven, Kage, and Alyssa revealed Haven’s death/Alyssa’s “relationship” with Draven was one big lie, meant to pull one over on Draven once again. Draven now seeks revenge for all the heartache and anguish Haven and his cohorts in The Youth have put him through over the past 15 years.

In January 2016, Draven entered into a relationship with fellow EWA competitor Maggie McIntyre. However, Maggie ultimately left Draven after he refused to put their relationship – which had developed into an extremely serious one, as the two had fallen in love – ahead of his war with Alexander Haven. Haven drove Draven out of the EWA in a Ladder Match at Live From Tokyo on August 19, ultimately wrestling control of the EWA away from Draven and firing him – and in the same match, Maggie turned her back on Draven, denying him victory over Haven and choosing to involve herself with The Stranger, Indrid Calder. Moments later, Michael’s brother Erik was ran down in shocking fashion by a black Hummer in the Sumo Hall parking lot.

Draven returned to the EWA in October 2016 after having purchased a portion of his brother’s share of the EWA, and made it his personal mission to finally conquer Alexander Haven, as well as setting his sights on Indrid Calder. He would face Haven at Champions Summit II, ending in a draw when both men were declared unable to continue any further. The next night, in a shocking series of events, Draven revealed himself as Erik’s attacker, perpetrating a merciless assault on him…but the shock would only grow larger, as later that night, he assisted his rival of almost twenty years, Alexander Haven, in turning on Haven’s best friend, Chris Kage, destroying The Youth once and for all. From the ashes of the Youth rose a new force in the industry – the Three Kings (3K) – Alexander Haven, Martin Robertson…and Michael Draven, in the most unlikely of alliances perhaps in the history of professional wrestling.

After a bitter feud with Maggie McIntyre that resulted in her leaving HATE to return to him, Draven would have his leg severely broken in May 2017 by Indrid Calder in retaliation, and be put out of action for a period of months. During this time, he entered a unique “polyamorous marriage” with McIntyre and Sahara, aka Lauren MacKay-Draven, legally marrying Maggie in July 2017. Draven would return to action at Battlelines 34, winning the Warrior’s Trial IV and becoming – for the first time in his career – the World Heavyweight Champion. Draven’s reign lasted a mere two shows before losing the championship at Battlelines 35 in the Asylum, after his wife, Sahara, pinned Grace Goeren to capture the championship. Draven would renew his rivalry with Indrid Calder as well during this time period, ultimately defeating him at This Means War in January 2018. Draven was set to announce his retirement, but in a shocking moment, Sahara – his “wife” – would turn on him, savagely attacking him and joining HATE. Draven hasn’t been seen since.