Post by johnnyamazing on Nov 11, 2006 0:28:04 GMT -5
Name: Johnny Amazing
Height: 6 foot 4
Weight: 245 pounds
From: New York, New York
Signature Move: Powerbomb
Career Highlights: None yet
XWF Debut: November 2007
Johnny Amazing doesn’t have many interests. Other than listening to Metallica or Pantera and watching the occasional movie, wrestling is his life…or, as he would tell you, his destiny.
As a second generation in a wrestling family, Johnny’s parents tried dissuading him; his father even warned that life in the ring meant a life on the road, away from family. Yet Johnny, seeing how his friends perceived his world-traveling dad in “a different light,” recalls only thinking the prospect was “quite appealing, and something I wanted to do.”
Still, he agreed to try other avenues first. After graduating Clacksdale High School in 1998 (where he was an accomplished amateur wrestler), Johnny enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. His plan was to serve a four-year tour of duty, then focus on a wrestling career; his reality was a dishonorable discharge one year later, due to unauthorized absences on two occasions (one for 82 days) and for disobeying a superior officer’s direct order. After spending 38 days in the brig of Camp Pendleton Base, he would resume his civilian life…and to pursuing his destiny.
Back home in New York, Johnny accompanied his father backstage at a local Wrestling live event in late 1999. He left the show with an opportunity to try out in Stamford, which soon resulted in a developmental deal to train with the Extreme Wrestling Federation. Johnny quickly rose through XWF’s ranks, and in April 2007, he officially made his XWF debut on Wednesday Night Extreme. The second-generation Superstar had at last fulfilled his dream.
Height: 6 foot 4
Weight: 245 pounds
From: New York, New York
Signature Move: Powerbomb
Career Highlights: None yet
XWF Debut: November 2007
Johnny Amazing doesn’t have many interests. Other than listening to Metallica or Pantera and watching the occasional movie, wrestling is his life…or, as he would tell you, his destiny.
As a second generation in a wrestling family, Johnny’s parents tried dissuading him; his father even warned that life in the ring meant a life on the road, away from family. Yet Johnny, seeing how his friends perceived his world-traveling dad in “a different light,” recalls only thinking the prospect was “quite appealing, and something I wanted to do.”
Still, he agreed to try other avenues first. After graduating Clacksdale High School in 1998 (where he was an accomplished amateur wrestler), Johnny enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. His plan was to serve a four-year tour of duty, then focus on a wrestling career; his reality was a dishonorable discharge one year later, due to unauthorized absences on two occasions (one for 82 days) and for disobeying a superior officer’s direct order. After spending 38 days in the brig of Camp Pendleton Base, he would resume his civilian life…and to pursuing his destiny.
Back home in New York, Johnny accompanied his father backstage at a local Wrestling live event in late 1999. He left the show with an opportunity to try out in Stamford, which soon resulted in a developmental deal to train with the Extreme Wrestling Federation. Johnny quickly rose through XWF’s ranks, and in April 2007, he officially made his XWF debut on Wednesday Night Extreme. The second-generation Superstar had at last fulfilled his dream.