Early Life and Career
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he wrestled in high school having a successful amateur career. His father often took time from his wrestling schedule to attend his matches and was the given reason for Ole Anderson's dismissal from the Four Horsemen in 1987. Ole Anderson had missed some shows to watch his son wrestle, and Tully Blanchard called Bryant a "snot nosed kid". Ole attacked Blanchard, and was kicked out and eventually replaced by Lex Luger.
During the early 1990s, Bryant was trained at the WCW Power Plant by his father and the Masked Assassin before making his debut on WCW television as a heel in 1993 having a similar build, general look and submission-based wrestling style resembling Ole and Gene Anderson.
However, WCW did not have plans for him: other than teaming occasionally with "Diamond" Dallas Page, he mostly wrestled as a preliminary wrestler during his last months with the promotion eventually being fired by new WCW head Eric Bischoff before the end of the year.
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