Professional Wrestling Career
After finally deciding to go the pro wrestling route, Norton was trained to wrestle by former Olympic wrestler Brad Rheingans. Verne Gagne decided to debut Norton before he was totally finished with his training, putting him on TV as a regular performer for the American Wrestling Association in 1989. He sometimes teamed with John Nord as the "Yukon Lumberjacks". Norton soon earned the nickname "Flash" for his quick arm wrestling victories. By the end of 1989, Norton left the AWA and went to the Pacific Northwest territory to further his career. In PNW, he started out as a fan favorite lumberjack known as "Flapjack" Scott Norton, and would team up with John Nord once more to reprise their lumberjack characters from the AWA. Norton became a heel in 1990 and broke away from Nord to become a singles competitor. He won the Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Brian Adams on May 12, 1990, but was stripped of the title two weeks later after attacking several wrestlers.
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