Andy Anderson | |
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Birth name | Andrew Anderson |
Born | [1] Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | February 22, 1975
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Andy Anderson Andrew Anderson Buff Anderson Ayatollah Anderson Deja Vu Siberian Tiger JT Atlas Lone Wolf Lobo Lobo Blanci [2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Billed from | Middle East (Ayatollah Anderson) |
Trained by | Vance Nevada |
Debut | June 6, 1996 |
Andrew Anderson (born February 22, 1975) better known by his ring name Andy Anderson is a Canadian professional wrestler who worked in Western Canada, and Puerto Rico. [3]
Anderson made his wrestling debut in 1996 for the Canadian Wrestling Federation in Winnipeg as JT Atlas. He would team with his trainer, Vance Nevada. On October 27, 1997, Anderson lost to Perry Saturn in a dark match for WCW Monday Nitro. [4] Also in 1997, Anderson would work in the Southern United States for IWA Mid-South and Music City Wrestling in Nashville. On August 29, 1998, he lost to Brickhouse Brown in a Loser Leaves Town match at Music City Wrestling and left the promotion.
During the summer of 1999, Anderson went to Japan for Battlarts. [5] He teamed with Alexander Otsuka that November in a tag team tournament losing in the semifinals to Carl Malenko and Katsumi Usuda. After the tournament, Anderson left Japan and returned in August 2001.
In 1999, Anderson made his debut for the development territory for the World Wrestling Federation, IWA Puerto Rico known as the "Lone Wolf" where he had his biggest success of his career. [6] Anderson worked in joint shows for IWA/WWF until both companies parted ways in 2001. Teamed with Steve Bradley as Club WWF in 2000 twice winning the IWA World Tag Team Championship. He won the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship three times as Lobo from 2001 to 2002, and twice with the IWA Hardcore Championship. He left Puerto Rico in 2004.
Anderson competed in WWE formerly World Wrestling Federation for Velocity losing to Rikishi on December 18, 2002 [7] and lost to Orlando Jordan on August 9, 2003, in Kelwona, British Columbia. [8]
Since leaving Puerto Rico in 2004, Anderson returned to Western Canada working in the independent circuit most notably Prairie Wrestling Association based in Calgary from 2011 to 2022.
In 2023, Anderson reunited with his trainer Vance Nevada as Nothing But Trouble for the first time since 1997. They currently work for in CanAM Wrestling in Alberta where they as the current tag team champions.
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