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Nathan Jones (wrestler)
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| Ring name(s) | Nathan Jones |
| Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 159 kg (350 lb) |
| Billed height | 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) |
| Born | August 21, 1970 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Trained by | Ultimate Pro Wrestling Mike Bell Tom Howard |
| Debut | October 11, 1997 |
Nathan Darren Jones (born August 21, 1970) is an Australian professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor.
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Before his career as a wrestler, Nathan Jones was sentenced to 16 years in Boggo Road Gaol for eight armed robberies between 1985-1987, two of them in Tasmania. During the robberies, he became one of Australia's most wanted. He ended up serving seven years in a maximum-security prison and one year on work release.[1]. While in prison, he was introduced to the sport of powerlifting. Within a short space of time, Nathan became the National Powerlifting Champion of Australia.
Nathan also began competing in strongman contests. On the strongman circuit, he was dubbed The Megaman for his imposing physique. As the reigning Australia's Strongest Man, he entered the World Strength Championship at Callander, Scotland on July 29-30, 1995. He took first place, topping a field that included 1993 World's Strongest Man Gary Taylor. The following weekend, he competed in the World Musclepower Championship held at Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. That contest was won by Magnús Ver Magnússon, with Nathan finishing fifth in a field of twelve competitors.[2]
Nathan next took part in the 1995 World's Strongest Man contest. In the arm wrestling event in the qualifying heat, he was matched against Magnus Samuelsson, who had been Sweden's arm wrestling champion for several years and who would become the World's Strongest Man in 1998. Samuelsson won the first match after a back and forth battle. Then, Nathan pulled himself with his opposite arm and suffered a broken arm (a spiral fracture of the humerus).[3] Jones returned to the World's Strongest Man competition in 1996 and placed 3rd in a qualifying heat behind Magnús Ver Magnússon and Jorma Ojanaho.[4]
He also participated in a MMA match at PRIDE 1 with PRIDE in October 1997, submitting to Japanese former sumo wrestler Koji Kitao in his only match.
Later, Nathan worked as a bodyguard for infamous known money man Rene Rivkin. He also began a career in wrestling during this time. Jones first gained fame working in World Wrestling All-Stars, making a large impression at the first WWA pay-per-view Inception, where he was accompanied to the ring by Rove McManus. However he was defeated after Rove was smashed with Jarret's guitar and Jones was hit with the Stroke
During his time in the WWA, Nathan won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship on April 7, 2002 before losing the belt to Scott Steiner.
Both men joined World Wrestling Entertainment during the same time period. Vignettes aired with Nathan Jones standing in a prison to further his gimmick. Jones' first appearance as a WWE superstar was in a storyline where he became The Undertaker's protege. He was scheduled to team with Undertaker to face The Big Show and A-Train at WrestleMania XIX, but was billed as injured, only appearing during the closing moments of the match to assist Undertaker.
After winning a match on SmackDown! by disqualification, the Full Blooded Italians gave Nathan Jones a post-match beat down, which included "shattering" his ankle with the steel steps. Nathan was then sent to OVW to improve his wrestling skills. It was during this period that Jones appeared in a bit part for the movie Troy, as Boagrius, a monstrous warrior who fights Achilles.
Nathan was then absent from WWE TV for several months, returning as a heel known by the nickname "The Colossus of Boggo Road", a title referring to his time spent in Boggo Road Prison. He formed part of Brock Lesnar's Survivor Series 2003 team, which also included the Big Show, A-Train, and Matt Morgan. They were not victorious however, and Nathan Jones was then used to make run-ins along with the other members of Team Lesnar; he was also placed in matches by either Lesnar or Heyman to do their dirty work.
The rigor of WWE lifestyle, compounded by dyslexia, became too much for Nathan, and he quit the company on December 6, 2003 while on the WWE Passport to SmackDown! Tour in Perth, Australia[5].
Since then, Nathan was scheduled to make his pro wrestling return in 2004 at the Australian Wrestling Supershow III booked against Mark Mercedes, but did not appear as advertised at the event and a battle royal was held following an angry shoot on Jones by Mercedes and promoter Andy Raymond.
In 2005 he wrestled three Matches for World Series Wrestling. On October 5 he defeated Lee Star in Melbourne, Australia. On October 7 and 8, he defeated Mark Hilton.
Jones would leave wrestling to once again go into the movie industry after previously having a role in Jackie Chan's First Strike as a Russian hit man. During his time wrestling, he was in the movie Troy; he played a Greek Champion who was dispatched in one blow by Achilles.
He appears as bad guy "TK" in the Thai martial arts movie The Protector and as a fictionalized portrayal of real-life wrestler Hercules O'Brien in the Jet Li wuxia movie Fearless.
Jones once again worked for WWE, this time under the WWE Films banner, playing 'The Russian' in The Condemned, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin.
- Finishing and signature moves
- Previous managers
- Rove McManus
- Paul Heyman
- Ashley Henning
- Nickname
- The Colossus of Boggo Road
- The Condemned (2007) - The Russian
- G'Day LA (in pre-production)
- Fearless (2006) – Hercules O'Brien
- Tom-Yum-Goong (2005) American version: The Protector, English version: The Warrior King (2005) –- TK
- Troy (2004) – Boagrius
- Police Story 4: First Strike aka Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996) – Hit Man
- Doom Runners (1997) – Vike
- ^ Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling
- ^ Milo, October, 1995, pp. 37-42
- ^ Milo, January, 1996, pp. 41-46
- ^ World's Strongest Man competition page
- ^ Ask WNW by Richard Gray