Hometown Originally: Minneapolis, Minnesota Moved to Chicago, Illinois
Height 6'3"
Weight 245 lbs
Marital Status Married (Dale)
Trained by Eddie Sharkey
Debut June 6, 1983
Previous Names Crusher Von Haig
Finishing Move(s) Doomsday Device
Favorite Move(s) Clothesline
Notable Feuds Baron von Raschke The Freebirds The Russians The Midnight Express Dusty Rhodes Sting Powers of Pain Ric Flair Arn Anderson Tully Blanchard Demolition The Nasty Boys The Natural Disasters Money Inc Kurasawa Nation of Domination New Age Outlaws The Godwinns Disciples of Apocalypse
Title History
NWA National Tag Team titles w/Animal winning a Tournament (June 11, 1983); NWA National Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Buzz & Brett Sawyer (January 28, 1984); NWA National Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Junk Yard Dog & Sweet Brown Sugar (May 20, 1984); AWA World Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Baron von Raschke & The Crusher (August 25, 1984); NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Animal w/Dusty Rhodes defeating The Koloffs & Baron von Raschke (May 17, 1986); NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Animal w/Dusty Rhodes defeating Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (July 9, 1988); NWA International Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (March 12, 1987); NWA World Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating The Midnight Express (October 29, 1988); NWA Six-Man Tag Team titles w/Animal & Genichiro Tenryu defeating [Animal beat Rhodes] (December 7, 1988); WWF Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating The Nasty Boys (August 26, 1991 – Summerslam); WWF Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating The Godwinns (October 13, 1997 – RAW); IWGP International Tag Team titles w/Power Warrior defeating Tony Halme & Scott Norton (December 14, 1992) CWA (Catch Wrestling Association) Heavyweight title defeating Rambo (December 19, 1992) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year (7 out of 10 Years); Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Decade (); Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Century () (Australia) i-Generation Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Public Enemy (July 28, 2000 in Wollongong, Australia); (Australia) i-Generation Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Public Enemy (July 30, 2000 in Sydney, Australia); IPW Hardcore Tag Team title w/Animal defeating The Shane Twins (March 1, 2003); PCW World Tag Team titles w/Animal defeating Chicanos In Action and The Grave Diggers (June 7, 2003);