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John Nord

is a retired American professional wrestler. John Nord started wrestling in late 1984 as "The Barbarian" for Mid-South Wrestling under manager Skandor Akbar. In 1985 and 1986 he changed his ring name to Nord the Barbarian and wrestled in singles and tag team competition under manager Adnan El Kassey in the American Wrestling Association. He frequently teamed with Bruiser Brody while there. The two faced Greg Gagne and Jimmy Snuka as part of a triple main event at WrestleRock 86. Nord then went to World Class Championship Wrestling under manager Gary Hart where he feuded with Kevin Von Erich for the World Class Title. He challenged Von Erich for the WCCW title at the 3rd Annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions at Texas Stadium in 1987. In 1989, he returned to the AWA under the name "Yukon John". A lumberjack gimmick where he would come to the ring with an ax, dressed in blue jeans, flannel shirt, animal skin hat, and boots. He mainly competed in singles competition until forming a tag team in 1990 with Scott Norton, calling themselves the ""Yukon Lumberjacks". They feuded briefly with the Texas Hangmen. When the AWA stopped promoting, he moved to Pacific Northwest Wrestling. In 1991, Nord went to the WWF as The Viking. He soon changed his name to The Berzerker and was managed by Mr. Fuji and he feuded with Davey Boy Smith and Jimmy Snuka. His most preferred method of winning matches was by throwing his opponents out of the ring and getting a "count out" victory, all the while holding his wrist, licking his hand, shouting "Huss! Huss!" à la Bruiser Brody, and intentionally falling flat on his back. He wrestled as part of a 4-man team in an elimination match at the 1991 Survivor Series pay-per-view event. He was the last man eliminated for his team. He then feuded with The Undertaker, at one point attempting to stab him with his sword. In 1992 he won a 40-man Battle Royal, aired on WWF Prime Time Wrestling, but left the WWF the following year. He went to All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1994 and stayed until 1997 when he showed up in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) with bleach blond hair under his real name, John Nord. He wrestled mainly on WCW Saturday Night and started a long winning streak that culminated with a match against another streak holder, Bill Goldberg, on July 4, 1998. Nord lost the match, had a short-lived team with Barry Darsow, and was soon gone from WCW. He retired from wrestling and went to work at his brother's auto dealership, Nord East Motors in Hilltop, MN. He has a son, Joe that wrestles HWT for the University of Minnesota. He is a junior this season 2009-2010.


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Born:
Oct 18, 1959 In St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the movie MSW WrestleFest 1985-07-28
Latest Project:
Movie WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 2014-03-11
Known For
Poster of WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
Poster of Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Poster of WCW Monday Nitro
Poster of AWA SuperClash IV
Filmography
Movie WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1 The Berzerker 2014-03-11
Movie Legends of Mid-South Wrestling The Barbarian 2013-09-10
Movie Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II The Barbarian 2008-01-22
Movie WCW World War 3 1997 Himself 1997-11-23
Series WCW Monday Nitro Unknown 1995-09-04
Movie WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches The Berzerker 1993-03-01
Movie WWF: WrestleFest '93 The Berzerker 1993-03-20
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1993 The Berzerker 1993-01-24
Series WWE Raw Sionne 1993-01-11
Movie WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em The Berzerker 1993-04-22
Movie WWE U.K. Fan Favourites The Berzerker 1993-08-09
Movie WWF Bashed in the USA The Berzerker 1993-06-23
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1992 The Berzerker 1992-01-19
Movie 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars The Berzerker 1992-06-25
Movie WWE Rampage '92 The Berzerker 1992-10-22
Movie WWE SummerSlam 1992 The Berzerker 1992-08-29
Movie WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 The Berzerker 1991-04-21
Movie WWE Survivor Series 1991 The Berzerker 1991-11-27
Movie AWA SuperClash IV Himself 1990-04-08
Movie WCCW Parade of Champions '87 Nord the Barbarian 1987-05-03
Movie AWA Christmas Show 1987 Nord the Barbarian 1987-12-25
Movie AWA Christmas Night 1987 Nord the Barbarian 1987-12-25
Movie AWA Battle by the Bay Nord The Barbarian 1986-06-28
Movie MSW WrestleFest The Barbarian 1985-07-28