He began wrestling in Australia and the United States before returning to his native country in 1992.
That same year, during the last months of Steve Rickard's NWA New Zealand, Freeley ended the two-year reign of Bruno Bekkar winning the NWA New Zealand Heavyweight Championship from him on 22 November 1992.
[1][2] He held the title until the close of NWA New Zealand but was continued to be billed as the national champion for the next seven years.
[3] After the close of NWA New Zealand, then the country's only wrestling company, Freely went back to Australia.
[4] In 1998, AJ Freeley joined International Wrestling Australia (IWA) where he became a major star and won the promotion's heavyweight title three times[5] before leaving the company in 2002.