[2] His father Ron Bull Johnson trained him and made his wrestling debut in 1974 in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

[5] In 1980, he won the NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship in Los Angeles defeating Butcher Brannigan after winning a tournament.

[citation needed] Johnson appeared at World Championship Wrestling's Starrcade '90: Collision Course teaming with Canadian Troy Montour losing to Russians Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov in the quarterfinals at the Pat O'Connor (wrestler) Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament.

[6][7] In a reader's poll in the January 8, 1991 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 234 out of 447 fans that responded gave the show a thumbs up.

[citation needed] Johnson died on July 20, 2003, at 49 from liver cirrhosis due to years of alcoholism.