[1] He held the Central States Heavyweight title in 1975[1] and regularly visited Germany and Austria in the late 1970s and early 1980s for the season of tournaments run by the IBV (the future CWA) and its older rival, the VDB.

During one of his many tours of the Pacific Northwest territory (where he eventually retired), Wiskoski took up the gimmick of Mega Maharishi Imed (the last name being pronounced 'Ahmed', the joke being that it is 'I'm Ed').

Wiskoski played the role to the hilt, growing out his facial hair, donning red robes and a stocking cap, much like the Bhagwan himself.

Wiskoski was best known as Colonel DeBeers in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1985 until the organization stopped promoting in late 1990.

His interviews and persona were based on a pro-Apartheid mentality and he played on the fragile race relations and political climate of South Africa at the time.

It was never directly mentioned, but his name was meant to link his status and wealth to the South Africa-based diamond mining and trading corporation, the DeBeers Group.

In the company's dying months, the AWA created the Team Challenge Series (TCS) to try to attract more viewers.

Despite Haynes' attempts to have Sampson reinstated DeBeers' request was granted and he was replaced by Jesse Hernandez.

One of their students received a tryout from WWE in May 2006, Caden Mathews, who wrestled Finlay on an edition of SmackDown!

Another student of theirs was Brian Zane, who hosts the YouTube series Wrestling With Wregret and later served as a color commentator with Ring of Honor.