Hughes has competed on the North American independent promotions throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s as a co-founder and mainstay of Real Action Wrestling[1] as part of the heel stable the "Kardinal Sinners" which includes "The Natural" Bobby Rude, Kingman and the Acadian Giant.
[3] Born in Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Hughes met Edge, Christian and Glen Kulka at a local gym while touring Canadian independent promotions during the late 1990s.
During 1998, Hughes began training under "Handsome" Hubert Gallant and the Cuban Assassin among other wrestlers in Dupre's Grand Prix promotion in Shediac, New Brunswick (he would later befriend fellow student Kingman, both of whom would eventually become charter members of Kardinal Sinners two years later).
Hughes would then get the invitation to participate in the prestigious Catch Tournament held in Hanover Germany alongside of such notables as Dave Taylor, Kendo Kashin, Robbie Brookside, Lash LeRoux, and Rick Steiner.
In 2006, Hughes travelled to California to help Japanese MMA fighter, Kazuyuki Fujita train for his return to PRIDE on May 5 in a bout against England's James "The Colossus" Thompson.
In 2007, he appeared on the documentary television series "Wrestling Reality" which featured many Canadian independent wrestlers including "Wildman" Gary Williams, Sidewinder, Marisa, Titus and Krysta Lynn Scott.