Early career (1989–1995) Duncum made his professional wrestling debut in 1989 and wrestled for several
local promotions in Texas while focusing on his football commitments at the same time. On November 27, they defeated The Rough Riders (
Black Bart and
Johnny Mantell) to win the
GWF Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to
Bad Breed (
Axl Rotten and
Ian Rotten) on January 29, 1993. Throughout the next few years, Duncum would wrestle in several singles and six-man tag team matches in AJPW, while also making appearances in the
Dallas-based Confederate Wrestling Alliance (CWA). From November to December 1997, Duncum and Hansen competed in the
Real World Tag League, finishing in sixth place with six points. In his final AJPW appearance on September 11, 1998, he and Hansen lost to
Gary Albright and
Yoshihiro Takayama. He wrestled his only televised match on the September 6 episode of
ECW Hardcore TV in a loss to
Sabu. Duncum made his final ECW appearance on July 18, 1998, losing to
Mikey Whipwreck. Duncum made his official debut as a
fan favorite on the November 16 episode of
Nitro, defeating
Chris Jericho in a
WCW World Television Championship match by countout. However, since championships cannot change hands via countout, Jericho retained the title. Six days later at
World War 3, Duncum failed to win the title from Jericho. Duncum continued his
feud with Jericho, defeating him once more on the December 3 episode of
Thunder before losing to him on the December 7 episode of
Nitro. On June 13, at
The Great American Bash, Duncum and Hennig lost to
Konnan and
Rey Mysterio Jr. of the No Limit Soldiers. The Rednecks lost to the Soldiers once again on July 11 in an
elimination tag team match at
Bash at the Beach. He suffered a knee injury in the fall. == Personal life ==