His father Ron Bull Johnson trained him and made his wrestling debut in 1974 in Stoney Creek, Ontario. He worked in Buffalo, New York for Pedro Martinez's
National Wrestling Federation in 1975. In 1978, Johnson appeared in the wrestling film
Blood & Guts. The movie was filmed in Hamilton. In 1980, he won the
NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship in Los Angeles defeating
Butcher Brannigan after winning a tournament. He also teamed with former football player
Walter Johnson winning the Tag Team title Los Angeles version. In 1982, Johnson made his debut in Montreal for
Lutte International. He worked there until 1986. From 1986 to 1987 he worked for
Jim Crockett Promotions in the Mid-Atlantic. 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. 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. 176 gave it a thumbs down, with the remaining 37 giving it a thumbs in the middle reaction. The match between the teams of Hasimikov and Zangiev and Johnson and Montour received the most votes for the worst match of the night with 116. Johnson worked in the
World Wrestling Federation in 1991. Later in his career, Johnson worked in the independents in Ontario. He retired from wrestling sometime in the 1990s. Johnson would promote wrestling in Hamilton at a Kiwanis club. ==Personal life==