Cook was trained by
Boris Malenko and made his professional wrestling debut in 1981. During the early years of his career, he worked for
Championship Wrestling from Florida. In 1987, he teamed with Jerry Grey as the Mighty Yankees. Cook was Mighty Yankee #2 and they won the
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship defeating
Mike Graham and
Steve Keirn. They dropped the titles back to Graham and Keirn a month later. They also worked in Memphis until disbanding in 1988. Cook also teamed with Bucky Seigler in Memphis in 1987. Also during this time, Cook worked for
Jim Crockett Promotions in the Mid-Atlantic. In 1989, after the closures of CWA, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic, Cook worked for
World Championship Wrestling as
enhancement talent competing against
Sting (wrestler),
Brian Pillman,
Mick Foley Ric Flair,
Ricky Steamboat,
Steiner Brothers,
Lex Luger,
Ron Simmons, and
Dustin Rhodes. He left WCW in 1994. In 1995, Cook worked for the
World Wrestling Federation working against
Bam Bam Bigelow,
Bob Holly,
1-2-3 Kid,
Hakushi, Lex Luger,
Kama,
Davey Boy Smith and
Savio Vega. In 1996. he retired from wrestling. Then in 2010, he came out of retirement working in the independents in Florida. On June 26, 2011, Cook won the Malenko Cup Battle Royal for Definitive Wrestling International's 2nd Annual Malenko Memorial Cup in Riverview, Florida in tribute to his trainer Boris. His most recent match was teaming with
George South losing to
Ricky Morton and
Tommy Rich at SuperStar Wars Wrestling in Gastonia, North Carolina on April 20, 2024. ==Championships and accomplishments==