World Championship Wrestling (1997–1998) In 1996, Wiese tried out for the
Power Plant,
World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s
professional wrestling school.
AWA Superstars of Wrestling (1999–2003) After his stint in WCW, Wiese made his way to
Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) for more training. He then debuted in
AWA Superstars of Wrestling as Horshu, winning their
World Heavyweight Championship and holding the title for a total of nine months. However, he was stripped of the title due to missing mandatory title defenses, and left the promotion shortly afterwards. He made his
pay-per-view debut at
The Great American Bash on June 27, defeating
Charlie Haas in a
singles match. Reigns and Angle introduced the newly
drafted Mark Jindrak as a new member of their team during their
tag team match against
Big Show and
Eddie Guerrero in September. The two assisted Angle in his feuds and helped him win most of his matches. On October 3 at
No Mercy, Reigns lost to Guerrero. At
Survivor Series on November 14, he took part in a
4-on-4 Survivor Series elimination match with Jindrak, Angle and
Carlito Caribbean Cool, losing to Guerrero, Big Show,
John Cena and
Rob Van Dam. Reigns, Jindrak and Angle then lost to Big Show in a
handicap match at
Armageddon on December 12. at a
house show in January 2005 Their faction split in February 2005 as Reigns and Jindrak went off on their own to feud with
The Undertaker. At
No Way Out on February 20, Reigns lost to The Undertaker. After Reigns and Jindrak lost to The Undertaker in a "Double Jeopardy" handicap match on the February 24 edition of
SmackDown!, they briefly argued before coming to blows and had to be pulled apart by officials. The following week, they failed to win the
WWE Tag Team Championship from Guerrero and
Rey Mysterio. After the match, Jindrak tried to help Reigns up to his feet, but Reigns smacked Jindrak in response. The two argued until Jindrak knocked Reigns out with a
left hook. Reigns lost to Jindrak on the March 10 episode of
SmackDown!, effectively ending their team. After this, Reigns resumed his feud with Big Show after saying that Big Show embarrassed the SmackDown! brand at WrestleMania 21 when Show lost to
Akebono in a
sumo match. Reigns unsuccessfully tried to tip over a
Jeep to prove he was stronger than Show, who then successfully tipped the Jeep over. On April 7, in his final appearance on
SmackDown!, Reigns lost to Big Show. Reigns then wrestled mainly on
Velocity until he requested and was granted his release from WWE on May 11, 2005.
Late career (2005–2006) Following his departure from WWE, Wiese operated a salon and attempted to become a
real estate salesman. In mid-2005, Wiese returned to wrestling as Horshu for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (JPW), unsuccessfully challenging
Tom Howard for the UPW Heavyweight Championship. On October 13, Horshu lost to
The Patriot in a match for Impact Zone Wrestling, before defeating Sheik Hussein in an impromptu match in his debut for
Scott Norton's Wild West Championship Wrestling on June 17. He returned to WWCW on September 16, where he wrestled
Aaron Aguilera to a no contest after Norton interfered. Later that night, Horshu teamed with
Heidenreich in a losing effort to Norton and Aguilera in what turned out to be Wiese's final match. ==Other media==