All Japan Pro Wrestling (1988–1997) The nephew of
All Japan Pro Wrestling legend, the late
Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, Slinger became a trainee in All Japan Pro Wrestling dojo and debuted in August 1988 at the age of sixteen. He toured Japan with AJPW and a number of American wrestlers including
André the Giant,
Abdullah the Butcher and
Giant Kimala II,
Stan Hansen and
Dan Spivey, Terry Gordy &
Steve Williams,
John Laurinaitis,
Dynamite Kid and
Johnny Smith,
Doug Furnas,
Joe and
Dean Malenko and The Southern Rockers (
Rex King and
Steve Doll) from September 29 to October 12, 1990. During the next year, he would continue to team with Gordy and Williams in matches against
Jumbo Tsuruta,
Akira Taue and
Yoshinari Ogawa. In August 1991, he and
Jim Brunzell also faced The Blackharts (
Apocalypse and
Destruction) during their first Japanese tour. He also teamed with Stan Hansen and Dan Spivey defeating
Toshiaki Kawada,
Kenta Kobashi and
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in Honjo, Japan on October 16, 1991. In early 1992, Slinger won the Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal held at
Korakuen Hall on January 3, 1992. That same month, he and Johnny Ace competed in the ''New Year's Giant Series
facing The Youngbloods (Chris & Mark Youngblood) on January 26, 1992. He also participated in the '92 Excite Series'' teaming with Terry Gordy & Steve Williams in a 6-man tag team match against Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Yoshinari Ogawa at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on February 23, 1992. The next night, they lost to Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace and
Buddy Lee Parker in
Kurashiki and against Hansen, Ace and
James Earl Wright in
Kisarazu two days later. They also lost to Hansen, The Patriot and
The Eagle in
Oita, Japan on April 10. and, on May 25, they faced Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Yoshinari Ogawa in a rematch at the Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center. This match was later aired on Japanese television at the end of the month. On June 2, the three would lose to Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace and The Patriot in
Fukushima, Japan For the rest of the month, he would team with Gordy and Williams several more times trading matches with Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace and several different partners including
Dan Kroffat and Johnny Smith in
Fuji,
Okayama,
Nagaoka and Mito, Japan. and, on January 31, he teamed with Gordy and Williams to defeat Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace and
Barry Horowitz. They lost to Stan Hansen, Johnny Ace and Dan Kroffat in
Toyota, Japan on April 1 but defeated them in Honjo on May 15. in
Shizuoka, During the tournament, he teamed with Steve Williams and Big Bubba against Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama at the Niigata City Gym on November 29. In January 1994, Slinger finished third place behind
Takao Omori and Jun Akiyama for the
Asunaro Cup tournament. On August 5, Slinger made a one-time appearance in
Smoky Mountain Wrestling where he wrestled and was pinned by Chris Walker at the
Night of Legends supercard in
Knoxville, Tennessee. Returning to Japan, he teamed with Stan Hansen and
Bobby Duncum, Jr. to defeat Johnny Ace, Patriot, and The Eagle in Takaoka, Japan on September 4, 1995. In front of 16,300 fans, Slinger won the match when he pinned Kanemaru. He would take a hiatus from wrestling.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2000–2005) In mid-2000, after Mitsuharu Misawa left the promotion and took all but two of All Japan's natives to form Noah, Slinger was given a chance as one of the foreign regulars. On October 7, he and
Scorpio faced
Naomichi Marufuji and
Kenta Kobayashi at the
Differ Ariake in Tokyo. He and Scorpio also teamed with
Vader against Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa and Naomichi Marufuji at the
Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan the following night. On October 20, he wrestled Yoshinari Ogawa at the Kenei Taiikukan. He teamed with Scorpio and Vader at the last event for Noah's
Voyage Navigation in November facing Takao Omori,
Yoshihiro Takayama and Satoru Asako at Korakuen Hall on November 16. At the Differ Ariake during the next few weeks, he and Vader would team against Akira Taue and
Jun Izumida and with
Makoto Hashi against
Tamon Honda and
Masao Inoue. On February 17, 2002, Slinger and Scorpio lost to Yoshinari Ogawa and
Naoki Sano when Slinger was pinned by Ogawa at Budokan Hall with 16,500 in attendance. On September 7, Slinger teamed with IZU, Scorpio and Vader to defeat Kenta Kobashi, Kentaro Shiga, Daisuke Ikeda and
Muhammad Yone at Noah's
Navigation Over the Date Line after a near-20 minute match. At the
2003 Navigation Over the Date Line, Slinger and
Masashi Aoyagi beat
Haruka Eigen and
Kishin Kawabata at Budokan Hall when Slinger pinned Eigen on September 12, 2003. On September 17, during the Noah's
Navigation Against The Current tour, he and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi lost to KENTA and Takashi Sugiura at the Hiroshima Sports Center when he was pinned by Sugiura after a 10-minute match. Two days later, he teamed with IZU and Maxx Justice in a six-man tag team match against Scorpio,
Michael Modest and
Donovan Morgan at the
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. These matches were later shown on
Nippon TV. On October 12, 2003, Slinger & Ricky Marvin lost to Muhammad Yone & Makoto Hashi at the sold-out Koshigaya Katsura Studio in
Saitama, Japan. At Noah's
Navigation Against The Current, Slinger defeated Marufuji, KENTA and Kotaro Suzuki in a 6-man tag team match with
Juventud Guerrera and
Ricky Marvin on October 24. On January 10, 2004, Slinger and Donovan Morgan defeated Masashi Aoyagi &
Mitsuo Momota at Budokan Hall attended by 16,000 fans. At the November 28, 2004 Sapporo show, Slinger aligned himself with Mitsuharu Misawa,
Yoshinari Ogawa &
Kotaro Suzuki by helping them fend off the post-match attack orchestrated by Scorpio. That same year, he was one of several Noah wrestlers to appear as a playable character in the Japanese video game
King of Colosseum II. On April 24, 2005, Slinger lost to former ally Scorpio, Michael Modest and Donovan Morgan when he teamed against them in a 6-man tag team match with Yoshinari Ogawa and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi at Budokan Hall. On May 29, Slinger teamed with Yoshinari Ogawa to defeat
KENTA and
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. In a six-man tag team match with Yoshinari Ogawa and Mitsuharu Misawa two days later, he lost to
Akitoshi Saito,
Masao Inoue and
Takashi Sugiura. In August, he and
Low Ki received a shot against
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura but failed to win the titles. After the tour, he quietly retired in 2005. ==Outside of wrestling==