Early career (2007–2012) Forward started his wrestling career in 2007 in Australia. From 2010 to 2011, He worked as
Taipan for Okinawa Pro Wrestling in
Okinawa, Japan.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2012–2015) In late 2012, the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) began showing videos of an unidentified
masked wrestler, simply referred to as "Mr. 2013". Later on the promos revealed that the man in question was an Australian wrestler called Thunderbird. It was originally believed that Thunderbird was someone who had already worked for CMLL and appeared on TV under a different name and mask and others believed it was
Chris Masters coming to CMLL under a new persona. In later promos Thunderbird's Australian accent confirmed that this was someone who had not worked for CMLL before, making him the first Australian to wrestle for CMLL. When he finally made his in-ring debut on 28 January 2013 his name was shortened to simply "Thunder". Thunder teamed up with
Rush and
La Mascara to defeat the trio of
Averno,
Mephisto and
El Terrible. On 18 March, Thunder teamed up with El Terrible for a
Torneo Increibles de Parejas (incredible pairs tournament) in
Puebla, Puebla, the tournament featured
tag teams made up of a
tecnico ("good guy") and a
rudo ("Bad guy") wrestler specifically for the tournament. Thunder and
rudo El Terrible defeated the team of
Ángel de Oro and
Rey Escorpión in the first round, but lost to
La Sombra and
Mr. Águila in the second round and was eliminated from the tournament. In October 2013, Thunder teamed up with
Tritón to compete for a shot at the
CMLL World Tag Team Championship, but the team lost in the first round to
Los Invasores (
Morphosis and
Kraneo). On 25 October Thunder made his debut on CMLL's
Super Viernes ("Super Friday") show, the promotion's main show, teaming up with Rush and La Sombra as the team lost to El Terrible,
Vangelis and
Tama Tonga. In early 2014 Thunder stopped making wrestling appearances for CMLL, with no official explanation given for why he stopped working for CMLL. He later revealed that he suffered a leg injury that forced him to not compete while recuperating. The following day it was announced that Thunder would appear at the
CMLL 81st Anniversary Show, teaming with
Mr. Niebla and
Euforia to fight Volador Jr.,
Máscara Dorada, and
Valiente. The following week Thunder attacked Máscara Dorada after Dorada finished competing in a match, targeting his 81st Anniversary Show opponent. On 5 June 2015, Thunder joined
Dragón Rojo Jr.,
Pólvora, and Rey Escorpión as the fourth member of
Los Revolucionarios. In June 2016 it was revealed that Thunder had been diagnosed with an unidentified form of
cancer, which explained his disappearance from CMLL near the end of 2015. == Death ==