John Nord

is a retired American professional wrestler John Nord started wrestling in late 1984 as The Barbarian for MidSouth Wrestling under manager Skandor Akbar In 1985 and 1986 he changed his ring name to Nord the Barbarian and wrestled in singles and tag team competition under manager Adnan El Kassey in the American Wrestling Association He frequently teamed with Bruiser Brody while there The two faced Greg Gagne and Jimmy Snuka as part of a triple main event at WrestleRock 86 Nord then went to World Class Championship Wrestling under manager Gary Hart where he feuded with Kevin Von Erich for the World Class Title He challenged Von Erich for the WCCW title at the 3rd Annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions at Texas Stadium in 1987 In 1989 he returned to the AWA under the name Yukon John A lumberjack gimmick where he would come to the ring with an ax dressed in blue jeans flannel shirt animal skin hat and boots He mainly competed in singles competition until forming a tag team in 1990 with Scott Norton calling themselves the Yukon Lumberjacks They feuded briefly with the Texas Hangmen When the AWA stopped promoting he moved to Pacific Northwest Wrestling In 1991 Nord went to the WWF as The Viking He soon changed his name to The Berzerker and was managed by Mr Fuji and he feuded with Davey Boy Smith and Jimmy Snuka His most preferred method of winning matches was by throwing his opponents out of the ring and getting a count out victory all the while holding his wrist licking his hand shouting Huss Huss à la Bruiser Brody and intentionally falling flat on his back He wrestled as part of a 4man team in an elimination match at the 1991 Survivor Series payperview event He was the last man eliminated for his team He then feuded with The Undertaker at one point attempting to stab him with his sword In 1992 he won a 40man Battle Royal aired on WWF Prime Time Wrestling but left the WWF the following year He went to All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1994 and stayed until 1997 when he showed up in World Championship Wrestling WCW with bleach blond hair under his real name John Nord He wrestled mainly on WCW Saturday Night and started a long winning streak that culminated with a match against another streak holder Bill Goldberg on July 4 1998 Nord lost the match had a shortlived team with Barry Darsow and was soon gone from WCW He retired from wrestling and went to work at his brothers auto dealership Nord East Motors in Hilltop MN He has a son Joe that wrestles HWT for the University of Minnesota He is a junior this season 20092010