Jerry Flynn is known for his appearances in Japan with puroresu promotions including Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
17 Facts About Jerry Flynn
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Jerry Flynn's professional wrestling career began with training under Boris Malenko.
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In 1991, Jerry Flynn debuted in the Japanese shoot style wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi and remained there for a few years.
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Jerry Flynn wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in June and July 1995 during a tour of the Mid-Atlantic states and Midwestern United States.
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Jerry Flynn made appearances on WWF Monday Night RAW, WWF Wrestling Challenge and WWF Superstars of Wrestling, losing to WWF performers including Jean-Pierre LaFitte, Rad Radford, The Roadie and Waylon Mercy.
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Jerry Flynn began performing regularly on WCW's secondary TV program, WCW Saturday Night, in 1997 and by the following year was gaining numerous wins over low-card performers.
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In 1998, Jerry Flynn began to elevate his status, wrestling on Monday Nitro, the company's flagship program.
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Jerry Flynn had a series of matches with Bill Goldberg, which saw Flynn come close to beating Goldberg, but ended up losing, adding several notches in Goldberg's streak, until his defeat by Kevin Nash at Starrcade.
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The feud ended when Jerry Flynn gained revenge by defeating Miller and Onoo in a handicap match at the Uncensored pay-per-view.
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Jerry Flynn then became a member of The First Family, a heel stable managed by Jimmy Hart.
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However, an injury Jerry Flynn sustained led to the eventual disestablishment of the group.
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Jerry Flynn then began a feud with mixed martial arts fighter Tank Abbott which Flynn later expressed enthusiasm for.
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In November and December 1998, Jerry Flynn returned to Japan, where he wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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Jerry Flynn formed a tag team with Dave Finlay, with whom he competed in the annual Super Grade Tag League, a round robin tag team tournament.
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Jerry Flynn wrestled a tour of Puerto Rico for World Wrestling Council, where he briefly held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship in February 2001, before retiring.
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Jerry Flynn has a black belt in taekwondo, and he briefly owned and operated his own school of martial arts.
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Jerry Flynn fought mixed martial arts in the WCC losing to Fred Floyd in an alternate bout.