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Jon Strongman

Jon Andersen
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Andersen as "Jon Strongman" during a CMLL event.
Birth name Jon Andersen Reel
Born (1972-01-08) January 8, 1972 (age 45)
San Francisco, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Jon Andersen
Jon Strongman
Strong Man
Jon Rekon
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight 309 lb (140 kg)
Trained by APW Bootcamp, Pro Wrestling Revolution
Debut 2003
Retired 2013
Competition record
Strongman
Representing  United States
IFSA Pan-American Championships
7th 2005
IFSA Strongman World Team Championships
2nd 2005 Team Pan-America
IFSA Holland Grand Prix
2nd 2006
North America's Strongest Man
1st 2003
America's Strongest Man
7th 2003
5th 2004
2nd 2006
World Muscle Power Championships
8th 2004
World Strongman Challenge
3rd 2006
3rd 2007
Strongest Man Alive
3rd 2004
X-TREME Strongman Showdown
4th 2004
World's Strongest Nation
3rd 2005
Ukraine Open
2nd 2006
St Patrick's Day Festival
3rd 2006
3rd 2007
U.S. National Strongman Championships
2nd 2006
All Nations Strength Challenge
4th 2003
3rd 2004

Jon Andersen Reel, normally referred to simply as Jon Andersen (born January 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and former strongman. Andersen has also worked for Pro Wrestling Revolution in California, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico and Japanese promotions Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

Andersen trained for his professional wrestling career in the All Pro Wrestling (APW) Bootcamp, making his debut in 2003. From 2003 until 2007 he wrestled only part-time to focus on his bodybuilding and strongman career and primarily for APW. By 2008 he began making regular appearances for California-based Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) promotion as a "Special feature" due to his enormous size. He also worked tours of Japan, wrestling for Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) in both 2008 and 2009. He received further training between 2008 and 2009 in Pro Wrestling Revolution by Vaquero Fantasma to prepare him for his work in Mexico.

In September, 2009 Andersen signed a contract to wrestle for the Mexico City, Mexico based Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion and made his debut for the company on October 5, 2009 using the name "Jon Strongman". The storyline used to introduce Jon Strongman to CMLL was that Shocker found him while on tour with Pro Wrestling Revolution as the first member of his faction Los Guapos ("The good looking"). In his debut Strongman teamed with Shocker and Héctor Garza to defeat El Terrible, El Texano, Jr. and Ray Mendoza, Jr.. In the months after his debut Strongman began a storyline feud with Último Guerrero, holder of the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. The storyline heated up after Último Guerrera was accidentally knocked unconscious during a match with Jon Strongman and CMLL decided to write it into the storyline between the two.


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