Maxx Payne
| Maxx Payne | |
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Man Mountain Rock slams The Brooklyn Brawler.
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| Birth name | Darryl Peterson |
| Born |
October 3, 1961 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Residence | Provo, Utah |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Beater Blacksmith Buffalo Peterson Heavy Metal Buffalo Lucifer Payne Man Mountain Rock Maximum Payne Max Pain Max Payne Maxx Payne |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Billed weight | 350 lb (160 kg) |
| Billed from | "Hell's Kitchen" "The State of Euphoria" |
| Trained by | Red Bastien |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Retired | 2000 |
Darryl Peterson (born October 3, 1961) is an American musician, actor and retired professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling as Maxx Payne and in the World Wrestling Federation as Man Mountain Rock.
Peterson became involved in wrestling in grade school when he transferred from football to amateur wrestling as result of a personality clash with the football coach. His amateur career was halted by a motorcycle accident in his junior year of high school. After playing a high school wrestler in the 1979 Buena Vista Pictures release Take Down with Lorenzo Lamas, Peterson married and had a child. He began working in the construction industry, but decided after two years to return to amateur wrestling.
Peterson earned wrestling scholarships to junior college and then to Iowa State University, competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In 1985 he was an All American and placed fifth in the NCAA competition. The following year he won a National Championship and also won the Gorriarian award for having the most amount of falls in the least amount of time at the tournament. Every match he won that year at the NCAA's, he won by fall. After graduating, he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. While working as a security guard, Peterson was introduced to professional wrestler Red Bastien by his wrestling fan boss, and decided to train with him.
Peterson worked for the World Wrestling Federation in March 1986, and put together the steel cage used in the main event of WrestleMania 2. With his training complete, Peterson debuted in June 1987 and soon after travelled to Japan to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he trained in the New Japan Dojo alongside fellow gaijin Chris Benoit for five months.
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