Ron Hutchison | |
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
February 7, 1964
Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Website | Sully's Gym (official website) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Ron Hutchison Pretty Boy Hutchison Masked Thunderbolt |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Trained by | Sweet Daddy Siki Johnny Powers |
Debut | 1983 |
Retired | 1990 |
Ron Hutchison (born February 7, 1964) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed for Canadian independent promotions such as Grand Prix Wrestling and Maple Leaf Wrestling as well as a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation during the mid-1980s. He is also the promoter of the Toronto-based Apocalypse Wrestling Federation and the head trainer of Carmen Electra's Naked Women's Wrestling League.
He is the owner of the Ron Hutchison Wrestling Academy at Sully's Gym and co-owner of Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison's School of Wrestling. He is also credited as one of the leading trainers of professional wrestlers in Canada whose students include Christian, Edge,Trish Stratus, Gail Kim,Beth Phoenix, Traci Brooks, Tiger Ali Singh, Johnny Swinger, Mad Dog Rex, David Diamond, Joe E. Legend,The Original Sinn and Asylum.
Born in Toronto, Hutchison became interested in professional wrestling at a young age watching The Shiek and Dewey Robertson. In 1981, while still attending Northern Secondary high school, the 17-year-old Hutchison began training with Sweet Daddy Siki and Johnny Powers at Sully's Gym.
Training part-time for two years, he would wrestle his first professional match with Danny Little Wolf defeating Teddy Marshall and Joey War Eagle at Scarboro Arena Gardens on June 5, 1983 and began wrestling for promoter "Bearman" Dave McKigney soon after his debut.