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Nathan Jones, born on August 21, 1967 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia is an actor,
powerlifting champion, strongman and former professional wrestler. He is best known for
his time in WWE, where he aligned himself with The Undertaker on SmackDown brand.
Before his career as a wrestler, Jones was sentenced to 16 years
in prison at the age of 18 for eight armed robberies between 1985 and 1987;
he ended up serving 7 years in a maximum-security prison.
While in prison, Jones was introduced to the sport of powerlifting and within a short space of time,
he became the National Powerlifting Champion of Australia. Jones was discharged at the age of 25.
Nathan Jones is a married man. His wife is model and stunt actor Fawn Tran.
Upon his release, Jones also began competing in strongman contests and during this time,
he was dubbed "Megaman". Jones won first place at the Australia's Strongest Man
and World Strength Championship in 1995, and the World Strongman Challenge in 1996.
After working as a bodyguard for multimillionaire Rene Rivkin, Jones began a career in wrestling
during this time. He first gained fame working in World Wrestling All-Stars, making a large
impression at the first WWA pay-per-view "Inception". In the WWA, Nathan won the
WWA World Heavyweight Championship in April 2002. Jones later performed for Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max
before signing his contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002.
He began performing in dark matches for WWE and made his televised in-ring debut on April 10,
2003. In WWE, Jones aligned himself with The Undertaker on its SmackDown brand
before quitting the company due to the rigor of WWE's heavy travel schedules in December 2003.
After leaving WWE, Jones made his pro wrestling return at the Australian Wrestling Supershow III
and World Series Wrestling. He also signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2008 but failed
to continue his career. His nerve was damaged after a truck with cement rolled over his left
hand. After that, the wrestler decided to retire. Nathan Jones is also known as actor. Some of his
most outstanding movies are Troy (2004), Conan the Barbarian (2011), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015),
Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016) and the recent Mortal Kombat (2021) as Shao Khan.
As of 2021, Nathan Jones’ net worth is estimated to be $2 Million.
Nathan Jones also participated in a mixed martial arts match
at KRS-Pride's debut event Pride 1 in October 1997,
facing Japanese professional wrestler and former grand sumo champion Koji Kitao.
Jones submitted after being caught in an armlock. Nearly 7 feet tall and looking like an avalanche
of muscle, Nathan Jones is an Australian man-mountain who doesn't seem afraid of much.
But even the Mad Max: Fury Road star got a little unnerved when he almost caught on fire.
Jones wields, among many pieces of heavy weaponry, a flamethrower as Rictus Erectus, the massive son
of villainous overlord Immortan Joe. It was all fun and games until the fuel line broke,
thanks to the heat of filming in the Namibian desert. He lived to tell us about his experience:
"I had fuel being sprayed all over me and no one could see what was going on
and I eventually got their attention. They cut me loose and got me out of the way just in time,
no problems. It was a big rush. I kind of enjoyed it in a way. I guess there’s a sick side to me."
Jones also put every ounce of muscle tone to work dreaming up his character,
the perfectly named Rictus Erectus, but he did everything with his confused and eager
expressions. He’s a 400-pound French bull dog and he doesn’t waste a moment of screen
time being anything less than absorbing. That's all for today and we hope you enjoy
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