Brad Anderson (wrestler) explained

Brad Anderson
Birth Name:Bradley Anderson
Names:Agent Steele
Brad Anderson
The Viper
XXX-Xtasy
The Young Gun
Zan Panzer
Height:6 ft 1 in
Weight:235 lb
Birth Date:December 24, 1969
Birth Place:Charlotte, NC, United States
Family:Gene Anderson (father)
Billed:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trainer:Gene Anderson
Nelson Royal
Debut:1988
Retired:2009

Bradley Anderson (born December 24, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of fellow professional wrestler Gene Anderson.

Professional wrestling career

Brad Anderson started wrestling in 1988 after being trained by his father, Gene Anderson, and Nelson Royal. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions under his real name as well as the masked 'Zan Panzer' and 'Agent Steele'.[1] In 1990 he wrestled in the Pacific Northwest Territory and formed a tag team with Ricky Santana that won the PNW tag team titles. In 1991 he went to Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council and feuded with Santana over the WWC Light Heavyweight Title. Brad Anderson worked in the NAWA/SAPW as The Viper. He was unmasked by "War Eagle" Chris Chavis. In 1998, he was part of a tag team called "Triple X" in NWA Mid-Atlantic with Drake Dawson and manager Strawberry Fields Winning the NWA North Continental Tag Team Titles in 1999 from The Border Patrol.

In May 2019, Anderson was involved in an incident in North Carolina promotion Revolution Wrestling Authority in which he legitimately attacked another wrestler named Jacob Ryan during a match. The assault was broken up by promoter Julian Strauss and many of the other wrestlers who were booked for the event, and Anderson was escorted from the building. Anderson later defended himself by claiming that Ryan had injured his son Carter with a sloppy clothesline in a segment on the previous event, and that he handled it "old school" by stretching him in retaliation. Ryan pressed assault charges against Anderson. RWA ceased operation shortly afterwards,[2] although it was active again as of May 2022.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cawthon, Graham . the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994 . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform . 2014 . 978-1499656343.
  2. Web site: MITCHELL: Old School vs. New School – The Brad Anderson-Jacob Ryan shoot incident last weekend. Mitchell . Bruce . May 17, 2019 . PWTorch . June 6, 2020 .
  3. Web site: RWA Event History on Cagematch.net. Cagematch. July 13, 2022.
  4. Web site: N.W.A. World Tag Team Title. Wrestling-Titles.com. June 20, 2015.
  5. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. Carolinas: NAWA Title Title. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. (Oregon & Washington) Portland: NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title. 317–320. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. Web site: Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1991 . January 17, 2020 . The Internet Wrestling Database.
  8. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. Puerto Rico: WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
  9. Web site: On this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio . May 11, 2015 . March 21, 2020 . . Brian . Hoops.