Andrew Anderson (born February 22, 1975) better known by his ring name Andy Anderson is a Canadian

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who worked in Western Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Professional wrestling career

Anderson made his wrestling debut in 1996 for the Canadian Wrestling Federation in Winnipeg as JT Atlas. He would team with his trainer, Vance Nevada. On October 27, 1997, Anderson lost to

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in a dark match for WCW

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. Also in 1997, Anderson would work in the Southern United States for

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and Music City Wrestling in Nashville. On August 29, 1998, he lost to Brickhouse Brown in a Loser Leaves Town match at Music City Wrestling and left the promotion. During the summer of 1999, Anderson went to Japan for

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. He teamed with

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that November in a tag team tournament losing in the semifinals to Carl Malenko and Katsumi Usuda. After the tournament, Anderson left Japan and returned in August 2001. In 1999, Anderson made his debut for the development territory for the

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known as the "Lone Wolf" where he had his biggest success of his career. Anderson worked in joint shows for IWA/WWF until both companies parted ways in 2001. Teamed with

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as Club WWF in 2000 twice winning the

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. He won the

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three times as Lobo from 2001 to 2002, and twice with the

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. He left Puerto Rico in 2004. Anderson competed in

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formerly World Wrestling Federation for Velocity losing to

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on December 18, 2002 and lost to

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on August 9, 2003, in Kelwona, British Columbia. Since leaving Puerto Rico in 2004, Anderson returned to Western Canada working in the

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most notably Prairie Wrestling Association based in Calgary from 2011 to 2022. In 2023, Anderson reunited with his trainer Vance Nevada as Nothing But Trouble for the first time since 1997. They currently work for in CanAM Wrestling in Alberta where they as the current tag team champions.

Championships and accomplishments

*Canadian Wrestling Federation **CWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Vance Nevada (2 times) * International Wrestling Association **

( 3 times) **

( 4 times) - with

(2), Vyzago (1) and

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(1) **

(

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) *Wild West Wrestling **WWW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chi Chi Cruz *

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**PWI ranked him # 442 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997 **PWI ranked him # 233 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2001

References

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External links

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Online World of Wrestling profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Andy 1975 births Living people Canadian male professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Manitoba 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century Canadian professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Canadian professional wrestlers Stampede Wrestling alumni 20th-century Canadian sportsmen