Nathan Jones of Furiosa is one of the most fascinating people alive.
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David (aka David)
Jun 25 '24, 10:49
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"sentenced to 16 years in 1987 at the age of 21 to Boggo Road Gaol for eight armed robberies between 1985 and 1987, two of which occurred in Tasmania. During the robberies, he became one of Australia's most wanted and ended up serving seven years in a maximum-security prison."
"While in prison, he was introduced to the sport of powerlifting. He is also alleged to have begun taking steroids during this time.[5] Within a short space of time, he became the National Powerlifting Champion of Australia."
"Upon his release, Jones also began competing in strongman contests and during this time, he was dubbed "Megaman". As the reigning Australia's Strongest Man, he entered the World Strength Championship at Callander, Scotland, on 29–30 July 1995. He took first place, topping a field that included 1993 World's Strongest Man Gary Taylor."
" After quickly defeating Phil Martin twice in the arm wrestling event in the qualifying heat, Jones was then matched against Magnus Samuelsson, who had been Europe's arm wrestling champion for several years and who would become the World's Strongest Man in 1998. Samuelsson won the first round. In the second round Jones refused to go down and pulled with his opposite arm, twisting his body. This resulted in breaking the arm he was using to wrestle (a spiral fracture of the humerus),[7] and he subsequently was out of the competition."
-- worked as a bodyguard for multimillionaire Rene Rivkin (he's fascinating too and worth a google)
-- was WWA world champion, lost the belt to Scott Steiner
-- wrestled in WWE but had repeated Visa issues due to all the criminality, still managed to be Brock Lesnar and Undertaker's proteges and a Heyman guy in a brief time, suggesting Vince was grooming him to be a world champion
-- had a shoot fight with sumo wrestler Koji Kitao wherein he submitted due to an armlock. I wonder if it was the same arm he broke in the arm wrestling competition.
-- has worked steadily as a mountain of a human being in Hollywood movies, many of which filmed in Australia
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