Jon Andersen

Jon Andersen, whose full ring surname is Andersen-Reel, is an American strength athlete who has competed as a bodybuilder, a professional strongman and a professional wrestler. Born on January 8, 1972, he began his strongman career in 2002 by winning New Mexico's Strongest Man, earned professional status at the Azalea Festival in 2003 and took North America's Strongest Man the same year, his best result. He joined the IFSA organization in 2005, placing seventh at the Pan-American Championships and second at the IFSA World Team Championships with three teammates. Trained in the All Pro Wrestling bootcamp, he debuted as a wrestler in 2003 and later worked for Pro Wrestling Revolution in California, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico, Lucha Libre USA and, as Strong Man, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he and Manabu Nakanishi were named Tokyo Sports tag team of the year for 2010.