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* VillainTeamUp: With Papa Shango against the Undertaker and [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior the Ultimate Warrior]] in 1992.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once while walking to the ring for a {{Squash|Match}} on ''[[{{BShow}} WCW Worldwide]]'', he said something about how he wakes up every day thinking about what he could do to the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]]. He never really got any kind of chance.

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* VillainTeamUp: With [[Wrestling/CharlesWright Papa Shango Shango]] against the Undertaker Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior the Ultimate Warrior]] in 1992.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once while walking to the ring for a {{Squash|Match}} {{squash|Match}} on ''[[{{BShow}} WCW Worldwide]]'', he said something about how he wakes up every day thinking about what he could do to the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]]. He never really got any kind of chance.

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* DemotedToExtra[=/=]{{Jobber}}: In WWE, and his run in WCW, including being one of Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'s victims, on the July 4 (taped April 4), 1998 episode of ''[[{{BShow}} WCW Worldwide]]''.


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* MauveShirt: During his WCW run he didn't lose very often but he didn't get pushed either - both singles and while teaming with Barry Darsow, he mostly beat up jobbers on the C-shows like Pro and Worldwide. In fact, he won his only televised match on Nitro (against Wrestling/TheBarbarian), and his only losses were to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} and in the 60 man World War III battle royal.



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nord The Other Wiki]].
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* BlatantLies: The AWA originally introduced him as having played for the New Jersey Generals of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League United States Football League]].

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-->''[[CatchPhrase "HUSS! HUSS! HUSS!"]]''




John Nord (born October 18, 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Wrestling/{{Hercules|Hernandez}} in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)

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John Nord (born October 18, 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er {{professional wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Wrestling/{{Hercules|Hernandez}} in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)
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John Nord (born October 18, 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)

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John Nord (born October 18, 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules Wrestling/{{Hercules|Hernandez}} in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)



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* CoolHelmetCoolHelmet: He was a wrestling Viking, what else would you expect?



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* CoolSword.CoolSword: Nearly ''stabbed'' The Undertaker with it.
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* TheBerserker: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]

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* TheBerserker: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]
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!! "Nordic Tropes":League]].

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!! "Nordic Tropes":League]].
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* BashBrothers: Wrestling/StanHansen (in Japan), Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/BarryDarsow (in WCW)

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* BashBrothers: Wrestling/StanHansen (in Japan), Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/BorisZhukov, Wrestling/BarryDarsow (in WCW)
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'''John Nord''' (b. 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)

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'''John Nord''' (b. John Nord (born October 18, 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)
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* BashBrothers: Wrestling/StanHansen (in Japan), Boris Zhukov, Barry Darsow (in WCW)

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* BashBrothers: Wrestling/StanHansen (in Japan), Boris Zhukov, Barry Darsow Wrestling/BarryDarsow (in WCW)

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!!! "Nordic Tropes":

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!!! "Nordic Tropes":Tropes":League]].



* BlatantLies: The AWA originally introduced him as having played for the New Jersey Generals of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League United States Football League]].



* MeaningfulName: Something of a coincidence, but, he played a Viking and his name is ''NORD''.



* RealSongThemeTune: (in the AWA): Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Bad Moon Rising"
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* SquashMatch: Modern fans best know him for that time he utterly annihilated then rookie Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.
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* Kitschy Local Commercial: Often appeared in-character in commercials for his brother's car dealership, where he would power-slam people who missed payments onto car hoods.

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* Kitschy Local Commercial: KitschyLocalCommercial: Often appeared in-character in commercials for his brother's car dealership, where he would power-slam people who missed payments onto car hoods.
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* Kitschy Local Commercial: Often appeared in-character in commercials for his brother's car dealership, where he would power-slam people who missed payments onto car hoods.
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* DumbMuscle: His finisher in WWE was throwing his opponent over the top rope to be counted out.

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* DumbMuscle: His finisher in WWE was throwing his opponent over the top rope to be counted out. He would always try to win this way, even in title matches.
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** The Lumberjacks, with Scott "Flapjack" Norton in the AWA.

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** The Lumberjacks, with [[Wrestling/ScottNorton Scott "Flapjack" Norton Norton]] in the AWA.

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* CoolShades: In WCW.

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* CoolShades: In WCW. While teaming with Barry Darsow, one of their routines was that after Nord had submitted an opponent with the camel clutch, Darsow would place the shades on Nord's face while he maintained the clutch.


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* HeelFaithTurn: Under his lumberjack gimmick, he disappeared for a while, and then came back as a born again Christian. That is, a lumberjack who'd been in the mountains for several months and been inspired by the beauty of nature to find God and turn face. A ''very'' rare instance of a wrestler with a religious gimmick being a face.


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* LightIsNotGood: During his WCW run he wore all white for a time, but was still solidly a heel.


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* TheWorfEffect: ''Goldberg'' actually worfed a bit for Nord, in that in the first move of the match Nord knocked Goldberg flat with a big boot. Granted, Goldberg recovered and went on to squash Nord, but at the time Goldberg sold so little that it was a pretty big deal.
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'''John Nord''' (b. 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[WrestlingFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)

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'''John Nord''' (b. 1959) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from St. Cloud, MN or Bozeman, MT[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] as '''Nord the Barbarian''' in the mid-1980s and as '''The Berzerker''' in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1991-1993. He also competed for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, "Cowboy" Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation and other territories. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1991'' on [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Col. Mustafa (The Iron Sheik)]]'s team with [[Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes Skinner (Steve Keirn)]] and Hercules in a losing effort against the team of Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[WrestlingFamily Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan[=/=]Wrestling/SgtSlaughter[=/=][[Wrestling/VonErichFamily "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich]][=/=][[Wrestling/TitoSantana "El Matador" Tito Santana]]. While he never won a title in his career, he ''was'' named by ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' their "Rookie of the Year" for 1985, beating out Kendall Windham, Wrestling/DanSpivey and Sam Houston ([[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s brother.)
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* AxCrazy: Once, as the Berzerker, said, "Yes, Master Fuji, I will rip his head off for you!"

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* AxCrazy: Once, as the Berzerker, said, "Yes, [[Wrestling/MrFuji Master Fuji, Fuji]], I will rip his head off for you!"

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* BadassBoast: Once, as the Berzerker, said, "Yes, Master Fuji, I will rip his head off for you!"

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* BadassBoast: AxCrazy: Once, as the Berzerker, said, "Yes, Master Fuji, I will rip his head off for you!"



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* PowerStable: The Sheik's Army, in the AWA.

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* PowerStable: The Sheik's Sheik (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie)'s Army, in the AWA.



* VillainTeamUp: With Papa Shango against Wrestling/TheUndertaker and [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior the Ultimate Warrior]] in 1992.

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* VillainTeamUp: With Papa Shango against Wrestling/TheUndertaker the Undertaker and [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior the Ultimate Warrior]] in 1992.

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* PartsUnknown: (as Nord the Barbarian in the AWA): "Norwegia"

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* PartsUnknown: (as Nord Often billed from there as both the Barbarian and the Berzerker, though sometimes in the AWA): "Norwegia"AWA he was billed from "Norwegia."



** Sometimes billed from there as the Berzerker.

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