Johnson began his professional wrestling career after being sacked by Calgary

After being cut by Calgary, Johnson began his professional wrestling career in the year 1996

Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson secured several tryout matches for Johnson with the WWF in 1996

Wrestling at first Johnson defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show on March 10 and lost matches to Chris Candido and Owen Hart

After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association under the name Flex Kavana and winning the USWA tag team championship twice

Johnson was signed to a WWF contract

He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry

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