Bryant Anderson Brian Rogowski is a retired American Professional wrestler wrestler , known by his ring name Bryant Anderson , who formerly competed in Southeastern independent promotions including Smoky Mountain Wrestling during the mid 1990 s and , in 1994 , had a brief stint in World Championship Wrestling . A second generation wrestler , he is the son of Ole Anderson . Career . Early life and career . Born in Minneapolis , Minnesota , he wrestled in high school having a successful amateur career . His father often took time from his wrestling schedule to attend his matches and was the given reason for Ole Anderson ' s dismissal from the Four Horsemen in 1987 . Ole Anderson had missed some shows to watch his son wrestle , and Tully Blanchard called Bryant a " snot nosed kid " . Ole attacked Blanchard , and was kicked out and eventually replaced by Lex Luger . During the early 1990s , Bryant was trained at the WCW Power Plant by his father and the Masked Assassin before making his debut on WCW television as a heel in 1993 having a similar build , general look and submission - based wrestling style resembling Ole and Gene Anderson . However , WCW did not have plans for him : other than teaming occasionally with Diamond Dallas Page , he mostly wrestled as a preliminary wrestler during his last months with the promotion eventually being fired by new WCW head Eric Bischoff before the end of the year . Smokey Mountain Wrestling . Briefly competing in Jim Crockett ' s World Wrestling Network , he teamed with Tully Blanchard before turning up in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in late 1994 , where promoter Jim Cornette used him as a mid - card heel ; his father briefly managed him but left after a few appearances . After fighting to a draw with Tracy Smothers on October 1 , he became a main rival of Smothers following his winning the SMW " Beat the Champ " Television title from Scott Studd in Morganton , North Carolina two days later . Fighting to a series of draws with Smothers in early October , he finally lost to Smothers in an 8 - man tag team match with Boo Bradley , Chris Candido and Bruiser Bedlam against Smothers , The Dirty White Boy , Brian Lee and Lance Storm in Everts , Kentucky on November 4 , 1994 . Losing to Smothers in Morristown , Tennessee the following night , the two would again fight to a time limit draw and later that night participated in another 8 - Man tag team match with Boo Bradley , Chris Candido and Bruiser Bedlam again losing to Smothers , Tony Anthony , Brian Lee and Lance Storm in Hyden , Kentucky on November 6 , 1994 . Successfully defending his title against James Adkins , George South and The Nightmare , he was forced to vacate the championship belt on November 7 after a five - week reign . Anderson continued to face Smothers in indecisive draws before losing to him on November 10 and , in a " no time limit " match on November 12 . However , Anderson soon avenged his loss defeating Smothers four times at the 4 - day Thanksgiving Thunder supercard on November 24 – 27 , 1994 . He eventually lost to Smothers three times in " I Quit " matches during the 3 - day Christmas Chaos supercard from December 25 – 27 and continued to lose to him in rematches later that month . Continuing his feud with Smothers into early 1995 , he also participated in a 16 - man battle royal on January 2 and scored victories over Mike Furnus , Ted Allen , Tommy Pitner and The Nightmare . He later faced Smothers in late January , losing to him in a singles match on January 20 and in two " I Quit " matches on January 21 and January 27 , before leaving the promotion shortly before its close in November 1995 and retired shortly thereafter .