Nathan Jones Nathan Darren Jones ( August 21 , 1970 ) is an Australia n actor and former professional wrestler . Jones is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he performed on its SmackDown brand . During his wrestling career , he became a one time world champion after winning the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once during his stint in World Wrestling All - Stars . Pre - wrestling . Before his career as a wrestler , Jones was sentenced to 16 years in Boggo Road Gaol for eight armed robberies between 1985 - 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 and one year on work release . While in prison , he was introduced to the sport of powerlifting . Within a short space of time , he became the National Powerlifting Champion of Australia . Jones also began competing in strongman contests and during this time , he was dubbed " The Megaman " for his imposing physique . As the reigning Australia ' s Strongest Man , he entered the World Strength Championship at Callander , Scotland from July 29 – 30 , 1995 . He took first place , topping a field that included 1993 World ' s Strongest Man Gary Taylor . The following weekend , he competed in the World Musclepower Championship held at Mintlaw , Aberdeenshire , Scotland . That contest was won by Magnús Ver Magnússon , with Nathan finishing fifth in a field of twelve competitors . Jones next took part in the 1995 World ' s Strongest Man contest . 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 Nathan 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 ) , and he subsequently was out of the competition . Jones returned to the World ' s Strongest Man competition in 1996 and placed third in a qualifying heat behind Magnús Ver Magnússon and Jorma Ojanaho . He also participated in a mixed martial arts match at KRS - Pride ' s debut event Pride 1 in October 1997 , submitting to Japanese professional wrestler , and former sumo wrestler Koji Kitao in his only match . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling All - Stars and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 - MAX ( 2001 – 2002 ) . After working as a bodyguard for multimillionaire Rene Rivkin , Jones began a career in wrestling during this time . Jones first gained fame working in World Wrestling All - Stars , making a large impression at the first WWA pay - per - view " The Inception " , where he was accompanied to the ring by Rove McManus . However he was defeated after Rove was smashed with Jeff Jarrett ' s guitar and Jones was hit with the Stroke . During his time in the WWA , Nathan won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship on April 7 , 2002 before losing the belt to Scott Steiner only 5 days later . After the title loss , Jones began performing for Pro Wrestling ZERO1 - MAX in June . On October 20 , Jones and Jon Heidenreich defeated Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship . On October 25 , Jones and Heidenreich successfully retained the title against Jimmy Snuka , Jr . and The Predator before losing the title the next day to Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2002 – 2003 ) . In late 2002 and early 2003 , Jones began performing in dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment . On the April 8 episode of SmackDown ! , Jones made his televised WWE debut and defeated Bill DeMott . Upon debuting , Jones ' was put into an angle with The Undertaker as he became Undertaker ' s storyline protégé in order to feud with A - Train and The Big Show , Undertaker ' s enemies at the time . At WrestleMania XIX , Jones and Undertaker were scheduled to face Big Show and A - Train in a tag team match , but Jones was attacked pre - match and left injured . Near the closing moments of the match , Jones reappeared and attacked Big Show , enabling Undertaker to pin A - Train for the victory . After winning a match on SmackDown ! by disqualification , the Full Blooded Italians attacked Jones and , in storyline , shattered his ankle with the ring steps . In reality , Jones was to sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to improve his skills . Jones was then absent from television for several months until returning as a villain known by the nickname " The Colossus of Boggo Road " , a title referring to his time spent in Boggo Road Gaol . Upon returning , he was immediately placed into Brock Lesnar ' s Survivor Series team , which also included A - Train , Big Show , and Matt Morgan in order to compete against Lesnar ' s rival Kurt Angle and his team . At Survivor Series , Team Lesnar was defeated by Team Angle and Jones was then relegated to interfere in Lesnar ' s matches along with the other members of Team Lesnar . He was also placed in matches by either Lesnar or Paul Heyman to do aid them . On December 6 , 2003 , Jones quit the company due to the rigor of WWE ' s heavy travel schedules while on the WWE Passport to SmackDown ! Tour in Perth , Australia . Post - WWE and retirement . After leaving WWE , Jones was scheduled to make his pro wrestling return in 2004 at the Australian Wrestling Supershow III , booked against Mark Mercedes . Jones did not appear as advertised and a battle royal was held following an angry shoot promo on Jones by Mercedes and promoter Andy Raymond . In 2005 , he wrestled three matches for World Series Wrestling . On October 5 , he defeated Lee Star and on October 7 and October 8 , he defeated Mark Hilton . After his last match against Hilton , Jones immediately retired from wrestling . Acting career . After his departure from WWE in 2003 , Jones joined the production for the Warner Bros . movie epic " Troy " , released in 2004 . In it , Jones made an impressionable cameo appearance as the imposing giant Greek warrior Boagrius . From there , Jones played equally imposing characters in following projects including a " purchased " convict pitted in a gladiatorial game on a reality - televised island show against fellow WWE alumni Steve Austin in " The Condemned " , released in 2007 . He also appeared in the 2011 remake of " Conan the Barbarian " . In a Namco video game series " Tekken " , starting with " Tekken 4 " , it featured a character named Craig Marduk , who is based on Nathan Jones on so many levels ; 1 . They are both wrestlers . 2 . They are both Australian . 3 . They are both roughly the same size . 4 . They both served prison time .