Canadian star Aeon Flexx making waves in AWF

By Jay Felsberg

Correspondent

For a nation with about ten percent of the population of the United States, Canada is a producer of a huge amount of tremendous wrestling talent. Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, Chris Benoit, Bulldog Brower, Edouard Carpentier, the Rougeau Brothers, the Vachons, Lance Storm, La Resistance, Edge, Christian…the list is endless.

Add Aeon Flexx to that list. The newcomer from Cambridge, Ontario, is one of the hottest wrestlers in the American Wrestling Federation, and many believe that Flexx has a great chance to capture the AWF Junior Heavyweight title. Flexx beat the Confederate Kid in the first round of the junior tournament, and gave popular Ryan Fury all he could handle before falling to a “reverse screw job” courtesy of Jason Hero. Flexx returned the favor later that evening when he helped Curtis LeRoy thrash Hero in a TLC match, and challenged Hero to a “flag versus flag” match on June 14 at the Ozark Civic Center.

Flexx has the skill, cleverness, and, at times, unscrupulousness, to beat anyone in the AWF on any given night. He proves that every week.

Flexx has impeccable credentials for a Canadian wrestler. He trained in the world famous Stu Hart Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta. “That’s where all of the Hart Family, Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart, Davy Boy Smith, and Chris Benoit were trained”, Flexx noted. “I made many trips to the Dungeon”. Flexx was also trained by wrestling immortal Waldo Von Erich, partner to the late Fritz Von Erich. “He is still in great shape”, Flexx said.

Flexx originally planned to be a schoolteacher, and getting into the Dungeon wasn’t easy. “They reviewed about 7,000 tapes and picked two wrestlers for scholarships. “There was also a seven-hour phone interview and a verbal test. I earned the highest score except for Chris Benoit”, he said.

“I knew Davy Boy Smith and most of the Harts. They stopped in all the time”. Flexx gave considerable credit to the Harts for the tough training and discipline he learned in Calgary. “You can have a solid career if you live carefully”, Flexx said.

Flexx also trained in Mobile with Al Savage, and combined with his time in the Dungeon, it prepared him well for the tough competition in the AWF. Flexx wrestled as a face in Mobile, but he is one of the best-known heels in the AWF. In his three-year professional career, Flexx has wrestled everywhere from Quebec, to Toronto, to throughout the United States. He likes to keep busy.

Flexx lists the Harts, Benoit, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Dusty Rhodes as his role models. Like all young wrestlers, Flexx is aiming for the “big two”, WWE and NWA-TNA. Until then, Flexx hits the road every week and continues to learn his trade.

“This way I get a lot of nationwide exposure”, Flexx said. “I go to as many places as I can, and I still go back to Canada”.