Ian was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario but has also lived in Toronto, L.A. and Mexico City. He played junior hockey for Kingston and was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens. However, he quit hockey and decided to become a wrestler. He started in Montreal and later jonied EMLL(CMLL) in Mexico as El Vampiro Casanova Canadiense where he became a huge star. He even starred in a movie, El Vampiro, Guerrero de la Noche. He has also wrestled in AAA, Promo Azteca, Toryumon, WAR and Michinoku Pro, the latter to in Japan. He now wrestles for WCW and recently moved back to Canada. Has also been a bodyguard for Milli Vanilli( he stated this on a WCW Live chat, from his days in LA in the late 80s). Big fan of Rancid and the Misfits.