Gregg Groothuis
| Born |
May 1, 1970 Orange, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Website | Jack Bull on Myspace |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Jack Bull Russian 54 New Jersey Power Warrior Generic Barry Bland |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Billed from | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Trained by |
Ricky Reyes Rocky Romero Christopher Daniels Tom Howard Steve Islas Al Snow |
| Debut | February 2000 |
Gregg Groothuis (born May 1, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, known by his stage name Jack Bull, who competed in North American independent promotions including Impact Zone Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and Ultimate Pro Wrestling as well as Japanese promotions HUSTLE, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1.
In March 2005, Groothuis signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. He was initially assigned to Deep South Wrestling and then to Ohio Valley Wrestling at the end of the year. During his time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, his bitter feud with Joey Mercury finally ended with a surprise victory in December 2006.
Born in Orange, California, Gregg Groothuis moved to Venice, Florida where he spent most of his childhood. He began watching Championship Wrestling from Florida as early as 7 years old and was a fan of Sting, Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal). His ring name was inspired by an interview by Dusty Rhodes in which he described looking into a ring full of bulls "..the head bull was the Jack Bull; the one who stood out from the others".
He excelled at sports during his teenage years, especially, track, weight lifting and football, where he was a top recruit from the State of Florida as a tight end. Graduating with Honors and President of Venice High School, he earned an athletic scholarship to Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and graduated with a B.A.Psychology and then a Masters in Science in Organizational Training and Development. While at Marshall he played college football where he moved from tight end to Center due to having two All Conference upper classmen in front of him. This was until a devastating car accident ended his college football career.
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