Real name: John Minton
Home: Los Angles, CA
Membership: The Heenan Family, the Executioners, partners with King Kong Bundy
A.K.A.: Captain USA, Executioner#2, Masked Destroyer, Masked Superstar#2
Finisher: Reverse Bearhug1
Background: Dreams can fail.
John Minton wanted to be a hero. Unlike his peers, he didn't want to be running around with Superstars. No, he relocated to the West Coast, wrapped himself in the American flag and fought crime as Captain USA!
And made almost no impact whatsoever. Crime was still a thing, corruption festering away in the nation's soul. etc. That's when the Brain found him.
Bobby Heenan offered him what the heroes of the day couldn't...namely healthcare and a steady paycheck. Slapping a mask on him, Minton became Executioner#2 but managed to impress the Brain enough that he was renamed Big John Studd.
As the resident giant of the Heenan Family, Studd was mostly sent to fight Andre the Giant and occasionally Hulk Hogan. Some thing changed though. After time, Studd grew tired of being a villain and turned against Heenan, even working together with others heroes like Hacksaw Jim Dugan.
In the end, Studd opted to retire. He fought a good and bad fight, made some money, and got out while he could. Isn't that the dream for most?
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