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A native of Selkirk, Manitoba, Cutler was a fan of Hulk Hogan (Terry Bullea) and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat during the “Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Connection“-era of the 1980s as well as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Owen and Bret Hart during the “Attitude Era”. Still in his early 20s, he approched local Selkirk promoter and wrestler Matt Evans who agreed to train him and later booked him on shows in Winnipeg. He later received more advanced training from Johnny Devine, including conducting interviews and putting together promotional packages.
Debut
He made his professional debut on May 30, 2002, and wrestled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan during his early career. He also appeared in British Columbia, Ontario and toured the United States. In 2003, he was invited to attend a first ever week-long Ohio Valley Wrestling camp. Winning the BSW Heavyweight Championship in Body Slam Wrestling shortly after,[2] he also began regularly appearing in the Canadian Wrestling Federation and Premier Championship Wrestling.
On September 11, 2004, Cutler appeared on the first event held by Power Slam Entertainment, PSE Genesis, at the Selkirk War Memorial Hall including “The Mecca” Shane Madison, Shaun Houston, “The Outlaw” Adam Knight, Matt Fairlane and Chris Raine. The event also raised money for local charities including the Selkirk Food Bank and the Ruth Hooker breakfast program.[3] Winning the PSE Heavyweight Championship at that show, he defended his title at the promotion’s second show, PSE Revolution, against Chris Raine the following month.[4]
In October 2005, he also appeared on the supercard Holloween Horror for Action Wrestling Entertainment facing Adam Knight in the main event.[5] During that year, he appeared on the promotion’s television show AWE Overload later released on DVD as AWE: Larger Than Life, Volume 2.[6]
In 2007, Cutler began sending photos and a DVD of his matches and interviews. After sending an e-mail to World Wrestling Entertainment Talent Relations, he was offered to appear at a World Wrestling Entertainment event while touring Canada. When the tour was cancelled due to the Chris Benoit murder/suicide, World Wrestling Entertainment Talent Relations informed him that he could appear when the promotion made another tour the following year.
On March 2, 2007 at the Glenwood CC in Winnipeg, MB, Canada; “Prime Time” Jon Cutler pinned EZ Ryder in the main event for Reckoning Day to become the new RME Heavyweight Champion. He last defended the title on July 4, 2007 at RME’s Maple Leaf Mayhem Tour at the Dryden Recreation Complex in Dryden, ON, Canada where he pinned Vance Nevada to remain the RME Heavyweight Champion. In October 2007, Jon vacated the title.[7]
World Wrestling Entertainment
Jon Cutler made his first World Wrestling Entertainment appearance on the May 5th edition of World Wrestling Entertainment Raw at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Cutler was defeated by Paul Burchill and Katie Lea Burchill in a handicap squash match. During the match, he received loud “let’s go jobber” chants from the crowd. Even though Cutler lost the match he received positive feedback from Chris Jericho and Smackdown’s Jamie Noble. World Wrestling Entertainment was talking about possibly signing Jon to a developmental contract, and it went through.[8][9]
On July 10, 2008, Jon Cutler lost to PCW Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega. Cutler had previously won a tournament defeating “Outlaw” Adam Knight, Antonio Scorpio, Jr. and Mike Angels to win a title shot against Omega.[10] Four days later, he faced Marius at a Steeltown Pro Wrestling event which raised money for the local Selkirk soup kitchen.[11]
Florida Championship Wrestling (2008-2009)
After signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , he began to appear for Florida Championship Wrestling (Florida Championship Wrestling), World Wrestling Entertainment ’s developmental territory. He teamed with Dylan Klein until his release in June 2009.[12]
