Anecdotes

Before his career as a wrestler, he was sentenced to 16 years in 1987 at the age of 18 to Boggo Road Gaol for eight armed robberies between 1985-1987, two of which occurred in Tasmania. During the robberies, he became one of Australia's most wanted and ended up serving seven years in a maximum-security prison. In 1994, Jones was given one year work release before being discharged at the age of 25. While in prison, he was introduced to the sport of power lifting.

Fought in Pride FC's first event only to lose by a quick submission to a sumo wrestler.

Won The Scottish Highland games

Had his right arm broken by Sweden's Magnus Samuelsson in the arm wresting event of the 1995 World's Strongest Man Competition.

Injured his arm after being sideswiped by a cement truck in Bangkok, Thailand, in September 2008. He suffered nerve damage to his arm and was sidelined from wrestling for three months.

Showed promise as a WWE Wrestler (2001-2003) until he quit, due to an exhausting touring schedule.

He joined the WWE Smackdown brand and made his first appearance on Febuary 20, 2003. He was scheduled for a tag-team match with Mark Calaway (aka "The Undertaker") against Paul Wight (aka "Big Show") and A-Train at Wrestlemania 19; however, the WWE thought he was still a little bit too green to wrestle on such a big card.

Recently returned to strongman competitions, now a salaried pro-strongman. (mai 2005)

He was enrolled in the WWF training school but didn't work out due to green-card issues. He later received several try-out matches with the WWE before joining them on live event cards and dark matches

He is a former player of the rugby league team Brisbane Norths, and would wear the largest sized jersey available.

In April 7, 2002, he won the WWA Heavyweight Title.

Met boxer Jeff Fenech to gauge his talent as a boxer.

Previous managers: Rove McManus, Paul Heyman.

Retired from World Wrestling Entertainment. (décembre 2003)

Currently under contract with the World Wrestling Federation and debuted on Smackdown! (mars 2003)

Made his Bollywood debut in A Flying Jatt (2016) as main antagonist.

On December 6, 2003, he apparently decided to "quit" the business during a Smackdown! tour of Asia & Australia.