Editing Al Snow (section)

===Early career (1982–1995)===
Sarven attended a professional wrestling try-out camp held by [[Ole Anderson]] and [[Gene Anderson (wrestler)|Gene Anderson]]. There he met Jim Lancaster, promoter of Ohio's Midwest Championship Wrestling, who agreed to train him.<ref name="ECW book">{{cite book|last=Leverro|first=Thom|title=The Rise and Fall of ECW|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/risefallofecw00thom/page/83 83–84]|isbn=1-4165-1058-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/risefallofecw00thom/page/83}}</ref> Lancaster later described Sarven as "a leader in the ring" who "had drive and natural ability".<ref name="Milner">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/02/17/351193.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630181620/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/02/17/351193.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 30, 2012|last=Smith|first=Jason|title=Weekend show pays tribute to Midwest stars|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|access-date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref> He made his debut on May 22, 1982. Sarven defeated Lancaster on May 5, 1985, for the Midwest Championship Wrestling title.<ref name="Milner"/>

Sarven wrestled in various independent promotions throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, capturing both tag team and singles titles, but failed to make any big breaks. In 1993 he competed in the WWF as a jobber losing to [[Marty Jannetty]] and [[The Undertaker]] under the name '''Steve Moore'''. He gained a reputation as "the best-kept secret in wrestling".<ref name="ECW book" /> Sarven helped train future [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) Hall of Fame member and [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Dan Severn]].<ref name="Milner" /> During this time he would sometimes wrestle as Shinobi, a [[ninja]]-style masked [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmick]]. He wrestled in the November 19, 1994, tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but he lost to [[Chris Candido]], the eventual winner of the tournament.

From 1995 to 1997, Snow operated a [[professional wrestling school]] called "Body Slammers" in [[Lima, Ohio]], employing [[D'Lo Brown]] as an assistant trainer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/16/288951.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717120030/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/12/16/288951.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|title=Trainer stresses work outside of the ropes}}</ref> It has since branched out with one of his trainers running "Bodyslammers" in [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bodyslammerscanada.com/trainers.html|title=Bodyslammers' history|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910234606/http://www.bodyslammerscanada.com/trainers.html|archive-date=September 10, 2011}}</ref>