Editing Tank Abbott (section)

==Professional wrestling career==
===World Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)===
Abbott worked as a professional wrestler with [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW);<ref name="lordsofpain.net">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2003/articles/1045115235.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095745/http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2003/articles/1045115235.php |url-status=dead |title=Tank Abbott Speaks On His WCW Career, UFC Return, & More|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> initially he was brought in as an opponent for [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]],<ref name="lordsofpain.net"/> on the understanding he was a "legitimate" fighter—who could render any opponent unconscious with a single punch, which became his wrestling finisher, 'The Phantom Right'—and could boost Goldberg's reputation. This [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]], however, never developed.

Mere days prior to the [[Souled Out (2000)|Souled Out]] pay-per-view in 2000, WCW head writer [[Vince Russo]] was given the responsibility of booking a match to crown a new [[WCW World Heavyweight Champion]]. This came at the news that both WCW Champion [[Bret Hart]] and [[Jeff Jarrett]], two of the company's top performers, were injured and could not participate at the event. To the dismay of company officials, Russo suggested having the mid-card Abbott win the Championship, but only to hold it briefly. The scenario would not take place, and Russo was consequently released from WCW while other bookers composed the Souled Out card, choosing [[Chris Benoit]] to win the belt. Abbott instead faced [[Jerry Flynn]], a legitimate [[black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in [[taekwondo]] and defeated him on the [[pay-per-view]].

At the [[Superbrawl 2000|Superbrawl]] pay-per-view in 2000, Abbott was taking on Big Al in a leather jacket on a pole match. During the match, Abbott pulled a knife on Big Al, holding it to Al's throat and shouting "I could fucking kill you" The cameras cut away as Mark Madden shouted "I think he is trying to skin him!" Abbott would win the match, but his push virtually ended at point.

He was featured in segments with the [[boy band]] parody [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|stable]], [[3 Count]] as their "biggest fan".<ref name="helms">{{cite web |date=June 13, 2005 |title=The Hurricane |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hurricane.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629212821/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hurricane.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |access-date=September 22, 2009 |publisher=SLAM! Wrestling }}</ref> He began feuding with the stable after they would not let him join the band; the feud ended when Abbott was released from WCW.<ref name=helms/>

===Later career (2000, 2008)===
After being released from WCW, Abbott made an appearance for [[NWA Wildside]] on December 14, 2000, teaming with [[Kevin Northcutt]] losing to [[Bob Sapp]] and Stone Mountain in Cornelia, Georgia.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Abbott returned to the ring one last time on August 15, 2008, for [[Inoki Genome Federation]] in Tokyo, Japan losing to UFC fighter [[Josh Barnett]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}