Born Ben Ottoson, Onslaught is an accomplished amateur wrestler having competed for his High School team as well as the University of Minnesota under Jay Robinson. Onslaught, a college dropout, went from the amateurs to the pros when he signed up with Eddie Sharkey's school in Robbinsdale, Minnesota (alongside former AWA World Champion and best friend, "The Sensational" Brian Stevens). Onslaught also spent a year in the dojo's of Japan, training alongside Stevens and the Great Japan Pro Wrestling talent, honing his craft. Upon entering the AWA a few months after Brian Stevens, Onslaught immediately sided himself with his best friend and became his bodyguard - putting his own wrestling career on hold. When Onslaught did get the chance to compete, he had great success - defeating men like Th