How Paul Levesque became the King of Kings

#2 Pre-WWF career

Paul trained at Killer Kowalski's wrestling school in Reading, Massachusetts and entered the Independent Wrestling Federation (or IWF), which used trainees from the school in their promotion in 1992 using the name Terra Ryzing. He debuted on March 1992 and defeated Tony Roy.

In July of the same year, he went to lift the IWF Championship after beating Mad Dog Richard. On February 4th, 1994, Levesque received a tryout match with World Championship Wrestling, defeating Keith Cole in Atlanta.

Soon after, Terra Ryzing debuted in WCW in a short stint highlighted only by a Television title match against Larry Zbysko in June – changing his name to Jean-Paul Levesque – a French-Canadian aristocrat. This gimmick referred to his surname's French origins and The Game was asked to speak with a French accent, as he could not speak French.

During this time, he began using his acclaimed finisher, the Pedigree.

Lévesque had a brief storyline feud with Alex Wright that culminated at Starrcade 1994. Between late 1994 and early 1995, Lévesque briefly teamed with Lord Steven Regal, whose snobby British persona was a good match with Lévesque's similar avatar.

The team was short-lived, however, as Lévesque left for World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in January 1995 after WCW shot down his request to be pushed as a singles competitor.