Rinehurst debuted in 1985 in the
Universal Wrestling Federation under the ring name
Jack Victory. He went on to wrestle throughout the
Southeastern United States. Early in his career, Victory accompanied
The Sheepherders to ringside while carrying the
New Zealand flag.
In 1985, Victory began appearing with the
Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling promotion. He won the
WCCW Television Championship from
David Peterson in December 1985, losing the title to
Mark Youngblood less than a month later. Victory later formed a
tag team with
John Tatum, and the duo won the
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship on three occasions in 1988, trading the titles with
Shaun and
Steve Simpson. Victory and Tatum also teamed together in the Universal Wrestling Federation (where they were
managed by Tatum's girlfriend,
Missy Hyatt, and won the
UWF Tag Team Championship in 1986) and Wild West Wrestling (where they won the WWW Tag Team Championship in 1987).
In the late 1980s, Victory began wrestling for
Jim Crockett Promotions, where he formed a tag team with
Rip Morgan known as the
New Zealand Militia. Victory wrestled at four
Clash of Champions events in 1989, appearing as the
masked heel jobbers Russian Assassin #2,
The Blackmailer,
The Terrorist and
The Super Destroyer. In the same year, Victory and Morgan were repackaged as
The Royal Family and a given a manager,
Lord Littlebrook. They wrestled for Jim Crockett Promotions, by then renamed
World Championship Wrestling, until their contracts expired and they were released in the early 1990s. In 1990, Victory briefly wrestled for WCW as
Jacko Victory and as
"Secret Service" Jack Victory.
In 1998, Victory debuted in
Extreme Championship Wrestling as a
mercenary hired to assault
New Jack. He
feuded with New Jack until New Jack inadvertently broke Victory's leg in seven places, neccessitating the insertion of a metal plate into his knee. While rehabilitating, the wheelchair bound Victory became the manager of
Steve Corino. When his leg healed, Victory began interfering in Corino's matches on behalf of his client. Along with Corino, Victory was a member of the
stable known as
The Network. He remained in ECW until the promotion declared
bankruptcy in April 2001.
Following the closure of ECW, Victory began wrestling on the
independent circuit. Along with several other ECW alumni, he made several appearances with the Premier Wrestling Federation, winning the PWF Tag Team Championship in February 2002 and the PWF Xtreme Championship in August 2002. In 2004, Victory appeared regularly with
Pro-Pain-Pro Wrestling.
