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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Len Olson (1968-10-30)October 30, 1968 (age 57) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Atomic Punk[1] Dr. Luther[1] Lenny St. Clair[1] Luther Mad Jack Father Dante |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | The Kingdom of Nye[2] |
| Trained by | Hart Dungeon[1] |
| Debut | 1988[1] |
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| Subscribers | 3.44 thousand |
| Views | 40.9 thousand |
| Last updated: July 12, 2025 | |
Len Olson (born October 30, 1968), better known by thering namesDr. Luther or simplyLuther, is a Canadianprofessional wrestler signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as both a wrestler and producer. He is also known for his appearances in Japan forFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW),WAR, andIWA Japan in the 1990s. Olson has also appeared in numerous promotions throughout the Canadianindependent circuit in the 1990s and 2000s.
Olson was born and raised in Calgary, and was brought up withStampede Wrestling. He was trained byKeith Hart in theHart Dungeon. On April 12, 1991, Olson lost toChris Jericho in CNWA. He continued to wrestle in Calgary until 1992.
In 1992, Olson was invited on a tour of Japan with theFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling promotion. Told to develop a character for himself, Olson donned astraitjacket andface mask and adopted the ring name "Dr. Luther". As Dr. Luther, Olson would throw chairs and run into the audience, quickly becoming a popular and feared wrestler.[3]
Olson teamed with Dr. Hannibal (Steve Gillespie). He feuded with many Japanese likeTarzan Goto,Hayabusa,Mr. Gannosuke andAtsushi Onita. He feuded with other wrestlers such asSabu,The Sheik andMike Awesome, who was known as the Gladiator. In February 1993, he and Dr. Hannibal joined the original Team Canada, which included The Gladiator,Big Titan, andRicky Fuji.
In 1992, Olson held the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.[4]
On May 5, 1993, Dr. Luther and Hannibal Lector (Dr. Hannibal) lost toSabu and Sabu's uncleThe Sheik.By 1994, Olson left Japan and wrestled in various promotions. In 2001 he returned to FMW and won the tag team titles with Biomonster DNA.
In July 1995, Olson appeared with the Japanese promotionWAR. He returned to the promotion in March 1996, regularly teaming withBig Titan.
He returned to Japan in 1996 and teamed withFreddie Krueger until 1997.
In August 1998 Dr. Luther competed in two matches forExtreme Championship Wrestling losing toMike Awesome andTommy Rogers.
On August 26, 2000, Olson was onWorld Championship Wrestling'sWCW Worldwide as Mad Jack losing toVampiro.
In 1998 Dr. Luther made his debut inElite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) based in British Columbia. In April 2000 he lost toKurrgan. On November 23, 2000, Luther won the ECCW Heavyweight title by defeatingThe Juggernaut. He held the title for 373 days until losing it to Chance Beckett on December 1, 2001. During the title reign, Luther retained his titles by defeatingSabu,Tommy Dreamer andChristopher Daniels. He left in 2002.
After ECCW Luther left the company in 2002 and went to other independents. He stopped in Portland, Oregon, wrestling for Portland Wrestling. He lost toRaven on September 3, 2004. His last feud was with Skag Rollins. He retired in 2004.
In 2009 he returned and wrestled in Marysville, Washington. In 2011 he wrestled in Hollywood as Father Dante. In 2016 Dr. Luther returned to wrestling in ECCW.
Dr. Luther began working withAll Elite Wrestling in late 2019. On the January 8, 2020 edition ofDynamite, Luther made his first television appearance during a match for theAEW Women's World Championship betweenRiho andKris Statlander as the fourth member of theheel Nightmare Collective stable (which consisted ofAwesome Kong,Brandi Rhodes, andMel).[5] However, the angle was badly received by fans and was dropped in February after Kong left the promotion to film the final season ofGLOW.[6][7][8] Luther made his in ring debut for the promotion on the February 28th edition ofDark in a winning effort againstSonny Kiss.[9] On March 11, Olson was officially signed to a contract with AEW as both a performer and working in an unspecified role in the AEW office.[10] Luther would then form the Chaos Project tag team withSerpentico on AEW Dark, where they developed a winning streak. On the September 30 episode ofDynamite, Luther and Serpentico attackedChris Jericho andJake Hager after Jericho provoked Luther thus setting up a match for the following week. The following week on Jericho's 30 year anniversary show, Luther and Serpentico in their debut match on Dynamite were defeated by Jericho and Hager.[11]
On October 25, 2023 edition ofDynamite, Luther became thevalet of"Timeless" Toni Storm, serving as abutler character to herGolden age of Hollywood starletpersona.[12][13] Luther would turn face after Storm's protégé and understudy,Mariah May, won theWomen's Owen Hart Cup and turned on him and Storm. After Storm lost the AEW Women's World Championship to May atAll In,[14] both Luther and Storm went on a hiatus from AEW. With Storm's re-emergence as "Timeless" in late January 2025,[15] Luther made his return to Storm's side on the February 8 episode ofCollision.[16]
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