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Cannonball Grizzly

Also known as Kanonenkugel Grizzly, Paul The Grizzly, American Avalanche, Mighty Avalanche, Avalanche, Two Ton Avalanche, Paul Neu, PN Neuz, PN News

Personal Data
Birthday:
09.07.1966
Birthplace:
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Gender:
male
Height:
6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight:
409 lbs (186 kg)
Background in sports:
Football, Ringen

Career Data
Alter egos:
American Avalanche
    a.k.a.  Mighty Avalanche
    a.k.a.  Avalanche
    a.k.a.  Two Ton Avalanche
Cannonball Grizzly
    a.k.a.  Kanonenkugel Grizzly
    a.k.a.  Paul The Grizzly
Paul Neu
PN Neuz
    a.k.a.  PN News
Roles:
Singles Wrestler
Tag Team Wrestler
Trainer
Beginning of in-ring career:
01.03.1987
End of in-ring career:
2016
In-ring experience:
29 years
Wrestling style:
Brawler, Powerhouse
Nicknames:
"The Rapmaster"
Signature moves:
Cannonball (2nd Rope Senton)
Avalanche
Blue Thunder Driver
Broken Record/Diving Splash
7.39
Current Total Rating (?)
Valid votes: 81
Number of comments: 36
10.0 17x
9.0 9x
8.0 22x
7.0 4x
6.0 18x
5.0 1x
4.0 5x
3.0 3x
2.0 1x
1.0 1x
0.0 0x
Average rating: 7.41  [81]
Average rating in 2025: 5.25  [4]
Average rating in 2024: 5.50  [2]
Average rating in 2023: 6.50  [2]
Average rating in 2022: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2021: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2020: 8.00  [1]
Average rating in 2019: 4.00  [2]
Average rating in 2017: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2016: 1.00  [1]
Average rating in 2015: 9.00  [1]
Average rating in 2014: 6.33  [3]
Average rating in 2013: 8.00  [5]
Average rating in 2012: 8.33  [3]
Average rating in 2011: 7.50  [2]
Average rating in 2010: 8.00  [3]
Average rating in 2009: 6.00  [1]
Average rating in 2008: 8.91  [11]
Average rating in 2007: 7.68  [37]
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BGA wrote on 30.11.2025:
[3.0] "At time of writing PN News is rated a 7.44. Am I losing my mind? He is, on his very best day, below average at best. He can throw a pretty good dropkick considering his size, that's where the positive's stop. The rapping gimmick, a 6 year old child would do a better job at putting raps together. In-ring, he is a stinker, nothing of note or memorable whatsoever. I think him having a run in Germany, where this site is based, has a lot of people rating with rose-tinted nostalgia glasses."
Conquistador37 wrote on 04.07.2025:
[3.0] "Pardon me, this review is based on "PN News". Maybe I will watch more of his career, probably not. I hated his rapping. good grief he was abysmal. My first review of him here was a ZERO and I dropped my "No Baby, No Baby, No" line. I then edited it w/a higher score but was told I needed more words which, is backwards. ANYWAY! Yknow, as a singles wrestler (aside from I think two matches) I really still can NOT stand him. The gimmick is the drizzling sh1ts BUT! Where he does fine is in tag matches. For whatever reason, his babyface tag teams work no matter who is with him. Its interesting: singles? hard pass. Tag team? totally acceptable. But for real. THAT GIMMICK. He really is the worst rapper to ever mangle the genre. 3.25"
tmxicon wrote on 24.12.2024:
[5.0] "Is PN News/Cannonball Grizzly a better wrestler than his WCW run would suggest? Probably. Is he a good wrestler? No, not really. His CWA work may not feature the kind of stinkers he had in the US, but it never really rises beyond the level of "meh, this is fine.""
Leth99 wrote on 01.05.2023:
[4.0] "Just another big man. PN News was meh at best. He did no harm, but wasn't really impressive as well. I'm probably missing something from him in Germany, but his WCW run was average. He was showed in some horrible matches tho, like that scaffold flag match at Great American Bash '91 or the majority of squashes he did. He wasn't really botching that much, so I can give him a 3"
JEK 1991 wrote on 14.08.2019:
[2.0] "He's horrible. He was only great in Germany as Cannoball Grizzly. Even then he was not the best. He was fast for a guy his size and weight but was just boring to watch. Bland moves. PN News was a horrible gimmick. The gimmick was trash, terrible hairstyle and dances sucked."
Thewawdude wrote on 18.10.2018:
"I have never seen a good pn news match, if I was to do so I might increase the rating but until then I have no idea how he has anything over a 5. 0."
jcb9 wrote on 10.04.2016:
[1.0] "How this goof has an almost-8 rating is beyond me. PN News was one of the absolute worst things about pre-nWo 90s WCW, and that's saying something. He was terrible in the ring and his rapper gimmick was absolutely laughable. He was such a bad rapper that he made Oscar from Men on a Mission look like Tupac Shakur by comparison."
That 70s Bloke wrote on 28.12.2012:
[7.0] "Grizzly is on of the most agile 400 pounders in the wrestling world, but is kinda slow in the ring."