Career
Born into a poor family with eleven children, Corduneanu started wrestling at the Nicolina Sports Club in his hometown, Iași. He retired from wrestling in 2002, but before that he had become the leader of a Mafia-type criminal organization in Iași. In 2005, he was indicted for the "establishment of an organized criminal group, leading and financing illegal drug activities, and illegal trafficking of high-risk drugs", but was found not guilty by Romania"s Supreme Court in 2013.
