Air Force Tech Sgt Gregory Gauntt a pro-wrestling champ in South Korea

When Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Gauntt isn’t conducting operations with his unit, he’s conducting body slams inside the ring.

Gauntt, 33, is currently stationed in South Korea with the 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron, where he serves as a non-commissioned officer in charge of fuels knowledge operations. However, Gauntt has another persona: the heavyweight champion of the Pro Wrestling Society in South Korea.

“I’ve always wanted to wrestle since I was a kid,” Gauntt said in a post on Kunsan Air Base’s website.

When he was a teenager, 17-year-old Gauntt told his parents his dream of attending professional wrestling school. But after his parents told him he wasn’t allowed to live with them if he pursued a career in professional wrestling, Gauntt quipped that he decided to join the Air Force.