▁wrest ler . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁the ▁World ▁Wrestling ▁Federation ▁and ▁asked ▁their ▁advice ▁as ▁to ▁which ▁professional ▁wrest ling ▁school ▁he ▁should ▁attend . ▁The ▁W WF ▁recommended ▁that ▁he ▁train ▁under ▁Larry ▁Sh ar pe , ▁but ▁N ana ▁felt ▁that ▁Sh ar pe ' s ▁school ▁( in ▁West ville , ▁New ▁Jersey ) ▁was ▁too ▁far ▁away . ▁Instead , ▁N ana ▁became ▁a ▁photograph er ▁for ▁Johnny ▁Rod z , ▁who ▁operated ▁G le ason ' s ▁G ym ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁N ana ▁worked ▁for ▁Rod z ▁until ▁he ▁turned ▁eigh teen , ▁when ▁Rod z ▁began ▁training ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁wrest ler . ▁He ▁deb uted ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁wrest ling ▁in ▁a ▁church ▁in ▁Spanish ▁Har lem . ▁ ▁N ana ▁worked ▁regularly ▁for ▁the ▁East ▁Coast ▁Wrestling ▁Association ▁in ▁Del aware ▁and ▁USA ▁Pro ▁Wrestling ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁making ▁appearances ▁with ▁the ▁W WF ▁and ▁with ▁Pro ▁Wrestling ▁Z ER O 1 - MAX ▁in ▁Japan . ▁ ▁Ring ▁of ▁Honor ▁( 2 0 0 2 – present ) ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁up start ▁Ring ▁of ▁Honor ▁promotion , ▁where ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁he ▁formed ▁a ▁he el ▁stable ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁Emb ass y . ▁In ▁story lines , ▁N ana ▁used ▁his ▁wealth ▁gained ▁from ▁the ▁tax es ▁of ▁people ▁of ▁Gh ana ▁to ▁h ire ▁wrest lers ▁to