 Must be a relative of John. Yeah, sounds like it. Probably his brother. Launched on July 17th, the campaign says Nord has endured almost eight months of surgery to replace his knee. The former WWF star is now fighting what the campaign says are life-threatening infections in both the knee and blood. Nord was a fixture of professional wrestling for more than a decade, spending time with the American Wrestling Association and the World Class Championship Wrestling earlier in his career.