Bayan da mahaifinsa ya yi ritaya, sai iyalin suka koma Winnipeg, Manitoba, inda Irvine ya girma. Sha'awar Irvine a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na sana'a ya fara ne lokacin da ya fara kallon abubuwan da suka faru a Winnipeg Arena tare da iyalinsa, da kuma sha'awarsa na zama dan wasan wrestling ya fara ne lokacin da ya ga hotunan Owen Hart, sa'an nan tare da Stampede Wrestling, yana yin motsa jiki daban-daban.
'Yan wasan New York