I mean is there any today or in history of pro wrestling?
Or is there any of peruvian parents?
I know Bruno (Brother Bruno of Phi Delta Slam) Sassi's mother is peruvian.
2006-08-15 01:25:00 · 2 answers · asked by Tlimof 2 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
As far as I know, there has NOT been a professional wrestler who hails from Peru.
The other person who answered you mentioned a 7 ft. 6 in.wrestler from Peru - unfortunately this person is mistaken as to the wrestler's country of origin. The wrestler was billed as "Giant Gonzales" when he was in the WWF (as it was called back then) and he was from Argentina. This same wrestler used to be in WCW billed as "El Gigante". The other person is correct that he originally was a professional basketball player. If you'd like to know more about him, you can do a search for him either under both of his wrestling names or under his real name of Jorge Gonzales.
"Giant Gonzales" stopped wrestling about 10+ years ago due to health problems. He has diabetes. He currently is back in his native country of Argentina . While he was a professional wrestler, he never had any upper body strength so he wasn't able to pick up and slam any other wrestler. He used to just "bear hug" his opponents. He only had one storyline, which was with the Undertaker. He faced the Undertaker (and won this match) at Wrestlemania 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. WWF used to employ a referee by the name of Bill Alfonso (who still works for independent wrestling companies now) who is his best friend (in real life) and who acted as his actual manager/advisor/trainer and traveling companion.
Have a lovely rest of the day.
2006-08-15 03:41:33 · answer #1 · answered by Goblin g 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The WWF had a 7'6" giant from Peru about 20 years ago. He didn't last long. He was a former basketball player. But he wasn't good at either sport.
2006-08-15 01:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by thebillshow2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋