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King Kong Bundy 
King Kong Bundy in 1985Ring name(s) Big Daddy Bundy[1]
Boom Boom Bundy[1]
Chris Cannon[1]
Crippler Cannon[1]
Chris Canyon[2][3]
King Kong Bundy[4]
Man Mountain Cannon, Jr.[1]Billed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) - 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Billed weight 446 lb (202 kg) - 512 lb (232 kg) Born November 7, 1957 [1]
Atlantic City, New Jersey[1]Resides Glassboro, New Jersey Billed from Atlantic City, New Jersey[4] Trained by Larry Sharpe Debut 1981[1] Retired 2006 Christopher Alan "Chris" Pallies[1] (born November 7, 1957) is an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy.
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Personal
Pallies graduated in 1974 from Washington Township High School in Sewell, New Jersey.[5] He currently lives in Glassboro, New Jersey.
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Pallies took the King Kong Bundy name during a storyline while working with World Class Championship Wrestling. Bundy was discovered and developed as Big Daddy Bundy (a combination of Shirley Crabtree's "Big Daddy" moniker, and the surname of psychopathic serial killer, Ted Bundy) by the Von Erich family. He wore blue jeans with a rope belt and was a fan favorite. After a dispute with the Von Erich family, Bundy was recruited by manager Gary Hart and dramatically reintroduced as King Kong Bundy, with the "Big Daddy" portion of his moniker replaced by the name of cinematic monster, King Kong, wearing the black singlet for the first time to signify his change. He lost his hair during the feud, adding to his signature look.
Bundy was Fritz Von Erich's opponent for Fritz's 1982 retirement match at Texas Stadium.
He also competed in various territories such as the American Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance. He also had a tendency to demand a five count (as opposed to the usual three count) for pinfalls whenever he dominated his opponent in a squash match, a gimmick he began while wrestling for Mid-South Wrestling.
World Wrestling Federation
Bundy debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in March 1985, first managed by Jimmy Hart, and was immediately pushed with dominating victories over all of his opponents. He won the second shortest match in WrestleMania history when he defeated S.D. "Special Delivery" Jones in what was announced as only nine seconds at the first WrestleMania.
In September 1985, Hart traded Bundy to manager Bobby Heenan in exchange for Adrian Adonis and The Missing Link. After joining The Heenan Family, Bundy feuded extensively with André the Giant, a feud which started during an angle where Bundy interfered in one of André's matches and delivered several splashes, giving the Giant a kayfabe broken sternum. They feuded for several months, including a pair of tag team matches on Saturday Night's Main Event in late 1985, where Bundy and André's other nemesis, Big John Studd, first faced André and Tony Atlas and then André and Hulk Hogan.
On a nationally televised match on Saturday Night's Main Event, Hogan was wrestling challenger Don Muraco when he was ambushed by Bundy and Heenan, thus setting up a feud between Hogan and Bundy. The feud culminated with a steel cage match for Hogan's WWF Championship as the main event of WrestleMania 2 in Los Angeles, which Hogan won.[6]
One year later at WrestleMania III, Bundy bodyslammed midget wrestler Little Beaver (Lionel Giroux) and then delivered a big elbow causing a disqualification in a mixed six-man and midget tag team match.[7][8]
In November 1987, Bundy defeated Hulk Hogan via count-out on an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. Bundy left the WWF in 1988 following a loss to Hogan in a rematch on the next episode of the series.
Bundy returned to WWF in the fall of 1994 as a member of Ted DiBiase's stable, the Million Dollar Corporation.[9] He had a feud with The Undertaker which culminated in a match at WrestleMania XI (which The Undertaker won).[10] Bundy left the WWF in November 1995.
Independent circuit
Bundy then wrestled for several independent promotions in the United States. In April 1997, he resurfaced in magazines when he joined a faction managed by Kenny Casanova called "Camp Casanova" along with "Danger" Dave DeJohn and The Masked Maniac at times in USWF, NBW, and USA Power Pro Wrestling. In a match against "The Seven Foot Tall" Primo Canera III, Bundy knee-dropped his opponent and then "Bundy-Splashed" him. The impact actually broke the ring, leaving the two grapplers in a pit in the center of the squared circle. This independent footage was picked up by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
His feuds against "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Doink the Clown, and Tom Brandi are among many main events in the northeast independent circuit. In 1999, he won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship from Jonnie Stewart. He was last seen at the Legends of Wrestling Show at the Pulaski County Fair in Somerset, KY in 2006. He lost to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in the Main Event. Backstage he voiced his unhappiness with the promotion that he was working for, allegedly hurling insults and profanity at the photographer & promotion that asked to take his picture for their website.
Acting career
Bundy has also tried a career in stand-up comedy. On April 24, 2008, he was on a Norwegian TV show called Golden GOAL!.[11] In 1995, he guest starred as himself on an episode of Married... With Children.[12] The main characters of the show share the last name "Bundy". In 1988, he had guest starred on another episode of the show playing a different character, Uncle Irwin. Bundy also appeared in the 1988 Richard Pryor vehicle Moving [13] as Gorgo, part of a trio of insolent and careless movers.
King Kong Bundy is on the cover of Belgian Asociality's 2009 album Kabaal.
King Kong Bundy also starred as Otto Belmar in the 2011 independent film entitled "Fight the Panda Syndicate."
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Atlantic City Avalanche (Body avalanche)[1][4]
- Big splash[1]
- Signature moves
Championships and accomplishments
- AWA Superstars of Wrestling
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- AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Pro Wrestling
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- IPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]
- Top Rope Wrestling
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- TRW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- NWA American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Bill Irwin (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1)
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- WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "King Kong Bundy profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/king-kong-bundy.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ Myers, Robert (1999). The Professional Wrestling Trivia book. Branden Books. p. 4. ISBN 0828320454.
- ^ Myers, Robert (1999). The Professional Wrestling Trivia book. Branden Books. p. 49. ISBN 0828320454.
- ^ a b c "King Kong Bundy's WWE Alumni Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/kingkongbundy/. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ Beym, Jessica. "'King Kong Bundy' lends hand to Washington Township fundraiser", Gloucester County Times, January 31, 2010. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Bundy whose real name is Chris Pallies, a Washington Township High School grad in 1974 made an appearance in his former hometown Friday afternoon to help support a good cause."
- ^ Powell, John. "WrestleMania 2: Caged Heat". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania20/WrestleMania2.html. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "WrestleMania III Results". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm3/results/. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Shields, Brian (2006). Main Event: WWE in the Raging 80s. Simon and Schuster. p. 81. ISBN 1416532579.
- ^ a b "Million Dollar Corporation profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/million-dollar-corporation.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ Powell, John. "No worse WrestleMania than 11". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania20/WrestleMania11.html. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007701190320[dead link]
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642271/plotsummary Married With Children, Flight of the Bumblebee, 1995.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095662/fullcredits#cast
- ^ "King Kong Bundy photos". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wwealumni/kingkongbundy/photos. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ "Jimmy Hart profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jimmy-hart.html. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ^ "Bobby Heenan profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bobby-heenan.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ "Kenny Casanova profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/k/kenny-casanova.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
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