King Kong Bundy
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| Chris Pallies | |
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| Ring name(s) | Chris Canyon Big Daddy Bundy Boom Boom Bundy King Kong Bundy Man Mountain Cannon, Jr. |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Billed weight | 444 lb (201 kg) |
| Born | November 7, 1957 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | 1981 |
Chris Pallies (born November 7, 1957) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy.
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[edit] Career
Weighing upwards of 450 pounds (204 kilograms) in his heyday, King Kong Bundy was an imposing – if somewhat cartoonish – grappler. With pale skin and a completely hairless body, he was often compared to the Michelin Man, and the contrast of his light complexion with his usual jet black singlet led color commentator Bobby "The Brain" Heenan to dub him "Shamu", although play-by-play announcer Gorilla Monsoon preferred to describe Bundy as "a condominium with legs".
Bundy took the King Kong Bundy name during a story line while working with World Class Championship Wrestling. Bundy was discovered and developed as Big Daddy 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 re-introduced as King Kong Bundy, wearing the black singlet for the first time to signify his change. He would lose his hair during the feud, adding to his signature look.
While he competed in various territories such as the American Wrestling Association and National Wrestling Alliance, Bundy is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation in 1986, when he feuded with WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. At this time, he became known for his tendency to ask the referee for a five count (as opposed to the usual three count for pinfalls) whenever he dominated his opponent in a squash match. He is also remembered for winning the shortest match in WrestleMania history, when he mauled S.D. "Special Delivery" Jones in what was announced as only nine seconds at WrestleMania 1985. (The actual time clocks in at 23 seconds from bell to bell.)
Bundy also feuded extensively in 1985 with Andre The Giant, a feud which started during an angle where Bundy interfered in one of Andre's matches and delivered several splashes, giving the Giant a broken sternum (in storyline). They would feud for several months, most notably in a pair of tag team matches on Saturday Night's Main Event in late 1985, where Bundy and Andre's other nemesis, Big John Studd, first faced Andre and Tony Atlas and then Andre 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 his then manager, Bobby Heenan, thus setting up a feud between Hogan and Bundy. Hogan "required medical attention" from the beating sustained at the hands of the three attackers (the injury was not legitimate, and served to make Bundy look like a monster heel). The feud culminated with a steel cage matchup as the main event of WrestleMania 2 in Los Angeles, which was won by Hogan.
One year later at WrestleMania III, Bundy bodyslammed Little Beaver, a midget and then delivered a big elbow causing a disqualification in a mixed 6-man and midget tag team match. Bundy would continue to wrestle in WWF until 1988.
In 1994, King Kong Bundy made his return to the WWF as a member of Ted Dibiase's stable, the Million Dollar Corporation. Despite a feud with The Undertaker which culminated in a match at WrestleMania XI, Bundy failed to achieve the same amount of success as he did in the 1980s.
Bundy's stage name inspired the name of the sitcom family on the FOX Network sitcom "Married... with Children" and he made several appearances on that show. When asked if the family had actually been named after serial killer Ted Bundy the producers responded that they had named them after "the good Bundy."
King Kong Bundy currently wrestles for several independent promotions in the United States, though more recently Bundy has turned towards a career in stand up comedy, seemingly with success. [1]
[edit] Trivia
Pallies' appearance has changed since his wrestling career, and now sports hair. However his weight is unknown. He is now an annual competior at Nathan's hotdog eating competition
[edit] Wrestling facts
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- King Kong Crash / Atlantic City Avalanche (Running vertical corner body avalanche)
- Bundy Splash (Big splash)
- Bundy Slam (High angle body slam)
- Powerslam
- Corner body block
- Big elbow drop
Note: King Kong Lariat is a move used by Japanese wrestler Shuji Kondo, not King Kong Bundy
[edit] Managers
- Skandor Akbar
- Kenny Casanova
- Ted DiBiase
- Paul Ellering
- Johnny Glitter
- Jimmy Hart
- Bobby Heenan
- Tony Rumble
- Spaz McKenzie
- Judge Lawless
[edit] Nicknames
- The Atlantic City Annihilator
- The Walking Condominium
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Mid-Southern Wrestling
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- Mid-Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rick Rude
- National Wrestling Alliance
- National
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- NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Masked Superstar
- Regional
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- PWI ranked him # 124 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Top Rope Wrestling
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- TRW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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- WCWA Heavyweight Championship
- WCWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Bill Irwin (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1)
- Other Titles
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- IPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[edit] Filmography
- Married... with Children (1988) in episode "All in the Family" as "Uncle Irwin"
- Moving (1988) as "Gorgo"
- Married... with Children (1995) in episode "Flight of the Bumblebee" as himself
- Weird Science (1996) in episode "Men in Tights" as himself
- Bill's Seat (2002) as "Big Swede"
[edit] References
- King Kong Bundy at Obsessed With Wrestling
- The Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster: King Kong Bundy
- Slam! Wrestling Presents: Bundy-mania runs wild (by Greg Oliver)
- Wrestling View Magazine: 12Q Interview with King Kong Bundy (by Mike Parker)
- King Kong Bundy puts comedy on the mat tonight at the Colosseum
