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Career

Weighing upwards of 450 pounds (204 kilograms) in his heyday (and sometimes billed as heavy as 503 pounds), 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". Michelin logo Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin, based in Clermont_Ferrand, France, is primarily a tire manufacturer. ... A color commentator (or colour commentator in Canada), sometimes known as a color analyst (or colour analyst), is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Shamu is the name of SeaWorlds iconic orca (killer whale) show. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

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. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ... The Von Erich family is a legendary professional wrestling family. ... Gary Hart was a professional wrestling manager and was also a professional wrestler. ...

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 the first WrestleMania 1985. (The actual time clocks in at 23 seconds from bell to bell.) This article does not cite any references or sources. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... The WWE Championship belt, April 11 2005 – August 20, 2006; September 18, 2006 – present The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling title. ... Terrence Terry Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. ... A pin, or a fall, is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling that is met by holding an opponents shoulder blades to the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time. ... In professional wrestling, a squash is an extremely one-sided match; one performer dominates the other and quickly defeats him with virtually no resistance. ... Conrad Efraim, was a professional wrestler better known as Special Delivery Jones. ... WrestleMania (chronologically known as WrestleMania I) was the first WrestleMania professional wrestling event from the World Wrestling Federation, which took place on March 31, 1985 in New York, New York at the world-famous Madison Square Garden. ...

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. André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ... The sternum (from Greek στέρνον, sternon, chest) or breastbone is a long, flat bone located in the center of the thorax (chest). ... In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ... Saturday Nights Main Event (SNME) is a professional wrestling television program that aired occasionally from 1985 to 1991, under the World Wrestling Federation banner on NBC in place of Saturday Night Live. ... John Minton (February 19, 1948 —- March 20, 1995) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd. ... Anthony White (born April 23, 1956) is a bodybuilder, and powerlifter. ... Terrence Terry Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name 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 for Hogan's WWF Championship as the main event of WrestleMania 2 in Los Angeles, which was won by Hogan. Don Muraco (Born Don Morrow on September 10, 1949), also known as The Magnificent Muraco was a Hawaiian professional wrestler in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. ... In professional wrestling, a manager is a character who is paired with a wrestler. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner, breaking rules or otherwise taking advantage of their opponents outside of the bounds of the rules of the match. ... Kurt Angle and John Cena in a cage match, showing the current WWE Steel Cage. ... WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

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. WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... Lionel Giroux was a midget professional wrestler. ...

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. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... WrestleMania XI, was the eleventh annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event held by the World Wrestling Federation in Hartford, Connecticut on April 2, 1995. ...

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." The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... Married… with Children was a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. ... Theodore Robert Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. ...

King Kong Bundy currently wrestles for several independent promotions in the United States, in 1999 he won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from Jonnie Stewart, in a match that Stewart claimed "was the most brutal beating I have ever taken" ^[1] More recently Bundy has turned towards a career in stand up comedy, seemingly with success. [1]

Wrestling facts

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

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Managers

• Skandor Akbar
• Kenny Casanova
• Ted DiBiase
• Paul Ellering
• Johnny Glitter
• Jimmy Hart
• Bobby Heenan
• Tony Rumble
• Spaz McKenzie
• Judge Lawless

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Nicknames

• The Atlantic City Annihilator
• The Walking Condominium

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Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Association

• AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Continental Wrestling Association

• AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rick Rude

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Masked Superstar

• Maryland Championship Wrestling

• MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• NWA New York

• NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 124 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Top Rope Wrestling

• TRW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Class Championship Wrestling

• 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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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"

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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