911 (wrestler)
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Poling with fans in 2015
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| Birth name | Alfred Poling |
| Born |
January 22, 1957 New York City, New York |
| Residence | West Creek, New Jersey |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
911 Al The Sledgehammer Big Al Sledge Hammer Tombstone |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Billed weight | 300 lb (140 kg) |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | 1990 |
Alfred "Al" Poling (born January 22, 1957), is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, 911.
Poling was trained as a wrestler by Larry Sharpe. He debuted in 1990, wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name "Al the Sledgehammer". In 1994, Poling won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award.
Poling achieved his greatest national exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the mid-1990s. He debuted in ECW as a "handler" to Sabu. Later his gimmick was as an enforcer of the "extreme" attitude; he was named 911 and joined Paul Heyman's Dangerous Alliance stable with Sabu and Tazmaniac. As part of his monstrous persona, he would frequently perform the chokeslam on others with little provocation. At 1994's NWA World Title Tournament, he defeated Doink the Clown after four chokeslams. Poling left the promotion by early 1996 after a falling out backstage with Heyman over the former's treatment of the ring crew.
In 1998, Poling returned to ECW at UltraClash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, chokeslamming Bill Wiles. Poling was then accompanied by manager Judge Jeff Jones, who proclaimed 911 to be the true giant of professional wrestling. They were then interrupted by Spike Dudley and had an impromptu match, which 911 lost in under a minute.
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