Fidel Sierra | |
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Birth name | David Canal |
Born |
Cuba |
July 27, 1960
Residence | Miami, Florida |
Spouse(s) | Fantasy (m. 1992) |
Family | Bill Alfonso (cousin) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | El Hombre De La Habana,Cuba El Sanguinario Cubano El Cubanísimo El Cubano The Assassin The Boricua The Cuban Assassin David Patterson David Sierra The Destroyer El Cubano Especialista II Fidel Barrio Fidel Sierra Top Gun |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) |
Billed from | Parts Unknown (as Top Gun) |
Trained by | Hiro Matsuda |
Debut | 1978 |
David Canal (born July 27, 1960) is a Cuban professional wrestler better known by his ring name "The Cuban Assassin (El Sanguinario Cubano)" Fidel Sierra. He is notable for being a longtime veteran of the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council as well as for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 1990s. He wrestled under the name The Cuban Assassin towards the end of his career.
Sierra was born in Cuba, but moved to the United States with his family when he was a year old. His mother was Cuban and his father was Spanish.
Sierra was trained by Hiro Matsuda in Tampa, Florida.
Sierra has worked for Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council (WWC) since 1985, as both a wrestler and a backstage worker. He also wrestled all over the United States, including in Dallas, Texas for the Von Erich family, in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling for the Crockett family (Jim Crockett, Sr. and Jim Crockett, Jr.), in Florida and Georgia, and for Don Owen in Portland, Oregon. He has also competed in Stampede Wrestling in Canada, in the Dominican Republic, and in Japan, via his association with the National Wrestling Alliance. In Japan, he competed against the likes of Andre the Giant, Antonio Inoki, and Tatsumi Fujinami. He also competed under a mask in Mexico as The Boricua until he lost a Mask vs. Mask match to La Parka.