King Kong Bundy
| King Kong Bundy | |
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King Kong Bundy in 1985
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| Birth name | Christopher Alan Pallies |
| Born |
November 7, 1957 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Residence | Glassboro, New Jersey |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Big Daddy Bundy Boom Boom Bundy Chris Cannon Chris Canyon Crippler Cannon King Kong Bundy Man Mountain Cannon, Jr |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 458 lb (208 kg) |
| Billed from | Houston, Texas (as Chris Canyon) Atlantic City, New Jersey Nome, Alaska (in World Class) |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe |
| Debut | 1981 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Christopher Alan "Chris" Pallies (born November 7, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy. Bundy achieved mainstream recognition in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in the 1980s and 1990s: he headlined WrestleMania 2 in 1986 against Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, and at WrestleMania XI in 1995, Pallies was the fourth victim in The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak.
Early in Bundy's WWF career, play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon, who like Bundy was a heavyweight wrestler in his day peaking at 440 lb (200 kg), dubbed Bundy "The Walking Condominium", in reference to his size. Monsoon would also frequently question Bundy's announced weight of 458 lb (208 kg), often claiming that he had to be "close to that 500 lb (230 kg) mark".
Pallies graduated in 1974 from Washington Township High School in Sewell, New Jersey. He lives in Glassboro, New Jersey.
Bundy was discovered and developed by the Von Erich family as Big Daddy Bundy (a combination of Shirley Crabtree's "Big Daddy" moniker and the surname of psychopathic serial killer, Ted Bundy). 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.
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