The Hungarian Barbarian
| The Hungarian Barbarian | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Zoltan Big |
| Born | May 21, 1970 Budapest, Hungary |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Hungarian Barbarian |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Billed weight | 305 lb (138 kg) |
| Trained by | Afa Anoa'i |
| Debut | c. 1997 |
| Retired | November 21, 2009 |
Zoltan Big is a retired American professional wrestler, known by his ring name The Hungarian Barbarian, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the Hardway Wrestling, National Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and World Xtreme Wrestling. He was also a regular tag team partner of "Dirty Deeds" Darren Wyse, both being longtime mainstays of NCW, and is the first and only wrestler to win the promotion's heavyweight, hardcore and tag team titles. The two have also won a number of tag team titles in various independent promotions as well.
He and Wyse were part of a heel stable with The Bad Crew known as The Pack which dominated Hardway Wrestling among several other Northeastern independent promotions during the late 1990s and early 2000s before their falling out initiated a major and long-running feud between the two teams. As well as their feud with Bad Crew on the independent circuit, The Hungarian Barbarian is also known for seriously injuring independent wrestler Cotton The Bad Butcher keeping him from active competition for over two years with a crushed ankle.
Born in Hungary and raised in Pennsylvania, after graduating from Delaware Valley High School in 1988, Zoltan Big started attending the Wild Samoan Training Academy where he was trained by WWE Hall of Fame member Afa Anoa'i. He began wrestling for Afa's World Star Wrestling Federation (later World Xtreme Wrestling) where he won the WSWF World Heavyweight Championship, possibly against The Mad Russian, on December 20, 1997. He lost the title to Jak Molsonn in Freeland, Pennsylvania on January 10, 1998. The Hungarian Barbarian also began wrestling for the Eastern Wrestling Federation (later Hardway Wrestling), another Allentown-based promotion owned by the Bad Crew, where he participated in a championship tournament to crown the first EWF Heavyweight Champion losing to at the finals in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on June 18, 1998. He managed to avenge this loss four months later defeating Flash in Bethlehem on October 31 and held the title for almost two months.
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