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| The Wall
Height: 6’10” Weight: 320 lbs. Real name: Jerry Tuite Hometown: Oceans Grove, New Jersey Pro debut: 1994 Finishing move: Chokeslam Other aliases: Sgt. A-WOL (WCW), Snuff (XPW), Malice (NWA-TNA), Gigantes (AJPW) Career highlights: AAW Heavyweight Champion, PCW Heavyweight Champion, NWA New Jersey Hardcore Champion Trained by: Iron Mike Sharpe, WCW Power Plant Born in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, Tuite broke into the wrestling business in the mid-90s after learning the ropes under veteran Iron Mike Sharpe at his training school in New Jersey. Tuite trained at the WCW Power Plant before he wrestled full-time as The Wall in WCW. Tuite debuted as a boyguard for Berlyn (Alex Wright), then later moved to the singles division. With his natural size, he was pushed as a monster heel, facing such adversaries as Vampiro, Shane Douglas, and Bam Bam Bigelow. Tuite later performed as Sgt. AWOL, as part of the team Misfits In Action. After WCW was bought out by Vince McMahon, Tuite was offered a developmental contract with the WWE, but did not accept it. In 2002, not only did Tuite change his outlook on life, he also completely revamped his look, coming back strong in the independent circuit. He was given a second chance at the big time in TNA, performing under the moniker of Malice. Tuite wrestled for AJPW as Gigantes, as a regular performer for the remainder of 2003. In his final match on December 5, Tuite teamed with Bull Buchanan and Justin Credible to defeat Nobutaka Araya, Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto in Tokyo. Jerry Tuite died on December 5, 2003, at the age of 36. He was found dead in his hotel by wrestlers Nosawa and La Parka. The cause of death was ruled a sudden heart attack thought to be attributed from steriod use. |
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