"Giant HAYSTACKS" (Martin Austin Ruane)
Heavyweight
From Wikipedia:
Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) was a British professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks. He was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked in Canada and the United States under the name Loch Ness Monster or simply Loch Ness.
Ruane was known for his massive physical size, billed as standing 6 ft 11 inch (2.11 m) tall and weighing from 31 stone (430 lb; 200 kg) at the beginning of his career to 48 stone (670 lb; 300 kg) by the end of it; at his heaviest, he weighed 49 stone 13 pounds (699 lb; 317 kg). In the 1970s he formed a heel team with Big Daddy. After Big Daddy turned face and the team broke up, the two engaged in a long-running, high drawing feud. During his career, Ruane held the European Heavyweight Championship and British Heavyweight Championship in the UK, and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Canada, with the Dynamite Kid.
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| Giant Haystacks in his trademark outfits |
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| With tag partner Dynamite Kid |
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| Giant Haystacks with Big Daddy |
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| Haystacks vs Tony St Clair | vs Mike Marino | vs William Regal |
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| With Bobby Barnes, "Tally Ho" Kaye, Rollerball Rocco and Mick McManus | More Giant Haystacks action photos |
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| Giant Haystacks the international star |
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