Jerry Monti
| Jerry Monti | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gerald L. Monti |
| Born | January 2, 1940 California, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 1999 (aged 59)[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jerry Monti Gerry Romano Gerry Monti Jerry Monte Crazy Arab[2] |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Debut | 1966 |
| Retired | 1990 |
Gerald Monti (January 2, 1940 – December 3, 1999) was an American professional wrestler who worked as Jerry Monti in California for Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco), American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation.
Professional wrestling career
[edit]Monti began his professional wrestling career in San Francisco for Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco) in 1966. In 1973, he won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship as Gerry Romano with Big John Quinn in Vancouver. In 1979, Monti went to Japan as the Crazy Arab working for International Wrestling Enterprise.
In 1981, he started working for American Wrestling Association in Minnesota until 1985.
In 1983, Monti made his debut for the World Wrestling Federation[3] working as jobber when shows were in San Francisco and Northern California.[4][5][6] He retired from wrestling in 1990.[7]
He trained Crash Holly[8] and Michael Modest.[9]
Monti died on December 3, 1999 from cancer at 59.
Championships and accomplishments
[edit]- NWA All Star Wrestling
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Quinn (1 time)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Jerry Monti « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ^ "1983". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "1985". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "1986". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "1989". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ "1990". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ Clevett, Jason (November 7, 2003). "Crash Holly found dead at 34". SlamWrestling.net. Québecor Média. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Mike Modest Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
- ^ "N.W.A. Canadian Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.