Giant Haystacks

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Giant Haystacks was a towering British professional wrestler, famed as one of the most imposing villains of the UK wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Giant Haystacks canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
professional wrestler ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
activeYearsInWrestling 1960s–1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownFor intimidating physical size ⓘ
long beard and hair ⓘ
appearedOn ITV World of Sport wrestling ⓘ
billedAs villain ⓘ
billedFrom Salford, England ⓘ
linked to: Salford
billedWeight over 600 lb ⓘ
birthName Martin Austin Ruane ⓘ
causeOfDeath lymphoma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-11-29 ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish ⓘ
grewUpIn Salford, Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Salford
height about 6 ft 11 in ⓘ
knownFor being one of the most imposing villains of UK wrestling in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy iconic heel of British professional wrestling ⓘ
madeUSTelevisionDebutIn World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ⓘ
mediaType sports entertainment ⓘ
notableFeudWith Big Daddy ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation professional wrestler ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Manchester, England ⓘ
preWrestlingOccupation labourer ⓘ
nightclub bouncer ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Salford, England ⓘ
linked to: Salford
ringName Giant Haystacks ⓘ
Haystacks Calhoun (early UK billing variation) ⓘ
Loch Ness ⓘ
signatureMove elbow drop ⓘ
splash ⓘ
spouse Rita Ruane ⓘ
tagTeamPartnerOf Big Daddy (early in career) ⓘ
linked to: Big Daddy
usedRingNameInPromotion Loch Ness in WCW ⓘ
wrestledFor All Star Wrestling (UK) ⓘ
Joint Promotions ⓘ
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ⓘ
World of Sport (ITV wrestling) ⓘ
wrestlingStyle super heavyweight brawler ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Daddy → hasOpponent → Giant Haystacks ⓘ
Shirley Crabtree Jr. → hadFeudWith → Giant Haystacks ⓘ
Giant Haystacks → ringName → Giant Haystacks ⓘ