Paul Peller

Paul Peller
Birth namePaul Pellerin
Born(1941-06-08)8 June 1941[1]
Shediac, New Brunswick Canada[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Paul Peller
Black Spider
Butcher #2
Billed height5"9
Billed weight233 lb (106 kg)
Debut1961
Retired1991

Paul Pellerin (June 8, 1941)[3] was a Canadian professional wrestler who spent his career in Eastern Canada, Montreal and Calgary.

Professional wrestling career

He began his wrestling career in 1961.[citation needed]

In 1965, he began his debut for Grand Prix Wrestling in New Brunswick. In 1970, he made his debut for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary with Bob Sweetan where they won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship.[4] After vacating the titles in early 1971 they Peller left Stampede and returned to Grand Prix.

During the mid-1970s, Peller worked for the Eastern Sports Association based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In the early 1980s he worked for Montreal's Lutte Internationale. He continued to work for Grand Prix throughout the decade and became their promoter in 1986. Peller wrestled his last match in 1991 and resigned as promoter in 1992.

He would train WWE wrestler Kurrgan.[5]

Championships and accomplishments

References

General

  • Nevada, Vance (2022). (Un)Controlled Chaos: Canada's Remarkable Professional Wrestling Legacy. FriesenPress. ISBN 9781039154797.

Specific

  1. ^ Oliver, Greg (17 November 2001). "Paul Peller stomped from Martimes to Stampede". SLAM! Wrestling. Canoe.com. Retrieved 2001-11-17.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Paul Peller « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
  3. ^ "Profile". Wrestlingdata. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  4. ^ wrestling-titles.com. "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title".
  5. ^ "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Kurrgan". canoe.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.