Paul Peller
{{short description|Canadian professional wrestler}}
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|name = Paul Peller
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|birth_name = Paul Pellerin
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1941|6|8}}{{cite web |author=Oliver, Greg |url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2001/11/17/slam-wrestling-canadian-hall-of-fame-stompin-paul-peller/ |title=Paul Peller stomped from Martimes to Stampede |access-date =2001-11-17 |date =17 November 2001 |work=SLAM! Wrestling|publisher=Canoe.com}}
|birth_place = Shediac, New Brunswick Canada{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=18291|title=Paul Peller « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=}}
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|names = Paul Peller
Black Spider
Butcher #2
|height = 5"9
|weight = 233 lb
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|debut = 1961
|retired = 1991
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Paul Pellerin (June 8, 1941){{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=2432|title=Profile|publisher=Wrestlingdata|accessdate=2023-12-11}} 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|date= October 2024}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html|title=Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title|author=wrestling-titles.com}} 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.{{cite web |title=SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Kurrgan |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/kurrgan.html |website=canoe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224120838/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/kurrgan.html|archive-date=February 24, 2020|access-date=October 3, 2022}}
Championships and accomplishments
- Stampede Wrestling
- NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (1 time) - with Bob Sweetan (1){{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | chapter= Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title| pages=340–341| isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}
References
General
- {{cite book |last=Nevada |first=Vance |author-link=Vance Nevada |date=2022 |title=(Un)Controlled Chaos: Canada's Remarkable Professional Wrestling Legacy |location= |publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=9781039154797 }}
Specific
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External links
- {{professional wrestling profiles}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Canadian male professional wrestlers