Al Poling
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| Ring name(s) | 911[1] Al McGill Al the Sledgehammer[1] Big Al[1] Tombstone[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 300 lb (140 kg)[1] |
| Born | November 27[1] New York City, New York[1] |
| Resides | Jackson, New Jersey |
| Trained by | Larry Sharpe[1] |
| Debut | 1994[1] |
Al Poling[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, 911.[1]
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
He achieved his greatest national exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the mid-1990s. He debuted in ECW as a "handler" to Sabu.[1] Later his gimmick was as an enforcer of the "extreme" attitude, and he was named 911 and joined Paul Heyman's Dangerous Alliance stable with Sabu and Tazmaniac.[1] Whenever something happened at an ECW event that the fans found to be not extreme (examples include the appearance of Santa Claus and the bWo doing a lengthy impression of the rock group KISS), 911 would run out and chokeslam the offenders.
In ECW, 911 was known for chokeslamming Bill Alfonso during the near-end of the ECW World Tag Team Championship match between the Pitbulls and the champions Raven and Stevie Richards after Alfonso "allowed" the chokeslam in favor of Big Dick Dudley against Tommy Dreamer.
Poling briefly wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Big Al and Tombstone.
In 1994, Poling won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award.
In 1998, Poling returned to ECW at UltraClash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as 911, chokeslamming Bill Wiles. Poling was then accompanied by manager Judge Jeff Jones, who proclaimed Poling to be the true giant of professional wrestling. They were then interrupted by Spike Dudley and had an impromptu match, which Poling lost in under a minute.
Throughout the late 1990s, 911 appeared with the New Jersey based Jersey All Pro Wrestling promotion, winning the JAPW Heavyweight Championship on two occasions. At Hardcore Homecoming in 2005 he chokeslammed both Danny Doring and Roadkill.[1] He wrestled at New York Wrestling League in 2008.
[edit] In wrestling
- Signature moves
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- All American Wrestling Alliance
- AAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Jack City Wrestling
- Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA New Jersey
- NWA New Jersey Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version) (1 time)
[edit] References
- 911 at Accelerator3359.com
- 911 at Bodyslamming.com
- 911 at Cagematch.net
- 911 at Online World of Wrestling
- The NWA World Light Heavyweight Title at Wrestling-Titles.com
[edit] External links
- 911 at the Internet Movie Database
