I read a lot of wrestling biographies and autobiographies, and I figured I would share some lesser known or interesting stories from years ago (Let me know if this is interesting to you folks here and ill do more) Gino 'Gorilla Monsoon' Marella was legitimately 6 foot 7 and 350-400lbs depending on the era. He was also almost legally blind and could only see a few feet in frint of him with clarity So to wrestle, he wore contacts Despite his size he was very agile and wrestled a quicker style then the usual bigman However during a tour of Australia around 1967, the promotion was not sweeping the rjng regularly and some dust got under a contact He ended up with a bad infection and he came close to loosing his eye. After healing he decided that was it, no more contacts Which means no more agility stuff and fast moving, forcing him to switch to a more power and giant based offense typical of big guys BONUS FACTS ABOUT GORILLA MONSOON : 1. He swore like a sailor 2. He loved gambling and was a very adept card player 3. His official retirement match and torch passing was to Ken Patera 4, Those coke bottle glasses he wore was not for show 5. Probably everybody knows this but him and Heenan were best friends and often vacationed together with their respective families   submitted by   /u/Satinsbestfriend [link]   [comments]