My Take
King Kong Bundy was one of those larger-than-life heels who made you genuinely uneasy just looking at him — a massive, menacing presence out of Atlantic City who became one of the WWF's most feared villains through the mid-1980s. His WrestleMania 2 match against Hulk Hogan inside a steel cage is the kind of spectacle that still holds up, and his insistence on the referee counting to five instead of three was such a brilliantly petty bit of character work. What I always appreciated was that underneath all that menace he clearly had a sense of humor about himself — his appearances on Married with Children showed real comic timing. He passed in 2019, but his era of big-man heel wrestling feels genuinely irreplaceable.
Overview
Christopher Alan Pallies (November 7, 1957 – March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor better known by the ring name, King Kong Bundy. Under this gimmick, he portrayed a pugnacious, trash-talking villain character.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- King Kong Bundy
- Name (Japanese)
- キングコング・バンディ
- Reading
- きんぐこんぐ・ばんでぃ
- Born
- November 7, 1957 – March 4, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Washington Township High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.