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Sylvester Lefort

トム・ラ・ルファ　/　とむ・ら・るふぁ

Professional wrestler from France

May 4, 1984 (age 42)　・　Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Alpes-Maritimes
professional wrestler

My Take

What grabs me about Sylvester Lefort is the geography of his career. A man from sunny Nice in the south of France chose the bruising American wrestling circuit, and then reinvented himself again and again: Sylvester Lefort in WWE's NXT, Basile Baraka in TNA. I find that shapeshifting fascinating, because a wrestler who can wear different personas convincingly is really a performer first. The data here is sparse, almost monastic, but I read that silence as the quiet of someone who let the work speak. There is real nerve in crossing an ocean to chase a niche dream, and I respect it.

Overview

Thomas La Ruffa (born May 4, 1984) is a French professional wrestler wrestling under the ring name Tom LaRuffa. He is best known for his time in WWE, in their developmental territory NXT as Sylvester Lefort, and for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Basile Baraka.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sylvester Lefort
Name (Japanese): トム・ラ・ルファ
Reading: とむ・ら・るふぁ
Born: May 4, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rat
Origin: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: professional wrestler

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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