911 (wrestler)

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911
Birth nameAlfred Poling
Born (1957-01-22) January 22, 1957 (age 67)
New York City, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)911[1]
Al The Sledgehammer[1][2][3]
Big Al[4][5][6]
Sledge Hammer[7]
Tombstone[1][8][9]
Billed height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[1]
Billed weight300 lb (136 kg)[1]
Trained byLarry Sharpe[1]
Debut1990[2][3]
Retired2020

Alfred Poling (born January 22, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name 911. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1994 and 1996.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1990–1994)

Poling was trained as a wrestler by Larry Sharpe. He debuted in 1990, wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name "Al the Sledgehammer".[2][3]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1994–1996, 1998)

Poling achieved his greatest national exposure in

Rookie of the Year
award due to his enormous popularity in ECW for the year 1994.

Poling had two big matches in 1995, scoring wins over

Taz after the match and a feud evolved between the two, but it was scrapped as Poling left the promotion by early 1996 after a falling out backstage with Paul Heyman over the former's treatment of the ring crew.[12]

In 1998, Poling returned to ECW at

under a minute
.

World Championship Wrestling (1996–1997)

Poling wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996 and 1997, under the names Tombstone,[8] Sledge Hammer[7] and Big Al.[4][5][6] Poling did not portray the Big Al who feuded with Tank Abbott in WCW in early 2000.

Late career (1997–present)

Throughout the late 1990s, 911 appeared with the

Sandman (who had just been betrayed by his partner, Bill Alfonso). At Hardcore Homecoming in 2005 he chokeslammed both Danny Doring and Roadkill.[1]
He wrestled at New York Wrestling League in 2008. He appeared at the 2020 GTS Regal Rumble to eliminate Tito the Clown after Grim called him for help, but it was Mike Swanson, Hitman Jones and Sicend that eliminated Tito.

Personal life

Poling resides in West Creek, New Jersey and has eight children. His son Vinny Poling is also a professional wrestler in the independent circuit.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "911's OWOW profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  2. ^ a b c Appenrodt, Steve (1999-08-30). "The Wrestling Booking Sheet - Issue #291". Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c Russen, Rob (1990). "IWA Championship Wrestling - Derrick Dukes vs Al The Sledgehammer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  4. ^ a b "WCW Saturday Night". WCW Saturday Night. 1997-01-11. TBS (TV channel).
  5. ^ a b "WCW Saturday Night". WCW Saturday Night. 1997-04-12. TBS (TV channel).
  6. ^ a b "WCW Saturday Night". WCW Saturday Night. 1997-05-10. TBS (TV channel).
  7. ^ a b "WCW Saturday Night". WCW Saturday Night. 1997-02-15. TBS (TV channel).
  8. ^ a b "WCW Monday Nitro". WCW Monday Nitro. 1996-12-23. TNT (TV channel).
  9. ^ "911 - Wrestlers Database". Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  10. ^ SLAM Wrestling staff (November 25, 2004). "SLAM! Speaks: What we miss about ECW". SLAM Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ Williams, Scott E. (2013). "5". Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  12. ^ Williams, Scott E. (2013). "10". Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

External links

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