Tiny the Terrible
Tiny the Terrible | |
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Birth name | Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr. |
Born | Providence, Rhode Island | August 19, 1967
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Tiny the Terrible Cloacas |
Billed height | 4 ft 7 in (1.40 m) |
Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr. (born August 19, 1967), better known as Tiny the Terrible, is an American
Personal life
Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr. was born in
Tunstall began a career in professional wrestling in the 1990s.[3] His notoriety in wrestling led to multiple appearances as a guest on The Jerry Springer Show.[3][4] He also worked seasonally for KB Toys, where he would portray a Christmas elf.[4] In 2006, he said he had been receiving Social Security Disability Insurance since 1995.[3] He estimates his income to be $10,000 a year.[2]
Professional wrestling career
Tunstall performs as a professional wrestler under the moniker "Tiny the Terrible".[3] He often made appearances on the independent circuit in the northeastern United States,[5] including New England Championship Wrestling.[3] Tunstall and his brother Half Nelson, a fellow dwarf wrestler, would perform against 350 lb Erich "Mass Transit" Kulas. The three caught the attention of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) owner Paul Heyman, who invited them to appear at an ECW house show in 1996. This led to the Mass Transit Incident, which occurred after Kulas canceled his showcase with Tunstall to replace the absent Axl Rotten in a tag-team match against The Gangstas. Kulas was severely injured during the subsequent match, suffering two severed arteries in a botched blading from New Jack. In a 2020 episode of Dark Side of the Ring on New Jack, Tunstall recounted feeling resentment over Kulas abandoning him and his brother to take a higher profile match.[6] He defeated Half Nelson for the NWA World Midget's Championship in 1998 and held it for 167 days, before dropping it to Little Killer.[7]
Tunstall made two appearances on WWF/E Raw; he revealed in Dark Side of the Ring that New Jack secured the appearances for him in exchange for helping New Jack be acquitted of assault and battery charges against Kulas.[6] On the March 13, 2000, episode of Raw, he appeared as one half of "The Twin Towers", a dwarf duo that Stephanie McMahon joked would face The Rock at WrestleMania 2000.[8][9] He wrestled his only WWE match on the July 25, 2005, episode of Raw under the ring name Cloacas, where he teamed with Viscera to take on Antonio of The Heart Throbs and Pocket Rocket in a winning effort.[10][11]
Political career
He is a member of the
Tunstall ran for mayor of
His candidacy was the subject of the documentary film, A Man Among Giants.[4][13] After the completion of the film, Tunstall was arrested for making threats to public officials. The film's director Rod Webber bailed him out of jail, and Tunstall was subsequently committed to a mental hospital.[4]
Championships and accomplishments
References
- ^ A Man Among Giants (Documentary). Rod Webber Productions. 2008. 1:28 minutes in.
Tiny the Terrible was born Douglas Allen Tunstall Jr. on August 19, 1967 in Providence, Rhode Island.
- ^ a b Brown, Joel (July 9, 2009). "A Man Among Giants". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ The Pawtucket Times. Archived from the originalon May 17, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ The Boston Herald. Archivedfrom the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- Cox News Service. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Nason, Josh (April 12, 2020). "Vice's 'New Jack' doc a bizarre tale of revulsion, not redemption". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ a b "World Midgets'Title". wrestling-titles.com. Puroresu. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- 411Mania. Archivedfrom the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Meadowlands: 2000". TheHistoryofWWE.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- WrestleView. Archivedfrom the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Tiny the Terrible". Cagematch. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ Belluck, Pan; Santora, Marc (July 27, 2004). "The Democrats: City Scene; Mass Protests, Traffic Jams? None So Far and a Region Is Relieved". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ Wulff, June (July 8, 2009). "Larger Than Life". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
External links
- Tiny the Terrible at IMDb
- Tiny the Terrible's profile at Cagematch.net