Chris Pallies

Christopher Allan Pallies was an American professional wrestler standup comedian and actor better known by his ring name King Kong Bundy Bundy achieved mainstream recognition in the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE in the 1980s and 1990s he headlined WrestleMania 2 in 1986 against Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF Championship and at WrestleMania XI in 1995 he was also the fourth victim in The Undertakers now 21match undefeated WrestleMania streak Late WWF playbyplay commentator Gorilla Monsoon dubbed Bundy as the Walking Condominium in reference to his imposing size and weight After leaving the WWF in late 1995 Bundy wrestled for several independent promotions in the United States In April 1997 he resurfaced in magazines when he joined a faction managed by Kenny Casanova called Camp Casanova along with Danger Dave DeJohn and the Masked Maniac at times in USWF NBW and USA Power Pro Wrestling In a match against the Seven Foot Tall Primo Canera III Bundy kneedropped his opponent and then Bundysplashed him The impact actually broke the ring leaving the two grapplers in a pit in the center of the squared circle This independent footage was picked up by Pro Wrestling Illustrated His feuds against Superfly Jimmy Snuka Doink the Clown and Tom Brandi are among many main events in the northeast independent circuit In 1999 at the Kolf Arena in Oshkosh Wisconsin he won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship from Jonnie Stewart Later that same year Bundy the reigning AWA heavyweight champion wrestled again headlining an AWA Super Event at the Dee Events Center in Ogden Utah That night ended differently for Bundy losing a bodyslam match to Koszmar Polski who was managed by Ken Patera Bundy still wrestled across the country primarily in the Southern and Eastern United States He continued to be a headliner and a crowd favorite at all events he attended King Kong Bundys last match is thought to have been at the Legends of Wrestling Show at the Pulaski County Fair in Somerset Kentucky in 2007 Bundy lost to Hacksaw Jim Duggan in the main event Acting career In 1986 Bundy appeared in television commercials and print advertisements for the Vendex HeadStart personal computer Bundy had two guest spots and one bit part on Married with Children as the creators had named the lead characters Bundy as an homage to him28 In 1987 he played Uncle Irwin the brother of Peggy Bundy In 1995 he appeared again as the King Kong Bundy character teaching Bud how to wrestle Born in Woodbury New Jersey on November 7 1955 Pallies attended Washington Township High School in Sewell New Jersey graduating in 1973 In July 2016 Pallies joined a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred long term neurological injuries and that the company routinely failed to care for them and fraudulently misrepresented and concealed the nature and extent of those injuries The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE The case was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018 Pallies was fond of cats and had about 10 as pets at the time of his deathTheir names included Stewie Paige Gio and Pat