Saturday, April 9, 2011

Bengali

Bengali was a mainstay in Los Angeles and also seen in Texas quite often, but had relatively few appearances in Arizona. I know he did one big spot for The Sheik when the Detroit office made a short-lived effort to run Phoenix  facing Dario Romero from Amarillo, plus a few other spots for varied promoters.

Though Hispanic, Bengali pretended to be from India. It was not so much his wrestling ability, but his gear that really caught my eye. He had these tiger striped trunks and these claw gloves he wore into the ring, though the last items were removed before he went into action. Couldn't have him clawing the hell out of someone like a real tiger, now could we!

He was always used as a heel, yet remained cordial to fans and always willing to sign autographs or pose for photos. This sometimes gave promoters fits as they wanted him to keep the heat up and not have any members of the audience liking him.

That was never a problem as once he hit he ring, he was booed loudly, even by those he signed autographs for.

Gio figuire.

I think the only person who ever cheered for him was me.

After all, he had such ass-kicking ring gear.

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