Great Goliath | |
Names: | Great Goliath El Goliath Victor Gordman[1] |
Birthname: | Pablo Ordaz Crispín |
Birth Date: | June 18, 1934[2] |
Birth Place: | Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Death Date: | [3] |
Trainer: | Carlos "Gorila" Ramos |
Debut: | 1959 |
Retired: | 1990 |
Pablo Ordaz Crispín (June 18, 1934 – April 12, 2004) was a Mexican professional wrestler under the name Great Goliath. He teamed up with Black Gordman in Mexico and Los Angeles during most of his career.
Crispin made his professional wrestling debut in Mexico in 1959. In 1969, Goliath won his first title in the Mexican National Heavyweight defeating Henry Pilusso which he held for 305 days. In 1970, Goliath made his debut in Los Angeles where he teamed up with Black Gordman as a heel tag team. He and Gordman won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship twenty times from 1970 to 1982.[4] They also worked in Texas, Japan, World Wide Wrestling Federation, San Francisco and Georgia.
Goliath died on April 12, 2004, at 69 years old.[5]