| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Dellaserra (1951-03-03)March 3, 1951 (age 74) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bob Della Serra Johnny Heffernan The UFO Karl Steiner |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Debut | 1972 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Robert Dellaserra is a retiredCanadianprofessional wrestler. He is best known by hisring nameBob Della Serra,Johnny Heffernan andThe UFO who spent his career in Montreal, Calgary, Japan, Germany, Puerto Rico and Portland (Oregon).[2]
Della Serra, born in Montreal, made his wrestling debut in 1972 for Grand Prix in Montreal. In 1974, he worked forEastern Sports Association inNova Scotia andNew Brunswick.
In 1976, he made his debut in Japan as the maskedUFO forInternational Wrestling Enterprise. He worked there until 1979.
In 1981, he worked in Switzerland and in Germany forCatch Wrestling Association.
Then in 1982 he teamed up withDon Kent (wrestler) as theFabulous Kangaroos, where Della Serra took changed his name to "Johnny Heffernan" (or "Bobby Heffernan" at times) - a storyline cousin ofRoy Heffernan.[3] The team endedTerry andDory Funk Jr.'s year and a half run with the WWC World Tag Team championship on May 1, 1982. Kent and Heffernan held the gold for less than two months before losing the WWC World Tag Team titles to Invader I and Pierre Martel.[4] After a tour in Puerto Rico, Kent and Heffernan worked forChampionship Wrestling from Florida (CWF). On January 5, 1983, the Kangaroos defeatedBarry Windham andRon Bass to win theNWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship.[3] They held the titles four times between January and April 13, 1983, losing to and winning titles from such teams asTerry Allen and Scott McGhee, Terry Allen andThe Midnight Rider, and Terry Allen andBrad Armstrong.[4]
In 1983, he debuted for Montreal'sLutte Internationale where he became a household name. He teamed up with his brotherRocky Della Serra.[5] In 1984, he worked in Japan'sUniversal Wrestling Federation (Japan) asThe UFO and sometimes teamed with Rocky.
In 1985, he worked forNew Japan Pro Wrestling asKarl Steiner (no relation/reference to theSteiner Brothers). Also worked for Portland Wrestling from 1985 to 1986.
In 1987, Lutte Internationale folded and Della Serra returned to Nova Scotia until 1988 where he retired from wrestling.
Della Serra is the brother ofRocky Della Serra.[6]
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