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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Canal (1960-07-27)July 27, 1960 (age 65) |
Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
| Family | Bill Alfonso (cousin) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | El Hombre De La Habana, Cuba El Sanguinario Cubano El Cubanísimo El Cubano The Assassin The Boricua[1] The Cuban Assassin David Patterson[1] David Sierra The Destroyer Especialista II Fidel Barrio Fidel Sierra[2] Top Gun[2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) |
| Billed from | Parts Unknown (as Top Gun)[2] |
| Trained by | Hiro Matsuda[1] |
| Debut | 1978 |
David Canal[3] (born July 27, 1960) is aCubanprofessional wrestler better known by hisring name"The Cuban Assassin (El Sanguinario Cubano)" Fidel Sierra. He is notable for being a longtime veteran of the Puerto Rico-basedWorld Wrestling Council as well as for his appearances inWorld Championship Wrestling andPacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 1990s. He wrestled under the name The Cuban Assassin towards the end of his career.[4]
Sierra was born inCuba, but moved to theUnited States with his family when he was a year old.[1] His mother was Cuban and his father was Spanish.[1]
Sierra was trained byHiro Matsuda inTampa, Florida.[1]
Sierra has worked forPuerto Rico'sWorld Wrestling Council (WWC) since 1985, as both a wrestler and a backstage worker.[1] He also wrestled all over the United States, including inDallas, Texas for theVon Erich family, inMid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling forJim Crockett, Jr., inFlorida andGeorgia, and forDon Owen inPortland, Oregon.[1] He has also competed inStampede Wrestling inCanada, in theDominican Republic, and inJapan, via his association with theNational Wrestling Alliance.[1] In Japan, he competed against the likes ofAndre the Giant,Antonio Inoki, andTatsumi Fujinami.[1] He also competed under a mask inMexico as The Boricua until he lost aMask vs. Mask match toPierroth Jr.[1]
While wrestling under thering name 'Top Gun', Sierra facedRic Flair in a match that ended in a 60-minute time limit draw.[2]
Sierra also wrestled inWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) as 'Fidel Sierra', making appearances between 1989 and 2000. He is known for afeud withJim Duggan provoked by international tensions between the United States and Cuba.[2] In WCW, Fidel Sierra regularly teamed withRicky Santana. Originally billed asThe Cuban Connection (a name they first used inBill Watts'UWF where they feuded withthe Sheepherders)[5] the duo were renamedThe Barrio Brothers (Ricky Barrio and Fidel Barrio) in the mid-1990s in an effort to appear more up-to-date.[6] Sierra and Santana also performed in WCW wearing masks and full-body suits asLos Especialistas (Especialista I and Especialista II). Their identities were revealed on-air on the liveMain Event pre-show ofClash of the Champions XXXI, when they were unmasked byThe Nasty Boys following a match.
In between his WCW appearances, Sierra also wrestled several matches for theWorld Wrestling Federation in 1994 and 1995. Under the name 'Fidel Sierra', he made his first appearance on the February 5, 1994 episode ofWWF Superstars, teaming withBarry Horowitz in a loss toThe 1-2-3 Kid andMarty Jannetty. He then teamed with Ricky Santana in two tryout matches at WWF TV tapings that June, though the pair was not signed. Sierra would make two more appearances on WWF television in 1995 as 'David Sierra', losing toAldo Montoya on the January 30 episode ofMonday Night Raw and once again teaming with Barry Horowitz to lose toMen on a Mission on the February 9 edition ofWWF Wrestling Challenge.[7][8] In 2000, as Fidel Sierra, he feuded over (although never winning) the WCW TV title with Jim Duggan on WCW Saturday Night.
While wrestling in Canada as "Crazy" David Patterson, Sierra asked permission from the original Cuban Assassin,Ángel Acevedo, to use the 'Cuban Assassin'character, to which Acevedo agreed, on the condition that Sierra did not use the name or gimmick inJapan.[1][4]
Sierra is married to Fantasy, his long-time manager.[2] She is his fourth wife, and as of 2022, the pair have been married for 30 years.[2] Sierra has two daughters and a son.[2] Sierra and his wife own a sports bar, Crazy Dave's Sports Bar, inLargo, Florida.[1]
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