Birthday
1956/09/26 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Also know as
Demolition Blast, Richard 'Le Manifique', The Tempest, Mauler Malone, Garth Vader
Richard Charland became a wrestler with the encouragement by Mad Dog Vachon. The mat legend had met Charland, as a youngster, who was studying judo, and told him to consider professional wrestling as an option. Charland listened, and took up amateur wrestling for a few years before turning pro in 1972, at the young age of 16. He debuted in the Montreal-based Grand Prix Wrestling, and beat Pat Gerard Jr. in his first match. In 1974, he wrestled his first overseas tour for International Wrestling...Read more