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Gorilla Monsoon

1937 - 1999

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Robert James "Gino" Marella (June 4, 1937 – October 6, 1999), better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker. Monsoon is famous for his run as a villainous super-heavyweight main eventer, and later as the voice of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), as commentator and backstage manager during the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gorilla Monsoon has received more than 2,257,811 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gorilla Monsoon is the 169th most popular wrestler (up from 171st in 2019), the 8,546th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,707th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Gorilla Monsoon ranks 169 out of 1,027. Before him are Mr. Fuji, Nathan Jones, King Kong Bundy, Axel Grönberg, Stefan Angelov, and Walter. After him are Paul Bearer, Stephanie McMahon, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, John Layfield, and Daniel Robin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Gorilla Monsoon ranks 438. Before him are Klara Guseva, Conny Vandenbos, German Sveshnikov, Jay Silvester, François Bonlieu, and Carlos Campos. After him are Louis Neefs, Walter Graf, Joseph P. Allen, Julian Barbour, Martin Litchfield West, and C. R. Hagen. Among people deceased in 1999, Gorilla Monsoon ranks 242. Before him are Umyar Mavlikhanov, Faith Domergue, Yuriy Istomin, Nathan Jacobson, Mohammad Mohammadullah, and Boris Kuznetsov. After him are Masaji Kiyokawa, Jack Lynch, Guillermo Arellano, Necil Kazım Akses, Anthony Newley, and Paul-Émile de Souza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gorilla Monsoon ranks 8,546 out of 20,380. Before him are Barbara Boxer (1940), Maxfield Parrish (1870), Dana DeArmond (1979), Cass Gilbert (1859), John Buscema (1927), and Jack Harlow (1998). After him are Laura Nyro (1947), David Hammond (1881), Mamie Smith (1891), Shane McMahon (1970), Dudley Nichols (1895), and Ron Cephas Jones (1957).

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Among WRESTLERS In United States

Among wrestlers born in United States, Gorilla Monsoon ranks 59. Before him are Jimmy Hart (1943), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), Jake Roberts (1955), Rob Van Dam (1970), Mr. Fuji (1934), and King Kong Bundy (1955). After him are Paul Bearer (1954), Stephanie McMahon (1976), John Layfield (1966), Curt Hennig (1958), Mark Schultz (1960), and Paul Heyman (1965).

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