How pro wrestling star Ben Bishop went from basketball player to 'Big Trouble in Little China'-inspired giant

"Big Trouble" Ben Bishop is usually nan tallest man successful nan room. He stands astatine a brooding "6-foot-12" and packs an unthinkable punch successful nan squared circle that has made him 1 of nan top independent wrestlers connected nan segment today.

Bishop is simply a erstwhile assemblage hoops subordinate astatine nan University of Vermont, who decided to take a changeable astatine pro wrestling erstwhile his collegiate profession was over. He explained to Fox News Digital successful a caller question and reply that he wasn’t "in love" pinch hoops contempt loving nan squad facet of nan athletics and Vermont. He stayed progressive playing Australian rules football.

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It wasn’t until he took successful an independent show that pro wrestling piqued his interest.

"I went to an independent wrestling show conscionable arsenic a instrumentality not moreover reasoning astir getting into wrestling and I was approached by a fewer wrestlers and nan adjacent time I started training," he said. "And that was that, and now 7 years later, present I am. The modulation wasn’t ace difficult erstwhile it comes to nan physicality of it. With basketball, everlastingly I was moving connected my footwork, moving my assemblage successful space.

Ben Bishop hypes up Richard Holliday astatine Awesome Championship Wrestling. (Jay Vogel)

"I deliberation that’s nan biggest hurdle for a batch of group getting into wrestling if they don’t person an diversion inheritance – conscionable learning really to move your assemblage successful space. And then, of course, there’s a batch much that goes into it erstwhile it comes to nan psychology of professional wrestling, what happens successful nan ring, erstwhile to do definite things, each that. But picked up nan physicality of it and nan athleticism of it beautiful quick. So, hoops was decidedly a immense help."

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Bishop said his gimmick is inspired by Kurt Russell’s characteristic successful nan movie "Big Trouble successful Little China."

"Sometimes, I deliberation it’s harder to explicate who I am. Sometimes, I inquire myself who I americium each azygous day," he told Fox News Digital. "Ben Bishop is conscionable me. It’s conscionable maine turned up to 11. When I first sewage into wrestling, I decided who I wanted to beryllium successful wrestling. There’s a cardinal large guys and I’m a legit ‘6-foot-12.’ That’s portion of my gimmick – ‘6-foot-12, 15% of a metric ton.’ I ever asked myself who do I want to beryllium and there’s a cardinal monsters successful pro wrestling. The guys who are conscionable brooding, large bad a--  guys. That’s not me. I’m beautiful fun-loving. I don’t return myself excessively serious. I for illustration to person a bully time. I thought astir it and I really return a batch of my inspiration from nan movie ‘Big Trouble successful Little China.’

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Ben Bishop offers support to Richard Holliday astatine Awesome Championship Wrestling. (Jay Vogel)

"I deliberation Kurt Russell’s characteristic Jack Burton successful that movie beautiful overmuch encapsulates ‘Big Trouble’ Ben Bishop. What americium I doing here, not taking yourself excessively seriously, anti-hero type of character. I emotion to person a bully time, beforehand myself connected societal media – comedic skits – but you cognize erstwhile it comes down to business successful nan ring, I get worldly done and everybody’s successful large problem arsenic corny arsenic that sounds. But that’s kinda me. I ever opportunity what you spot if what you get pinch Ben Bishop. I don’t hide anything. I don’t person immoderate ulterior motives, aliases thing for illustration that. I emotion wrestling, I emotion to person a bully clip and I emotion to harvester nan two."

Bishop has been astir nan independent circuit for a fewer years, but has seemingly enjoyed himself astatine Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) arsenic he’s offered support for "The Most Marketable Man" Richard Holliday.

He said he joined ACW aft connecting pinch nan tag squad duo known arsenic The Now, Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins. He’s group to person a lucifer astatine ACW Reckoning astatine nan MJN Center successful Poughkeepsie, New York adjacent week. He will besides beryllium backmost successful Holliday’s area for his lucifer against Andrade.

"Myself and Richard Holliday, we’ve decided that we’re teaming up astatine Awesome Championship Wrestling because we do judge successful our hearts, different group judge it excessively including WWE superstar Matt Cardona, we are 2 of nan apical guys connected nan independent circuit correct now – barroom none," he said. "We are nan 2 guys that gets nan astir eyes connected us. That’s nan quality of master wrestling – getting eyes connected you, getting eyes connected nan merchandise and group successful seats. And we’re 2 of nan champion astatine it connected nan independent circuit.

Ben Bishop gives Killer Kross nan business astatine Awesome Championship Wrestling. (Jay Vogel)

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"Unfortunately, astatine nan past show, things didn’t spell our measurement backmost successful March. Killer Kross recovered a measurement to return nan ACW title. All is adjacent successful emotion and warfare successful master wrestling. It is what it is. We’re moving on. In astir 2 weeks, Holliday’s sewage a immense lucifer against Andrade and I person a immense lucifer against Foxx Vinyer. We’re some looking to get backmost connected nan correct track. Foxx is simply a helluva competitor. I mean he’s been astir for a agelong time. He’s a staple successful nan Northeast wrestling scene. But I’m a staple each complete nan god-dang country. I cognize Foxx is gonna bring it but I’m gonna bring it a batch harder."