Robert Maillet

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Robert Maillet


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Kurgan Kurrgan The Interrogator Acadian Giant Goliath El Gigante
Billed height	213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
Billed weight	158 kg (330 lb)
Born	October 26, 1969 (1969-10-26) (age 38) Ste-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
Trained by	Stephen Petitpas, Bret Hart, Leo Burke
Debut	1989

Robert Maillet (born October 26, 1969) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation (or WWF, now known since 2002 as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE), as a member of the Truth Commission and the Oddities as Kurrgan.

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Robert got his start in the early 1990s working for Stephen Petitpas Maritime Championship Wrestling and then for Canadian Championship Wrestling. Both of these promotions operated around the Canadian maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Both of these promotions went out of business by 1994. Maillet spent some time in Japan working for the W*ING promotion as Goliath El Gigante. Maillet signed for the WWF in 1997 alongside The Jackyl as a member of The Truth Commission. The group was sent to the United States Wrestling Association before being called up to the WWF. After The Truth Commission disbanded, Kurrgan went on to be part of the The Human Oddities. He now works for Jacques Rougeau's wrestling events as Kurgan. On July 8, 2005, he wrestled "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan during half-time of a CFL game in Montreal.

Robert Maillet was featured in the movie 300, released in 2007, an adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. He played the part of the "Uber-Immortal" a savage, gigantic member of the enemy's imperial guard.