History Wrestling / GaryAlbright

** In Stampede Wrestling, he was a supposedly billed from Karachi, Pakistan.

** In pro wrestling, victims of suplexes often have to help the attacker by leaping up with the move. This was ''never'' needed help when Albright suplexed someone.
** There was a funny story that Dave Meltzer wrote in the Wrestling Observer when Gary passed. When he was at Nebraska, the coach would get on him about going to the gym. One day Gary was so fed up that he went into the gym, asked what the school squat record was, and proceeded to break it. The coach never harassed him after that.

* DownerEnding: His death in 2000 by heart attack. Worse, he died in a pro wrestling match he was booked to win.

* BadassBeard: As a {{Face}}, as he had an impressive goatee.
* BadassCrew: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6TO_ko0qQo Look who he hangs out with.]]

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Albright The Other Wiki]].

-->-- '''Ted Pelc''', UWFI English Commentator.

Gary Albright (May 18, 1963 – January 7, 2000) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Stampede Wrestling, Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation and Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. He first started as an amateur wrestling star, setting several records as a NCAA in the University of Nebraska before turning to pro wrestling. Training under people like Wrestling/LouThesz and Wrestling/BillyRobinson, he signed up to Stu Hart's Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling, mainly wrestling as a foreign heel named Vokhan Singh. After the closure of Stampede in 1989, he travelled to Japan and joined the shoot-style promotion UWF International, where he became famous to Japanese audiences as a frightening superheavyweight gaijin who knocked people dead with his suplexes. He was one of the few people who got a clean victory over the famed Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada, headlining many events and giving birth to legendary feuds. When he could not get more from UWF, he switched to Giant Baba's All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he teamed with guys like Wrestling/StanHansen and Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams and challenged Wrestling/ToshiakiKawada among other highlights. However, tragedy struck around that time when Albright collapsed on a ring and never got up again. He was pronounced dead due to a heart attack, leaving behind a widow belonging to the Samoan Anoa'i wrestling family and an impressive legacy in the history of puroresu.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Was explosively quick when he wanted to be, especially when he suplexes some poor soul.

* BloodKnight: There are stories of him getting into fights outside of the ring, usually when he was out drinking. Said fights used to be against soldiers, martial artists and/or street fighters, yet people comment the fights were often like a child versus an adult.

* DramaticDislocation: Mixed with MajorInjuryUnderreaction. During a training session with Mark Fleming, when the latter went for a takedown, he popped Albright's knee out of the socket. The UWF-I staff was about have a fit when Albright just popped it back and continued training.

** An ancient rumor says that Albright was blacklisted from the early UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship events because his size, athleticism, wrestling acumen and familiarity with submissions would have been too much to handle by Royce Gracie. While there's no proof that Albright was ever interested in competing in UFC, it's known that the Gracies refused to let amateur wrestlers (except by a single, controlled example, Wrestling/DanSevern) until Royce's very final participation at the fourth event, so it's probable Albright's name came up at some point to be crossed out of the list.

* PowerTrio: In Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, the Triangle of Power with Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams and Lacrosse. He also was the leader of the second incarnation with Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama and Takao Omori, until they broke off and began the TagTeam NO FEAR.