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Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: Worked as a booker for a time and had ownership points with the WWF and with the World Wrestling Council.Once per Episode: Yelling, exasperated, "WILL YOU STOP?" to Bobby Heenan when they would be doing commentary.note It works because anyone who saw it and didn't know what it meant would just think it was a made-up word, thus protecting Kayfabe.

Kayfabe: Believed in maintaining it so much he even had it on his license plate.I Resemble That Remark!: When Monsoon complained on commentary about cheating tactics at Survivor Series 87, Jesse Ventura accused him of doing things like that in his in-ring career, and Monsoon said, "I may resemble that remark.".It would later be downplayed when he turned face and he started speaking English in interviews again. Foreign Wrestling Heel: Billed from Manchuria.Finishing Move: Airplane Spin, Manchurian Splash.The nickname stuck for the rest of his life and he would occasionally be called Gino on the air by Ventura and Heenan. Early-Installment Weirdness: Before becoming a foreign heel under the Gorilla Monsoon name, he wrestled as "Gino Marella" an Italian-American babyface who would sing in Italian before his matches.Vince McMahon interviewed Monsoon, who said, "This guy doesn't know a wristlock from a wristwatch." Monsoon picked up Ali, gave him an airplane spin and set him back down on the mat. Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: After winning a short match against Baron Mikel Scicluna in Philadelphia, PA, on June 2, 1976, Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, who was at ringside and was preparing for what would be a disastrous "match" with Antonio Inoki, ran into the ring and attacked Monsoon.Blind Without 'Em: They were actually tinted glasses.In the interview, Bret said in re Diesel, "despite all his rage, he is still just a rat in a cage", and Gorilla recognized the reference. On the February 17 (taped January 23), 1996 WWF Superstars, Vince McMahon interviewed Bret Hart about his cage match against Diesel the following night at in Your House #6.During Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz (Steve Lombardi)'s TV debut match, against George Anderson on the September 18 (taped August 30), 1994 WWF Wrestling Challenge, he compared Abe's baseball face paint to "the baseball gang" from The Warriors.Cool Old Guy: Could be very sharp about pop culture at times.Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: with Heenan.Beat Them at Their Own Game and A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Whenever a face wrestler used this tactic against a villain for instance, someone grabs Jimmy Hart's megaphone and clocks the villain with it Monsoon would remark approvingly, "Turnabout is fair play!".

Bash Brothers: (in the ring as a heel): George "The Animal" Steele" (in the ring as a face): Bruno Sammartino (on commentary) Jesse Ventura and Bobby Heenan.Two things you don't want to stand in the way of.

Awesome Mc Cool Name: Say it aloud: Gorilla.

Fans who don't remember that have found it jarring.

He commonly used the phrase about any good technical wrestler before it applied solely to Bret (Cowboy Bob Orton for example).

Ascended Meme: He was the first one to say Bret Hart had "Excellence of Execution," which, once a "the" was added, would become one of his Red Barons.

Arch-Enemy: (as a heel): Bruno Sammartino (as a face) George "The Animal" Steele, "Superstar" Billy Graham.

Actor Allusion: Jesse Ventura, in his role as commentator, would often criticize referee Joey Marella, who was Gorilla's son.

"These tropes are literally hanging from the rafters here at the Garden": He passed away from heart failure on October 6th, 1999. His last public appearance was as a judge for the "Brawl for All" fight between Butterbean and Bart Gunn at WrestleMania XV, which Butterbean won in 35 seconds. He was a 2x Monsoon was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994.

Robert James "Gino" Marella (J October 6, 1999) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, announcer and executive from New York City best known for his work for the Louis, and for the World Championship Wrestling promotion in Australia (not to be confused with WCW).