- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMartin Austin Ruane
- Nickname
- Loch Ness
- Height2.02 m
- Deceased British professional wrestler and actor. He debuted in 1967 as Luke McMasters and was also billed as Haystacks Calhoun, taken from the American wrestler William 'Haystacks' Calhoun. He changed it to Giant Haystacks and wrestled all around the world under that name. He was renamed Loch Ness Monster in Stampede Wrestling. In February 1996, WCW brought him in as Loch Ness as a member of "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan's stable The Dungeon of Doom, debuting in a match against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. This was supposed to have led to a big match with Hulk Hogan, but he started having health problems. He left the Dungeon and had his only PPV match ever at WCW Uncensored (1996), losing to The Giant (Paul Wight). He retired and passed away from cancer in 1998.
His finishing move was an Elbow Drop: an over-600 lbs Elbow Drop.
He was a 1x Joint Promotions British Heavyweight Champion, a 1x Stampede International Tag Team Champion with The Dynamite Kid (Tommy Billington), and a 1x All-Star Wrestling European Heavyweight Champion.
He was friends with Sir Paul McCartney, who invited Haystacks to appear in his movie Rendez-vous à Broad Street (1984). McCartney was a fan and regularly attended Haystacks' matches.
He was a major ratings draw on ITV. His top feud in England was with Big Daddy.
In Stampede, he was a member of the stable Foley's Army, led by J.R. Foley.
Over his month in WCW, he squashed Scotty Riggs (Scotty Antol), Alex Wright, and Marcus Alexander Bagwell (Marcus Bagwell). WCW World Television Champion Lex Luger (Larry Pfohl) defeated him by count-out.- IMDb mini biography by: JasonIK75
- SpouseRita Boylan(1965 - November 29, 1998) (his death, 3 children)
- Beard
- Jackie Fullerton once interviewed him on Good Evening Ulster (1978). Fullerton asked him the inevitable question about whether wrestling is predetermined/choreographed. Haystacks offered to walk him through one of his regular moves, a piledriver. He lifted Fullerton up seven feet and dropped him on the padded mat. Fullerton was left groaning in agony, and Haystacks said that he should be following with the belly flop to be sure. Haystacks' point, that even prearranged and choreographed moves can still hurt, was made.
- His WCW production theme had been previously used by The Zodiac (Ed Leslie's Dungeon of Doom gimmick) and was later used by Rey Mysterio, meaning both the largest wrestler in WCW and one of the smallest used the same music.
- The video game Massuru bomâ (1993) included a character based on him named Titanic Tim.
- He was over a foot taller than his wife Rita, and they held the record for the greatest height difference between a married couple.
- Died on Sunday, November 29th, 1998 after a long, two year battle with cancer.
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