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Bert Assirati (Bartolmeo Assirati) was born on 9 July, 1908, is a Bartolomeo Bert" Assirati was English wrestler. Discover Bert Assirati's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Bartolmeo Assirati
Occupation N/A
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 9 July 1908
Birthday 9 July
Birthplace N/A
Date of death 31 August, 1990
Died Place N/A
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Bert Assirati Height, Weight & Measurements

At 82 years old, Bert Assirati height is 5ft 7in and Weight 240 lb.

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Height 5ft 7in
Weight 240 lb
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Bert Assirati Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bert Assirati worth at the age of 82 years old? Bert Assirati’s income source is mostly from being a successful wrestler. He is from . We have estimated Bert Assirati's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1908

Bartolomeo "Bert" Assirati (9 July 1908 – 31 August 1990), was an English professional wrestler who became a multiple-time British Heavyweight Champion, and, posthumously, a charter member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

1938

He was known for displaying various feats of strength, including setting a British record in 1938 by lying on his back, and pulling over at arm's length a 200-pound barbell.

At 240 pounds, Assirati was one of the heaviest men to perform the iron cross.

Assirati began weight-training at the age of twelve.

At the age of seventeen, Assirati formed part of the acrobatic stage duo Mello and Nello.

Travelling to every port they could reach, the pair performed a variety of hand-balancing acts.

At the age of twenty, Assirati began his career as a professional wrestler, but continued to train as a weight-lifter.

At his highest weight, he was one of the strongest men in the world, and could still perform such acrobatic maneuvers as the iron cross and a one-arm hand stand.

After winning matches, Assirati would perform a standing back flip.

In 1938, Assirati deadlifted 800 pounds.

He trained for his career in wrestling under Atholl Oakeley.

Assirati was known as a vicious competitor.

He is said to have taken pleasure in injuring his opponents, and often refused to play along with the predetermined nature of professional wrestling.

Many promoters were reluctant to book him, because of his reputation for double-crossing his opponents, and many wrestlers were said to be afraid to wrestle him.

Assirati stated that Lou Thesz was one of the wrestlers afraid to face him.

In one version of the story, Assirati challenged Thesz to a match, but Thesz refused.

According to Thesz's account in his autobiography, he challenged Assirati for a series of wrestling matches, but Assirati did not respond to his request.

Wrestler Les Thornton stated that Assirati's eagerness to hurt people in the ring helped establish credibility for competitors who were willing to face him.

Assirati won his first major championship while competing in the British Wrestling Association (BWA).

1945

He had claimed to be the British Heavyweight Champion but did not win the title officially until 27 January 1945.

1947

Two years later, he also won the European version of the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Paul Yvar Martinsen in the final round of a tournament on 18 February 1947.

He later dropped this title to Martinson but continued to hold the British Heavyweight Championship.

1949

To this, he added the European Heavyweight Championship in 1949 by defeating Felix Miquet.

Miquet regained the title belt later that year, however.

1950

In 1950, Assirati left the British Wrestling Association to wrestle in India.

As a result, he was stripped of the British Heavyweight Championship.

1952

He returned to Europe and won back the European Heavyweight Championship in 1952 after Assirati was chosen to wrestle the long time AWA World Heavyweight Champion Maurice Tillet, The French Angel who was known as Unstoppable, and had won for a span of 19 consecutive months.

1953

Tillet's final wrestling match was in Singapore on 14 February 1953, he was working for The National Wrestling Alliance Mid South Area, then known as Tri-State and owned by Leroy McGuirk, and agreed to lose to Bert Assirati because Tillet's health had begun to fail due to being diagnosed with acromegaly at the early age of 20.

The condition usually caused by a benign tumor on the pituitary gland, resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening.

Because of this Tillet could no longer be advertised as Unstoppable.

1954

Shortly after Tillet died on 4 September 1954, in Chicago, from cardiovascular disease.

Afterwards Assirati, again, left for India and was forced to vacate the title.

1955

In 1955, he won his final championship by defeating Ernie Baldwin for the vacant British Heavyweight Championship.

1958

He was stripped of the title in 1958 by Joint Promotions, the governing body, although the British Wrestling Federation (BWF) continued to recognize him as their champion.

1960

In 1960 Assirati sustained an injury and the BWF stripped him of the title as well.

The championship was awarded to Shirley Crabtree, later better known as Big Daddy.

1966

Disgusted with the choice of successor, Assirati began a (non-storyline and unauthorised) campaign of harassment against the new champion at shows until Crabtree retired for six years in 1966.

Later in his life, Bert worked as doorman at the Ebbisham Halls in Epsom, Surrey, especially on the dance nights when many of the top acts of the sixties were playing there.

He used to enjoy showing a party trick of placing a metal drink cap between each of the fingers on both hands and completely crush them all at once.

1990

On 31 August 1990, Assirati died of bladder cancer.