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{{short description|Cuban professional wrestler}}
{{redirect|David Sierra|Spanish football goalkeeper|David Sierra (footballer)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name = Fidel Sierra
|image =
|caption =
|birth_name = David Canal
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|27}}
|birth_place = [[Cuba]]<ref name="Varsallone2"/>
|spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Crystal McLaughlin|1978|1980|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Trisa Samowski|1982|1985|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Mary Harrison|1987|1990|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Fantasy|1992}}
}}
|children = 3
|family = [[Bill Alfonso]] (cousin)
|names = El Hombre De La Habana, Cuba El Sanguinario Cubano El Cubanísimo El Cubano The Assassin The Boricua<ref name="Varsallone2"/> The Cuban Assassin David Patterson<ref name="Varsallone2"/> David Sierra The Destroyer Especialista II Fidel Barrio Fidel Sierra<ref name="Varsallone1"/> Top Gun<ref name="Varsallone1"/>

|height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
|weight = {{convert|265|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
|billed = Parts Unknown (as Top Gun)<ref name="Varsallone1"/>
|trainer = [[Hiro Matsuda]]<ref name="Varsallone2"/>
|debut = 1978
|retired =
}}
'''David Canal'''<ref name="pwtorch">{{cite web |url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_TPFKATL_font_24/article_2936.shtml |title=Last Call with Mallory: Girls Gone Wild, Wrestlers' Court, Rock |first=Mallory |last=Mahling |date=2003-03-08 |publisher=PWTorch |access-date=2012-08-23}}</ref> (born July 27, 1960) is a [[Cuba]]n [[professional wrestler]] better known by his [[ring name]] '''"The Cuban Assassin (El Sanguinario Cubano)" Fidel Sierra'''. He is notable for being a longtime veteran of the Puerto Rico-based [[World Wrestling Council]] as well as for his appearances in [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]] during the 1980s and 1990s. He wrestled under the name The Cuban Assassin towards the end of his career.<ref name="Slam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/cubanassassin.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720230240/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/cubanassassin.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 20, 2012|title=SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Cuban Assassin|date=June 27, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2011|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Sierra was born in [[Cuba]], but moved to the [[United States]] with his family when he was a year old.<ref name="Varsallone2"/> His mother was Cuban and his father was Spanish.<ref name="Varsallone2"/>

== Professional wrestling career ==
Sierra was trained by [[Hiro Matsuda]] in [[Tampa, Florida]].<ref name="Varsallone2"/>

Sierra has worked for [[Puerto Rico]]'s [[World Wrestling Council]] (WWC) since 1985, as both a wrestler and a backstage worker.<ref name="Varsallone2"/> He also wrestled all over the United States, including in [[Dallas, Texas]] for the [[Von Erich family]], in [[Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling]] for [[Jim Crockett, Jr.]], in [[Florida]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and for [[Don Owen (wrestling promoter)|Don Owen]] in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref name="Varsallone2"/> He has also competed in [[Stampede Wrestling]] in [[Canada]], in the [[Dominican Republic]], and in [[Japan]], via his association with the [[National Wrestling Alliance]].<ref name="Varsallone2"/> In Japan, he competed against the likes of [[Andre the Giant]], [[Antonio Inoki]], and [[Tatsumi Fujinami]].<ref name="Varsallone2"/> He also competed under a mask in [[Mexico]] as The Boricua until he lost a [[Professional wrestling match types#Luchas de apuestas|Mask vs. Mask match]] to [[Norberto Salgado Salcedo|Pierroth Jr.]]<ref name="Varsallone2"/>

While wrestling under the [[ring name]] 'Top Gun', Sierra faced [[Ric Flair]] in a match that ended in a 60-minute time limit draw.<ref name="Varsallone1"/>

Sierra also wrestled in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as 'Fidel Sierra', making appearances between 1989 and 2000. He is known for a [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[Jim Duggan]] provoked by international tensions between the United States and Cuba.<ref name="Varsallone1"/> In WCW, Fidel Sierra regularly teamed with [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]]. Originally billed as '''The Cuban Connection''' (a name they first used in [[Bill Watts]]' [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts)|UWF]] where they feuded with [[The Bushwhackers|the Sheepherders]])<ref>''Gold Belt Wrestling'' March 1988 - photo feature on barbed wire match The Sheepherders vs The Cuban Connection</ref> the duo were renamed '''The Barrio Brothers''' ([[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Barrio]] and Fidel Barrio) in the mid-1990s in an effort to appear more up-to-date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4535&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=124|title=Ricky Santana Interview Recap|access-date=2011-10-21|publisher=f4wonline.com}}</ref> Sierra and Santana also performed in WCW wearing masks and full-body suits as '''Los Especialistas''' ([[Aldo Ortiz|Especialista I]] and Especialista II). Their identities were revealed on-air on the live [[WCW Main Event|Main Event]] pre-show of [[Clash of the Champions XXXI]], when they were unmasked by [[The Nasty Boys]] following a match.

In between his WCW appearances, Sierra also wrestled several matches for the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] in 1994 and 1995. Under the name 'Fidel Sierra', he made his first appearance on the February 5, 1994 episode of ''[[WWF Superstars]]'', teaming with [[Barry Horowitz]] in a loss to [[Sean Waltman|The 1-2-3 Kid]] and [[Marty Jannetty]]. He then teamed with Ricky Santana in two tryout matches at WWF TV tapings that June, though the pair was not signed. Sierra would make two more appearances on WWF television in 1995 as 'David Sierra', losing to [[Justin Credible|Aldo Montoya]] on the January 30 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and once again teaming with Barry Horowitz to lose to [[Men on a Mission]] on the February 9 edition of ''[[WWF Wrestling Challenge]]''.<ref name="WWF94">{{cite web|url=http://thehistoryofwwe.com/94.htm|title=1994 WWF results|access-date=January 19, 2018|work=History of WWE}}</ref><ref name="WWF95">{{cite web|url=http://thehistoryofwwe.com/95.htm|title=1995 WWF results|access-date=January 19, 2018|work=History of WWE}}</ref> In 2000, as Fidel Sierra, he feuded over (although never winning) the WCW TV title with Jim Duggan on WCW Saturday Night.

While wrestling in Canada as "Crazy" David Patterson, Sierra asked permission from the original Cuban Assassin, [[Ángel Acevedo]], to use the 'Cuban Assassin' [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|character]], to which Acevedo agreed, on the condition that Sierra did not use the name or gimmick in [[Japan]].<ref name="Varsallone2"/><ref name="Slam"/>

== Personal life ==
Sierra is married to Fantasy, his long-time manager.<ref name="Varsallone1">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/19/2414273/storied-career-for-floridas-cuban.html |title=Storied career for Florida's Cuban Assassin Fidel Sierra |date=September 19, 2011 |last=Varsallone |first=Jim |access-date=December 16, 2011 |work=[[The Miami Herald]] |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026103818/http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/19/2414273/storied-career-for-floridas-cuban.html |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is his fourth wife, and as of 2022, the pair have been married for 30 years.<ref name="Varsallone1"/> Sierra has two daughters and a son.<ref name="Varsallone1"/> Sierra and his wife own a sports bar, Crazy Dave's Sports Bar, in [[Largo, Florida]].<ref name="Varsallone2">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/19/2414273_p2/storied-career-for-floridas-cuban.html |title=Storied career for Florida's Cuban Assassin Fidel Sierra |date=September 19, 2011 |last=Varsallone |first=Jim |access-date=December 16, 2011 |work=[[The Miami Herald]] |page=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20111216155002/http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/19/2414273_p2/storied-career-for-floridas-cuban.html |archive-date=December 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Championships and accomplishments ==
*'''American Championship Wrestling'''
**ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Col. Payne<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref>
*'''[[Cauliflower Alley Club]]'''
**Men's Wrestling Award (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/cuban-assassin-to-receive-mens-wrestling-honor/ |title=Cuban Assassin to Receive Men's Wrestling Honor {{!}} Cauliflower Alley Club |website=www.caulifloweralleyclub.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418150630/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/cuban-assassin-to-receive-mens-wrestling-honor/ |archive-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
*'''[[Championship Wrestling from Florida]]'''
**[[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])<ref name="Varsallone2"/>
*'''[[Pacific Northwest Wrestling|Championship Wrestling U.S.A.]]'''
**CWUSA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="Titles"/>
*'''Florida Underground Wrestling'''
**NWA FUW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
*'''Impact Pro Wrestling'''
**IPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*'''[[International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)|International Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[IWA World Tag Team Championship|IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)]] - with [[Miguel Perez, Jr.]], [[Jesús Castillo, Jr.|Huracan Castillo]], Pain and [[Ricky Banderas]] as Los Intocables
*'''[[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship#Title history|4 times]])<ref name="Varsallone2"/>
**[[NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship#Title history|8 times]]) - with [[Rip Oliver]] (5),<ref name=Jan17F4W>{{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0117-vader-wins-iwgp-heavyweight-title-301956 | title=Pro wrestling history (01/17): Vader wins IWGP heavyweight title | date=January 17, 2019 | access-date=January 18, 2019 | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online]] | first=Brian | last=Hoops}}</ref> [[Dynamite Kid]] (1), [[Bobby Jaggers]] (1), and [[Raven (wrestler)|Scotty The Body]] (1)<ref name="Varsallone2"/>
**[[NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship]] ([[NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship#Title history|2 times]])
*'''''Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter'''''
**Wrestler of the Year (1988)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pnw/pnw16-2.htm |title=Regional Territories: PNW #16 Page #2 |author=Rodgers, Mike |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com }}</ref>
*'''[[World Wrestling Council]]'''
**[[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])
**[[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship]] ([[WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship#Title history|3 times]])
**[[WWC World Tag Team Championship]] ([[WWC World Tag Team Championship#Title history|4 times]]) - with [[Aldo Ortiz|Ricky Santana]] (2), [[Francisco Flores (wrestling)|The Mexican Angel]] (1) and [[Lou Fabiano|Mohammed Hussein]] (1)
**[[WWC Television Championship]] ([[WWC Television Championship#Title History|2 times]])
*'''Other titles'''
**CWO Eastern States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Beau James (1) and Cuban Militia (1)

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.cubanworldwide.com/}}
* {{Professional wrestling profiles}}

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Fidel Sierra - Revision history

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