Jerry Tuite

Professional wrestling career Early career (1994–1999) Tuite made his debut in 1994 after training at Mike Sharpe's wrestling school in New Jersey, where he befriended Bam Bam Bigelow. Early in his career, he wrestled at events held in high schools for charity. On January 19, 1997, he defeated Primo Carnera III to win the vacant NJCW United States Championship, but lost it exactly four months later to Super Nova.

At Souled Out on January 16, 2000, The Wall appeared as the mystery opponent for Billy Kidman in a cage match, defeating him. He also defeated The Demon on February 20 at SuperBrawl. The Wall developed a sadistic streak and attacked younger wrestlers such as Crowbar and David Flair, which drew the ire of Bam Bam Bigelow. This led to a match between the two at Uncensored on March 19, which The Wall lost by disqualification after putting Bigelow through a table. Crowbar and Flair interfered in the match by attacking The Wall, but he chokeslammed Crowbar off a 20-foot-high platform, sending him through the stage. At Spring Stampede on April 6, The Wall faced Scott Steiner in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Championship, but lost his quarterfinal match by disqualification after accidentally chokeslamming the referee through a table. He then feuded with and lost to Shane Douglas in a tables match on June 11 at The Great American Bash. Sgt. A.W.O.L. reverted to back to his old character, The Wall.

Independent circuit (2001–2003) Tuite continued to wrestle as The Wall on the independent circuit following his WWF departure. He returned to NWA New Jersey on July 12, 2001, defeating Simon Diamond in a tournament final to win the NWA New Jersey Hardcore Championship. He is recognized as the final champion.

He made appearances for USA Pro Wrestling and Phoenix Championship Wrestling (PCW), where he defeated Harley Lewis on May 17, 2002, in a tables, ladders and doors match to win the PCW Heavyweight Championship. On July 20, he appeared for Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) under the name Snuff, defeating Vic Grimes. However, as Malice, he lost to Grimes in a rematch on October 5, which aired on television two weeks later. On November 2, The Wall defeated Devon Storm in an anything goes match to retain the PCW Heavyweight Championship.

On November 10, Malice took part in the All Access Wrestling (AAW) Heavyweight Championship tournament, defeating Norman Smiley, Kevin Northcutt and Joe Kane to win the title. Following this, he embarked on an international tour for World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA). At WWA Retribution on December 6, he teamed with Smiley in a loss to Buff Bagwell and Johnny Swinger. On December 13, he faced Lex Luger and Sting in a triple threat match for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, but lost after being pinned by Sting. He was stripped of the PCW Heavyweight Championship on March 22, 2003.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002–2003) On June 19, 2002, Tuite, under the name Malice, made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in a Gauntlet for the Gold match for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship, lasting until the end before he was defeated by Ken Shamrock. He aligned himself with James Mitchell to form the Disciples of the New Church. He faced Sabu in a ladder match on July 17 to determine the number one contender for the title, but lost. Malice subsequently feuded with TNA head of security Don Harris, who prevented him from chokeslamming Apolo after their match. He defeated Harris in a first blood match on August 7, before losing to him in a Last Man Standing match the following week. His last TNA appearance was on November 20, when he defeated Kory Williams.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003) Tuite made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) on February 8, 2003, as Gigantes, teaming with Arashi and The Gladiator to defeat Keiji Muto, Masanobu Fuchi and Jimmy Wang Yang. On February 16, Gigantes and John Tenta challenged Arashi and Nobutaka Araya for the All Asia Tag Team Championship, but lost the match by disqualification. On June 8, Gigantes teamed with The Gladiator in a four-man tournament for the vacant World Tag Team Championship, but lost in the semifinals against eventual winners Arashi and Muto. On September 6, Gigantes and Taka Michinoku unsuccessfully challenged Arashi and Muto for the titles. From November to December, he teamed with Buchanan in the 2003 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing in sixth place with six points. Tuite wrestled his final match on December 5, teaming with Buchanan and Justin Credible to defeat Araya, Kazushi Miyamoto and Tomoaki Honma. He is also a playable character, as Gigantes, in the 2004 video game King of Colosseum II.

Death On December 6, 2003, Tuite, aged 36, was found unconscious in his hotel room by All Japan Pro Wrestling management and several wrestlers, including La Parka and NOSAWA. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His cause of death was listed as an acute heart attack.

Four days after his death, TNA aired a memorial graphic for Tuite during their weekly pay-per-view.

Championships and accomplishments All Access Wrestling AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA New Jersey NWA New Jersey Hardcore Championship (1 time) New Jack City Wrestling NJCW United States Championship (1 time) Phoenix Championship Wrestling PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #126 of the 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000