Background
Ghaffari, Matt was born on November 11, 1961 in Tehran, Iran.
Ghaffari, Matt was born on November 11, 1961 in Tehran, Iran.
Ghaffari attended Paramus High School in Paramus, New Jersey.
He was a two-time Olympic team member, obtaining a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Representing the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Ghaffari reached the final of the Men"s Greco-Roman 130 kg, where he lost to Russia"s Aleksandr Karelin. Ghaffari managed to take Ogawa down and attack him with a brief ground and pound, but back to standing, Ogawa landed a punch which shifted Matt"s left eye contact lens and forced him to quit.
In 1996, Ghaffari was scouted by professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling and was featured in several vignettes, but did not sign up with the company.
They held the championship until April 29, 2003, when they lost it to Hashimoto and Ogawa. In 2004, Ghaffari made an apparition for HUSTLE, pinning Ogawa after a beatdown from the heel faction Monster Army (Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Dusty Rhodes Junior, Giant Silva and Dan Bobish).
In wrestling
Finishing moves
Ghaffari Press (Running splash)
Signature moves
Side belly to belly suplex
Entrance themes
"Imperial March" by John Williams
Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tom Howard.
Married; children: Nicole, Mary, Kimia.