To his family and classmates at Jefferson High School, he was known as Bob Marella. To the world, he was known as Gorilla Monsoon, one of professional wrestling's best known performers in the 1960s and 1970s. The character he created was typical of the outlandish back stories that made wrestling so popular on television at the time. "Gorilla" was a growling Manchurian giant who wrestled bears, spoke no English, and ate raw meat. -Rochester Democrat & Chronicle