was from NEW Mexico, instead of his homeland, people wanted to string him up.”
Born Pablo Crispin, on June 18th, 1934 near Juarez, Mexico. He started his wrestling career with very humble beginnings; rumor has it that the payoff for his first match was a 6 pack of Coke.
Crispin paid his dues working all over Mexico through the 1960s until he captured his first title. On December 3, 1967 he was crowned the Mexican National Heavyweight Champion. He proudly defended his belt for over a year until losing it to Raul Reyes in Los Angeles. After that Goliath more or less made the Olympic Auditorium his home base.
1970 was a banner year in the career of the Great Goliath. There were title victories for the Pacific Coast heavyweight title, the Beat the Champ Television title and Americas Tag Team titles. At this time Goliath joined forces with fellow Mexican heel Black Gordman to establish one of the premier tag teams of the 70s and early 80s. Their first title victory came over El Medicos, and they battled many great teams over the years including, Raul Mata and David Morgan, Mil Mascaras and Ray Mendoza, The Hollywood Blondes, The Infernos and others. In all, Gordman and Goliath held the Americas tag titles for an unprecedented 18 times between 1970 and 1982.
On January 23, 1978 Goliath and Gordman journeyed to Sacramento to battle the German tandem of Kurt and Karl Von Steiger and came away the NWA World Tag Team champions. Though they rarely strayed far from the Southern California area, when they did Gordman and Goliath worked against the top teams of the regions. Along the way they captured tag team gold in both Texas and Georgia.
In the early 80s Crispin relocated to San Bernadino, CA where he opened a very successful wrestling school. He started promoting local shows featuring his students and continued to perform on those shows until the mid 90s. His last match took place on January 21, 1995, just a few months short of his 61st birthday.
Goliath was one of the most entertaining and versatile Mexican wrestlers of his day. He easily transformed himself from a high flying Luchador in the 1960s to a stomping, kicking, rule-breaking heel in the American style in the 1970s. He was truly a heel that you loved to hate.