Jerry Balisok
- January 11, 2024
- Professional Wrestler
Quick Facts
Full Name | Jerry Balisok |
Date Of Birth | Sep 8, 1955(1955-09-08) |
Age | 69 |
Date Of Death | April 18, 2013, Granada, Nicaragua |
Birthplace | Biloxi |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Mississippi |
Horoscope | Virgo |
Jerry Balisok Biography
Birthday | Sep 8 |
Birth Year | 1955 |
Jerry Balisok is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on September 8, 1955 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
Balisok was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to Coleman Balisok, a school teacher, and Marjorie Balisok, a hospital nurse. As a toddler, the Balisok family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and Jerry graduated from Huntsville High School in
- Coleman died from a heart attack when Jerry was 13, leaving Marjorie to raise him as a single, working mother. As a standout high school wrestler, Balisok caught the attention of Buddy Fuller, promoter of Southeastern Championship Wrestling which ran events in the Huntsville area.
Instead of using his money to attend the University of Tampa, Balisok bought a motorcycle store in Huntsville, Alabama in 1974. While recovering from his motorcycle accident, Balisok began focusing more on his business. However, the FBI soon began investigating Balisok for check forgery. In 1977, Balisok was indicted on 13 counts of check forgery for writing bad checks over international lines. The prosecution accused Balisok of paying for motorcycle parts in Caribbean countries while performing on overseas wrestling tours with fraudulent checks. Under federal law, Balisok faced 10 years in prison for each count due to the dollar amount each check was written for.
Jerry Balisok Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Professional Wrestler |
House | Living in own house. |
Jerry Balisok is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerry Balisok 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jerry Bibb Balisok (September 8, 1955 – April 18, 2013) was an American professional wrestler known as Mr. X, and an FBI fugitive. He is best known for skipping bail, faking his own death, and convincing law enforcement officials he died in the 1978 Jonestown Massacre. Living under the fake identity Ricky Allen Wetta, Balisok was arrested in 1989 for attempted murder in King County, Washington. Once the fingerprinting process was complete, law enforcement officials learned Ricky Allen Wetta was indeed Jerry Balisok. His capture made national headlines across the United States, and drew national criticism towards the FBI investigators for not properly identifying the remains believed to be Balisok’s.
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In December 1978, the cover of Life Magazine showed the dead bodies of those who committed mass suicide as part of the Jonestown massacre. Balisok’s mother, Marjorie, told the FBI that three of the bodies in the Life Magazine photo were Balisok, his wife Deborah, and her son. The FBI quickly dismissed Marjorie’s belief, but she asked to identify the bodies once the remains were flown back to the United States from Guyana. The FBI informed her that all of the bodies in Jonestown were decomposed by the time law enforcement officials arrived, and they were all buried in Oakland, California, thus making identification of the bodies impossible. Upset at the FBI after hearing this news, Marjorie had a tombstone placed for Balisok at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama with the inscription, “Damn the state dept.”
Facts & Trivia
Jessica Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jerry Balisok celebrates birthday on September 8 of every year.
In the 1980s, Balisok earned wealth from commercial real estate development, primarily on hotels. In 1988, Balisok purchased a hotel property in Wenatchee, Washington. The property caught fire later that year, and investigators quickly ruled it an arson. Balisok was later indicted for the crime after prosecutors accused him of setting fire to the building to collect the insurance monies. For an unknown reason, when law enforcement officials fingerprinted Ricky Allen Wetta during the booking process, his real identity of Jerry Balisok did not come up in their database.