His real name is Robert Otto Marella.

That wasn’t cool enough for pro wrestling fans so he changed it to perhaps the coolest goddamn nickname in the history of cool nicknames.

This tall tale of Monsoon’s childhood sums it up:

“… a terrifying giant from Manchuria. Supposedly born on an isolated farm, ‘Monsoon’ traveled across the countryside with a gypsy caravan wrestling bears, spoke no English, ate raw meat, and drank his victims’ blood.”

There are some cool real names out there.

For example, former defenseman for the New York Rangers of the NHL, Jeff Beukeboom, has a killer last name. Blogging Boner has always been fascinated with that last name since the mid- to-late 1990s for some unknown reason.

Weird.

That’s besides the point. The point is Gorilla Monsoon has the coolest goddamn nickname in the history of cool nicknames.

It’s even better than Blogging Boner.