Rick Bognar

Richard Bognar (January 16, 1970 – September 20, 2019) was a Canadian professional wrestler, actor, and motivational speaker, best known as the "fake" Razor Ramon who debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) alongside the "fake" Diesel in a storyline following the move of the original Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) and Diesel (Kevin Nash) from the WWF to World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Bognar also wrestled as Big Titan in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he won the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship with The Gladiator. Bognar wrestled his first match in Calgary in 1988 at the age of 18, after which he was rewarded with $25 and a six-pack of beer. According to Bognar, he "only got to wrestle in a couple matches a month" and worked as a bouncer for two years. He wrestled for several promotions on the Western Canada independent circuit using the ring names Rick Titan and Mega Mask. He also briefly wrestled for Stampede Wrestling in 1990. In 1991, Bognar went to Japan to work for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) under the ring name Big Titan, after sending a videotape that drew the interest of Onita. He made his FMW in-ring debut on July 19, defeating Ricky Fuji. In November, he was paired with The Gladiator in the World's Strongest Tag Team Tournament, scoring a total of six points. On January 15, 1992, Titan defeated Onita to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship, his first professional wrestling championship.