Raymond Kessler

Raymond Kessler


in New York City, New York, United States
Raymond Kessler is a Haitian retired professional wrestler, who has dwarfism, and wrestled under the name Haiti Kid in WWE.

Professional wrestling career

He started his career in the WWE as a babyface in 1971, teaming up with Sonny Boy Hayes, Joey Russell, Little Beaver and Sky Low Low. Over the years, he fought in many promotions throughout North America. They included Stampede, AWA, NWA, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Portland Wrestling and MACW.

On February 25, 1984, Haiti Kid appeared on an episode of WWE All-Star Wrestling teaming with Tiger Jackson to defeat Dana Carpenter and Poncho Boy. He appeared in Mr. T's corner at WrestleMania 2 in his match against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. He also competed at WrestleMania III in a mixed tag team match with Hillbilly Jim and Little Beaver against King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook.

In 1993, he feuded with Butch Cassidy in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. A year later he retired form the sport.

Movies for Raymond Kessler...

Penitentiary III
Title: Penitentiary III
Character: Midnight Thud Jessup (as The Haiti Kid)
Released: September 4, 1987
Type: Movie
A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.
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WWE WrestleMania III
Title: WWE WrestleMania III
Character: The Haiti Kid
Released: March 29, 1987
Type: Movie
Hulk Hogan goes up against André The Giant for the WWE Championship, while Randy 'Macho Man' Savage battles Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at The Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit.
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The Best of the WWF: volume 10
Title: The Best of the WWF: volume 10
Character: The Haiti Kid
Released: March 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The power of the WWE superstars comes into your living room from Coliseum Home Video!
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Title: WWF Wrestling Challenge
Character: The Haiti Kid
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1995. The show became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match interviews, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming. Matches primarily saw top tier and mid-level talent versus jobbers. At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates and house shows in local media markets.
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The Best of the WWF: volume 6
Title: The Best of the WWF: volume 6
Character: The Haiti Kid
Released: May 2, 1986
Type: Movie
The Best of the WWE Superstars in and out of the ring!
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WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
Title: WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
Character: The Haiti Kid
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Some of the most astonishing stars the WWF has to offer.