Background and career
Corey Peloquin (born October 3, 1968, in Hartney, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional wrestler who is known for working the independent promotions such as Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Real Action Wrestling, Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, IWA-Mid South, All-Star Wrestling, and United States Wrestling Association as Chi Chi Cruz. Cruz worked in such countries as Germany and South Africa in addition to Canada and United States. He is also the cousin of wrestler Fred "Puppy Dog" Peloquin.
Cruz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. While growing up Cruz watched the American Wrestling Association. He would also watch such wrestlers as Nick Bockwinkel, Rick Martel, The High Flyers, The Road Warriors, Hulk Hogan, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Throughout high school Cruz was a part of the basketball and baseball teams.
Cruz was trained by Ernest Rheault, then went on to make his debut in 1986 for Central Canadian Pro Wrestling. In January 1989 when Cruz was 20, he would move onto All-Star Wrestling out of Vancouver, British Columbia ran by Al Tomko.
In 1990, Cruz would make his way to Eastern Canada and would work for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling where he would he mild success by teaming up with "Bulldog" Bob Brown and capturing the AGPW Tag Team Championships. In AGPW, he would capture the AGPW Continental Championship.
Cruz had a match in Calgary, Alberta at the Olympic Saddledome on July 8 taped for the July 22 episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling. Cruz teamed with Bob Jones in a losing effort to the Beverly Brothers. On July 9, the World Wrestling Federation had taped three weeks of WWF Superstars of Wrestling at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. On the episode that aired on July 27, Cruz lost to The Bezerker. On the episode that aired on August 10, Irwin R. Schyster defeated Cruz in 1:45 after hitting the Stock Market Crash.
In 1996, he went down to the United States Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee, where he wrestled under the name Bobby Bolton. While in the USWA, he had a heated feud with Mike Samples
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
