Incredible moment WWE wrestler body slams armed robber while being held at gunpoint - Mirror.co.uk

Incredible moment WWE wrestler body slams armed robber while being held at gunpoint - Mirror.co.uk

A former WWE wrestler brought an end to a terrifying armed robbery by body slamming the crook while being held at gunpoint.

Shad Gaspard - standing at 6ft 7in tall and weighing more than 20 stone - turned the tables on the raider at a petrol station in Florida, US.

CCTV footage from the scene shows the 35-year-old wrestler having a gun pulled on him as the robbery was launched.

But Gaspard - better known as one half of tag-team duo Cryme Tyme - was on his way back from a wrestling show when the incident occurred.

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Gaspard thwarted the armed robbery
The raider pulled out a gun at a petrol station

Friends of the wrestler called police as Gaspard but the robber into a choke hold and waited for officers to arrive.

It later emerged the weapon wasn't a genuine gun.

Speaking afterwards, Shad Gaspard said: "I thought it was a real gun the entire time and honestly, I just didn’t want anyone to get hurt.

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Ex-wrestler Shad Gaspard (Photo: Getty Images North America)
Gaspard said he thought about his son during the drama
The wrestler held on to the crook until police officers arrived

"I just kept thinking about how I wanted to make sure I got home to my son.

"(I thought) F**k this, I’m not dying in Florida."

The man was later taken into custody at the Coral Springs Police Department on charges for attempted robbery.

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