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Home/People/Raymond Kessler
Raymond Kessler profile photo
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

6
Movies
4
TV Shows
Also Known As
The Haiti Kid
The Tahitian Kid
Tahiti Kid
IMDb Profile

Raymond Kessler

Acting

Biography
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.
Penitentiary III poster

Penitentiary III

as Midnight Thud Jessup (as The Haiti Kid)
1987
WWE WrestleMania III poster

WWE WrestleMania III

as The Haiti Kid
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 10 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 10

as The Haiti Kid
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 6 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 6

as The Haiti Kid
1986
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest! poster

Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!

as The Haiti Kid
1985
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 poster

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84

as The Haiti Kid
1984