# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ion-croitoru
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:54:16.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ion-croitoru"
name: "Ion Croitoru"
slug: "ion-croitoru"
description: "Ion William Croitoru was a Canadian professional wrestler and outlaw biker, known to wrestling fans by his ring names Johnny K-9, Taras Bulba and Bruiser Bedlam. Croitoru worked in several Canadian wrestling promotions, including Stampede Wrestling, and later wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and the World Wrestling Federation. He wrestled as a jobber in the WWF but was booked to win titles in several other promotions."
tagline: "Canadian professional wrestler (1963-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Bruiser-Bedlam-Ion-Croitoru-story.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1963-12-07"
deathDate: "2017-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0.8812729498164016
  historical:           6.261349333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3806606/"
    handle:    "nm3806606"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Croitoru"
    title: "Ion Croitoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "إيوان كرواتورو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Croitoru"
    title: "Ion Croitoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Croitoru"
    title: "Ion Croitoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Croitoru"
    title: "Ion Croitoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Croitoru"
    title: "Ion Croitoru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6063032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2291467"
    title: "Ion William Croitoru"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump