Autographs of Giant Haystacks
Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) was a British professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks. He was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked in Canada and the United States under the name Loch Ness Monster or simply Loch Ness.
Ruane was known for his massive physical size, billed as standing 6 ft 11 inch (2.11 m) tall and weighing from 31 stone (430 lb; 200 kg) at the beginning of his career to 48 stone (670 lb; 300 kg) by the end of it; at his heaviest, he weighed 49 stone 13 pounds (699 lb; 317 kg). In the 1970s he formed a heel team with Big Daddy. After Big Daddy turned face and the team broke up, the two engaged in a long-running, high drawing feud. During his career, Ruane held the European Heavyweight Championship and British Heavyweight Championship in the UK, and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in Canada, with the Dynamite Kid.
Ruane was born in Camberwell, London, on 10 October 1946. He weighed 14 lbs and 6 oz at birth. His father was from Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland. In 1949, when he was three years old, Ruane and his family moved from London to Broughton in Salford, Lancashire, which remained his home. He attended St. Thomas' School until he left aged 14. He worked as a scraper driver building motorways, and as a nightclub bouncer before a friend suggested he take up wrestling.
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Traded items with a signature of Giant Haystacks
The most expensive item with a signature of Giant Haystacks (Giant Haystacks - Wrestler - Original Hand Signed Autographed Program - WCW WWE) was sold in March 2025 for £175.00 while the cheapest item (British wrestling programme Feat Giant Haystacks Signed By Various Wrestlers) found a new owner for £3.35 in September 2019. The month with the most items sold (4) was January 2013 with an average selling price of £3.99 for an autographed item of Giant Haystacks. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £141.08 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.99 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from Giant Haystacks is worth £4.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Giant Haystacks were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks autographed picture | £50.00 |  |
| Big Daddy / Giant Haystacks Wrestling Signed | £141.08 | |
| Big Daddy autographed 9x12.5 WWF WWE WCW NWA ECW Giant Haystacks | £10.00 | |
| British wrestling autograph/ scrapbook (Giant Haystacks, etc autographs) | £92.58 | |
| British wrestling programme (Autographed by Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks, etc) | £9.99 | |
| British wrestling programme autographed by Giant Haystacks & Wayne Bridges 1980) | £19.01 | |
| GIANT HAYSTACKS - HAND-SIGNED - Photo 7 x 10 | £20.00 | |
 | Giant Haystacks Hand Signed & Big Daddy, Wrestlers 1980 | £44.42 | |
| HAND SIGNED 5.5" x 4" AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE - GIANT HAYSTACKS - WRESTLING | £39.99 | |
| WRESTLING LEGEND BIG DADDY SIGNED PRE-PRINT + GIANT HAYSTACKS PHOTOGRAPHS | £5.99 | |
| Wrestling Legend Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy signed Photographs And Book | £7.00 | |
| WRESTLING LEGEND GIANT HAYSTACKS MARTIN RUANE SIGNED PRE-PRINT PHOTOS | £4.99 | |
| WRESTLING LEGEND GIANT HAYSTACKS MARTIN RUANE SIGNED RE-PRINT PHOTOS | £4.98 | |
| WRESTLING LEGEND GIANT HAYSTACKS MARTIN RUANE SIGNED RE-PRINT PHOTOS | £3.99 | |
| WRESTLING LEGEND GIANT HAYSTACKS SIGNED PRE-PRINT + BIG DADDY PHOTOGRAPHS | £4.79 | |
