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Bruiser Brody
Nickname: Super Beast;The Million Dollar Man
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 285 lbs.
From: Albuquerque, NM
Birthday: Jun 18th
Pro Debut: April 29, 1974
Aliases: Frank Goodish, Frank Brody, King Kong Brody, Red River Jack [1st], Masked Marauder
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA-West, SoCW, TSW, WCCW, AWA, NWA, WWWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Big Time Wrestling (MI), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Continental Wrestling Association (KY/TN), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), International Wrestling (Canada), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), National Wrestling Federation (NJ/NY/OH/PA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Polynesian (HI), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR), Pacific Wrestling Federation (Japan), Southern Championship Wrestling (TN/VA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Wrestling Association (IN), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)
Finisher: Knee Drop
Signature Moves: Flying Legdrop, One Armed Bodyslam, Stalling Piledriver, Atomic Drop, Knee Strike, Running Big Boot, Brainbuster, Piledriver
Career Highlights: -AJPW Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-IWCW Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckle Champion
-NWA American Champion (4x)
-NWA American Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Kerry Von Erich)
-NWA Central States Champion
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Ernie Ladd)
-NWA Florida Champion
-NWA International Champion (3x)
-NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (6x)
-NWA Texas Champion (4x)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Mike York, Gino Hernandez, and Kerry Von Erich)
-NWA-West Champion
-NWF International Champion
-PWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-SoCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Slater)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Stan Hansen)
-WCW Brass Knuckles Champion
-WCCW Television Champion
-WWA Champion
Affiliates: Adnan Al-Kaissie, Nord the Barbarian, Ernie Ladd, Mike York, Gino Hernandez, Dick Slater, Stan Hansen, Jimmy Snuka, Kerry Von Erich, Tim Brooks, Oliver Humperdink
Notable Feuds: Bruno Sammartino, Stan Hansen, Jerry Blackwell, The Fabulous Freebirds, One Man Gang, Kamala, Brad Rheingans, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne, Jumbo Tsuruta, Giant Baba, Genichiro Tenryu, Dory Funk, Jr., Mark Lewin, Ashura Hara, Antonio Inoki, Scott Casey, Adnan Al-Kaissey, Abdullah the Butcher, Ivan Putski, Takashi Ishikawa, Jay Strongbow, Terry Funk, Bob Sweetan, Dick the Bruiser, The Spoiler, Harley Race, Kengo Kimura, Motoshi Okuma, André the Giant, Invader #1, Kazuo Sakurada, Bob Brown, The Great Kabuki
Other Facts: -Real name was Frank Donald Goodish
-Billed as the brother of Tim Brooks, when he used the name “Buster Brody”
-Played professional football with the Washington Redskins from 1969-1971.
-Worked as a sportswriter in San Antonio, TX prior to his wrestling career
-Trained for pro wrestling by Fritz Von Erich, Lou Thesz, Buck Robley, and The Sheik
-Trained referee James Beard for pro wrestling
-His debut match was a Lights Out Match which he lost to Bob Roop
-As Frank Goodish, he used the nicknames "The Hammer" and "The King of the American Hippies"
-Given the name "Bruiser Brody" by Vince McMahon, Sr.
-An absolute legend in Japan
-Fought and lost to Dick the Bruiser over the moniker Bruiser, which led to using the name King Kong Brody.
-Brody & Gorilla Monsoon allegedly had a backstage fight, which lead to Brody being blackballed from the WWF.
-Was offered money to jump the rail and attack Mr. T spoiling the WWF's 1st WrestleMania event in 1985, but obviously turned down the offer.
-In 1985, he was the highest paid wrestler in the world, earning $14,000 per week due to a bidding war between All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
-Was Vader's first opponent.
-Donned a mask and wrestled as Red River Jack [1st] after losing a Loser Leaves Town Match in WCCW. Not to be confused with the referee of the same name that worked for NAW and 412PE
-Former member of The House of Humperdink
-Was killed on July 17, 1988 at the age of 42 after being stabbed to death in the locker room by fellow wrestler José Huertas González (Invader #1). Gonzales claimed self defense and was acquitted.
-Brody's body was cremated and the ashes were given to his family
-In February 2006, Barbara Goodish, the widow of Bruiser Brody, signed a WWE legends contract which included an action figure.
-Posthumously awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's PWI Editor's Award and Stanley Weston Award in 1988
-Posthumously awarded Tokyo Sports' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1988
-Posthumously inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996
-Posthumously inducted into the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007
-Posthumously inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013. Now known as the Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame
-Posthumously inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014
-Posthumously received the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame's Frank Gotch Award in 2018
-Posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing in 2019
-Brody's killing was the subject of an episode of VICE's "Dark Side of the Ring" in 2019. The episode was entitled "The Killing of Bruiser Brody" and was narrated by Mick Foley.
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