An American wrestler, Bruiser Brody, Frank Donald Goodish.
The BBC have been in touch seeking memories. Well, I can't help. Can you?
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An American wrestler, Bruiser Brody, Frank Donald Goodish.
The BBC have been in touch seeking memories. Well, I can't help. Can you?
Jim Ross has a good brody story, when he was just starting out, he worked for leroy McGuirk's midsouth wrestling, being booked to face midsouth's star, Dan Hodge, Brody stated he would not do the honors because it was too ridiculous to imagine someone as small as hodge beating him. Hodge just said okay and single legged brody and gave him a damn good stretching with Brody's screams even being heard outside the stadium. Hodge was a olympic silver medalist and was never taken down the entire 4 years of dv1 college, he also won a national golden gloves boxing title to go along with his NCAA wrestling championship
This request from the BBC may be related to the excellent movie Iron Claw.BBC Film is one of the production companies.Brusier Brody was trained by Fritz von Erich and began his career with his promotion in Dallas
Maybe, because of his violent death, they are considering to use him as an example of violence 'within' sports, or some such reason. The Americans have made docos about him, although there seemed to be very little news if anything, at the time of his being stabbed to death. I saw him in Sydney, against Andre and he had a great look and although he was known for his independence when it came to who he worked for, he ultimately would have taken Vince jnr's money and had a series of matches with Sammartino, eventually.
There is a book written of his life which I have read.The title is 'BRODY' and subtitled'The triumphs and tragedies of wrestlings rebel'.The book was co-written by his wife Barbara Goodish and Larry Matysik in 2007.Ecw press.It is still available on Amazon price £18.30. A really good read.Hope this helps a little.
Strange that the BBC would ask about a wrestler who never ventured over here (as far as I know). Real name was Frank Goodish, a genuinely big bloke (about 6ft 5 or thereabouts), who stood up against promoters and fought for fair pay for wrestlers. A big name in the US and Japan, he famously "no sold" a match against Lex Luger, and was tragically stabbed and killed, backstage in Puerto Rico, with his killer never being brought to justice.
A genuinely (it seems) unpredictable character, he came up against our own Billy Robinson on a number of occasions, as well as Judo Al Hayes, Johnny Eagles, Ted Heath, Les Thornton, Tony Charles, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid (in a tag match in Japan, with his usual tag partner, Stan Hansen) Johnny "Rasputin" Howard, Geoff Portz and Chris Adams.
He also tag teamed with our Mark Rocco (as "Black Tiger") in Japan, on several occasions, and with Al Hayes and Johnny Eagles.
A big, wild brawler type (whenever I have seen him) he was, by all accounts, a very intellligent, well-read person, who could converse on just about any subject.