History Wrestling / BruiserBrody

-->"If it didn't happen in Puerto Rico, it was going to happen in Japan."

* YourDaysAreNumbered: According to Tony Atlas, Brody was supposed to leave Puerto Rico to go to Japan, but Huertas Gonzales had connections there already waiting for him:

* FinishingMove: A BoringButPractical ''Jumping Knee Drop'', sometimes from the second rope.

* AxCrazy[=/=]BloodKnight: His [[TheGimmick/ProfessionalWrestling gimmick]] in a nut.
** His long standing rivalry with Abdullah stood up high on a promotion already infamous for being [[DarkerAndEdgier that violently graphic and brutal]].
** To put things into perspective, the WWC's fandom was second to none in rowdiness and bloodthirst. They tended to throw everything at the performers, [[ProducePelting ranging from trash to feces]], [[KitchenSinkIncluded even stones]], and weren't satisfied if at least one wrestler wasn't rolled out of the ring on a stretcher.

* BoisterousBruiser[=/=]MeaningfulName: Once again, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's one of those cases.]]
* TheBully[=/=]{{Jerkass}}: He had this reputation at times among other wrestlers and promoters. See [=Base Breaker=] under the YMMV tab for more details.

* RatedMForManly: As stated by no less than Wrestling/GordonSolie, Brody was '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpq_vop7gF0&list=PLhYyrjHETQ_lxxUjAXF66Ky1DA_HE2kgX&index=4 "ALL MAN."]]'''

* TheDragon: In the Sheik's (Adnan Al-Kaissie) Army in the AWA. More bluntly, after Hansen won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/mids-na-h.html#mswa Mid-South Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title]] on May 2, 1977, Brody cut a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOdmZCuVyw promo]] on "Cowboy" Bill Watts, the promoter and top star of Mid-South, about how it was his job to beat up Watts so that Hansen wouldn't have to worry about associating with "filth" like Watts.

Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) hailing from Uniontown, PA was a former American [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football player]] for the Washington Football Team from 1969 to 1971 in the so-called "Taxi-squad" who winded-up as one of the most famed {{professional wrestl|ing}}ers of all time known under the ring name of '''Bruiser Brody'''. Paving his way as maybe one of the most feared and revered performers who ever step into the ring due his displays of [[BloodKnight complete and utter brutallity]]. Some of his feuds were the matter legends are made of as those against Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher, The Fabulous Freebirds and the likes.

* DownerEnding: Murdered in the locker room during a WWC show in Puerto Rico, his assailant eventually [[KarmaHoudini acquitted of the murder]] in no small part due to the corruption of the police involved, and has continued to live his life, is a bitter pill that Brody's widow, son, peers and fans worldwide had to swallow for years.

* WeaponOfChoice: ''ANYTHING'' he could lay his hands on, but favoring ChainPain and ChairmanOfTheBrawl for that matter. And he was ''quite versatile'' with its using!

* AwesomeMcCoolName[=/=]ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Self-explanatory, don't you think?

* NiceShoes: Introduced furry boots to professional wrestling. His reason for wearing them was apparently because he thought his calves were too small to be intimidating, so one of his best friends suggested covering them up.
** He used rabbit fur from a Houston leather store for his boots.

* {{Expy}}: Wrestlers such as Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker "Mean" Mark Callous]] and [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Leon "The Baby Bull" White]] (who started out in the [=AWA=] in the 1980s having some matches with Brody) all definitely drew a lot from him.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: In Japan, fans would line up to be beaten with cowbells on bull ropes by Brody and Hansen.
** Brody would come out swinging a chain, but he would also pick up a chair from the crowd and use that... or the ring bell... or a trash can... or a pointy stick...

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: A big, gruff southern loudmouth, stiff as hell with no regards on his fellow wrestlers health or safety as long as he was heftly paid for it? Well... that sounds very much like "Dr. D" David Schultz to us, for sure!

** [[ClosestThingWeGot Those closer]] to get the SpiritualSuccessor title were unboublfuly [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]] (albeit, PlayedForLaughs) and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tony Atlas mentioned, as they were taking José Huertas González to the hospital after receiving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Brody in their match, to the point his head ended-up looking like a halloween pumpkin, he turned to SD Jones and said:

* HiddenDepths: Frank Goodish was a complete different character than the man we knew as Bruiser Brody, a responsible FamilyMan and aspiring entrepreneur. To the point his own son recalled how uncomfortable he used to feel when his dad's fans recounted his matches and career to him.

** It was Abdullah the Butcher, TheRival of Bruiser Brody on numerous matches the one reciving, informing his now widow the situation and comforting her upon her arrival to Puerto Rico.

* RedBaron: "King Kong" in St. Louis and Indianapolis as stated above, "''Choujuu''" ("Super Beast") in Japan, and "The Hammer" when he was simply known by his own name.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: This was said almost verbatim by Carlos Colon referring to Brody's case on a podcast interview, since he found the whole matter ''too sad''. He and Invader #1 were actually contacted by ''DSOTR'''s production crew so they could convey their point of view, but they declined.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His {{Kayfabe}} explanation for working with Sheik Adnan, and, generally understood to be a motivating force for him in RealLife.

* HatesEveryoneEqually: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] since it wasn't out of spite as much as for enjoying himself and business. One of his most distinguishable traits was, no matter the odds or who he would be pitted against, Brody ''never'' backed down from a ''"Good, Ol' fashion butt-kickin'"''.

* LightningBruiser: 6'6", 300 lbs. of muscle and could perform ''leap frogs'' and throw ''dropkicks''.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: A southern loudmouth who always played rough n' stiff with no regards on his fellow wrestlers health or safety as long as he was heftly paid for it? Well... that sounds very much like "Dr. D" David Schultz to us, for sure!

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: A southern loudmouth who always played rough n' dirty with no regards on his fellow wrestlers health? Well... that sounds a lot like "Dr. D" David Schultz to us for sure!

** '''The Brain Big''' and ''THE G. BULL''' in ''Videogame/FireProWrestling''.