History Wrestling / BrianPillman

* GutturalGrowler: Spoke with a noticeable rasp due to multiple childhood bouts with throat polyps, including an emergency tracheotomy.

* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian Zachary, wrestling as Brian Pillman Jr., entered Wrestling/LanceStorm's school in 2017, debuted in Wrestling/{{CZW}} in early 2018, and by the end of the year moved to Wrestling/{{MLW}}. When the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] temporarily shut down MLW, they let him work for [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] during MLW's hiatus where he tags with Griff Garrison as "The Varsity Blondes" as a tribute to his father and he eventually formally signed with them in 2021; he also works some indy shows. The elder Brian would have been the founder of a wrestling family years earlier, but his stepdaughter Lexi, who debuted as a valet in 2008, died in a car accident in 2009.
** {{Unrelated Brother|s}}: In Stampede, he was dating [[Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty Trisa Hayes]], which led to her briefly being cast as his "sister," Theresa.

Brian Pillman (full name Brian William Pillman; May 22, 1962 – October 5, 1997) was an UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball player and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Cincinnati, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} who competed primarily for Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1989 until 1996. He debuted in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1986. He made his American debut in 1989 for WCW as "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. He and Wrestling/TomZenk defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-t.html NWA United States Tag Team Titles]] by winning a tournament. He defeated Richard Morton at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 91'' to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-lh.html WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]], and would lose the title to Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in December and regain it in February. He was a {{Face}} up until he turned in September 1992. This led to him forming the Hollywood Blondes with [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] in early 1993. They would defeat Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] and held them until ''WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV''. Pillman was injured and so WCW simply plugged [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Lord Steven Regal]] into Pillman's place for the match where the Blondes lost the titles to Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Paul Roma. Pillman got stuck in the midcard until he, Wrestling/RicFlair and Arn reformed the Four Horsemen after ''Halloween Havoc 95'', with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit as the fourth member.

Pillman jumped to WWE in the summer and mostly did commentary as he recovered from a bad ankle injury sustained in a car crash. As part of Austin's feud with Wrestling/BretHart, Austin infamously demolished Pillman's ankle by wrapping a chair around it and then using a second chair to hit the ankle and the first chair, leading to the invention of the term "[=Pillmanizing=]". Pillman later joined Bret's heel faction the Hart Foundation. This led to his feud with Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, which would, ultimately, be his final feud. He passed away on October 5, 1997, the night of ''WWF in Your House: Badd Blood'', where he was scheduled to face [[Wrestling/MickFoley Dude Love (Mick Foley)]], in a match where, if Dude won, Goldust would get five minutes with Pillman.

* DownerEnding: His death at 35.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pillman The Other Wiki]].

* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian Zachary, wrestling as Brian Pillman Jr., entered Wrestling/LanceStorm's school in 2017, debuted in Wrestling/{{CZW}} in early 2018, and by the end of the year moved to Wrestling/{{MLW}}. When the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] temporarily shut down MLW, they let him work for [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] during MLW's hiatus where he tags with Griff Garrison as "The Varsity Blondes" as a tribute to his father; he also works some indy shows. The elder Brian would have been the founder of a wrestling family years earlier, but his stepdaughter Lexi, who debuted as a valet in 2008, died in a car accident in 2009.

* NWordPrivileges: He didn't have them, as Wrestling/NewJack saw fit to point out at ''ECW Fight the Power''.

%% GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you're reading this in the future, please check the trope description to make sure your example matches the current criteria.
* GutturalGrowler: Spoke with a rasp due to multiple childhood bouts with throat polyps.

* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian Zachary, wrestling as Brian Pillman Jr., entered Wrestling/LanceStorm's school in 2017, debuted in Wrestling/{{CZW}} in early 2018, and by the end of the year moved to Wrestling/{{MLW}}. When the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] temporarily shut down MLW, they let him work for [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]] during MLW's hiatus; he also works some indy shows. The elder Brian would have been the founder of a wrestling family years earlier, but his stepdaughter Lexi, who debuted as a valet in 2008, died in a car accident in 2009.

%% GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2020. If you're reading this in the future, please check the trope description to make sure your example matches the current criteria.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pillman accidentally saying the F word on live TV.

* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian Zachary, wrestling as Brian Pillman Jr., entered Wrestling/LanceStorm's school in 2017, debuted in Wrestling/{{CZW}} in early 2018, and by the end of the year moved to Wrestling/{{MLW}}. When the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]] temporarily shut down MLW, they let him work for [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]]; he also works some indy shows. The elder Brian would have been the founder of a wrestling family years earlier, but his stepdaughter Lexi, who debuted as a valet in 2008, died in a car accident in 2009.

* WrestlingFamily: His son Brian Zachary, wrestling as Brian Pillman Jr., entered Wrestling/LanceStorm's school in 2017, debuted in Wrestling/{{CZW}} in early 2018, and by the end of the year moved to Wrestling/{{MLW}}. The elder Brian would have been the founder of a wrestling family years earlier, but his stepdaughter Lexi, who debuted as a valet in 2008, died in a car accident in 2009.

-->"''The Loose Cannon, Brian '''[[AtomicFBomb FUCKING]]''' Pillman hates all you TV Troper smart tropers!"''

Brian Pillman (full name Brian William Pillman; May 22, 1962 – October 5, 1997) was an UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball player and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Cincinnati, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} who competed primarily for Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1989 until 1996. He debuted in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1986. He made his American debut in 1989 for WCW as "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. He and Tom Zenk defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-t.html NWA United States Tag Team Titles]] by winning a tournament. He defeated Richard Morton at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 91'' to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-lh.html WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]], and would lose the title to Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in December and regain it in February. He was a {{Face}} up until he turned in September 1992. This led to him forming the Hollywood Blondes with [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] in early 1993. They would defeat Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] and held them until ''WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV''. Pillman was injured and so WCW simply plugged [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Lord Steven Regal]] into Pillman's place for the match where the Blondes lost the titles to Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Paul Roma. Pillman got stuck in the midcard until he, Wrestling/RicFlair and Arn reformed the Four Horsemen after ''Halloween Havoc 95'', with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit as the fourth member.

''[[TheStinger "It's all a work, I'm not realy The Loose Cannon".]]''
''[[CatchPhrase "Your brush with greatness is over."]]''

* RealSongThemeTune:
** Bad Company (see TagTeam below) used, of course, Music/BadCompany's "Bad Company"
** (in NWA/WCW): Music/DefLeppard's "Rocket"
** (in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling): Music/{{Ratt}}'s "Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds"
** (in ECW): Music/GunsNRoses' "Welcome to the Jungle" and Music/{{L7}}'s "Shitlist"

** {{Unrelated Brother|s}}: In Stampede, he was dating [[Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty Trisa Hayes]], which led to her briefly being cast as his "sister," Theresa.

!!! "The Ticking Trope Bomb":

Brian Pillman (full name Brian William Pillman; 1962-1997) was an UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball player and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Cincinnati, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} who competed primarily for Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1989 until 1996. He debuted in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1986. He made his American debut in 1989 for WCW as "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. He and Tom Zenk defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-t.html NWA United States Tag Team Titles]] by winning a tournament. He defeated Richard Morton at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 91'' to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-lh.html WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]], and would lose the title to Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in December and regain it in February. He was a {{Face}} up until he turned in September 1992. This led to him forming the Hollywood Blondes with [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] in early 1993. They would defeat Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] and held them until ''WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV''. Pillman was injured and so WCW simply plugged [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Lord Steven Regal]] into Pillman's place for the match where the Blondes lost the titles to Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Paul Roma. Pillman got stuck in the midcard until he, Wrestling/RicFlair and Arn reformed the Four Horsemen after ''Halloween Havoc 95'', with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit as the fourth member.

Brian Pillman (1962-1997) was an UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball player and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Cincinnati, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} who competed primarily for Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1989 until 1996. He debuted in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1986. He made his American debut in 1989 for WCW as "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. He and Tom Zenk defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-t.html NWA United States Tag Team Titles]] by winning a tournament. He defeated Richard Morton at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 91'' to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-lh.html WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]], and would lose the title to Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in December and regain it in February. He was a {{Face}} up until he turned in September 1992. This led to him forming the Hollywood Blondes with [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] in early 1993. They would defeat Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] and held them until ''WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV''. Pillman was injured and so WCW simply plugged [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Lord Steven Regal]] into Pillman's place for the match where the Blondes lost the titles to Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Paul Roma. Pillman got stuck in the midcard until he, Wrestling/RicFlair and Arn reformed the Four Horsemen after ''Halloween Havoc 95'', with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit as the fourth member.

* WrestlingFamily: Almost. His stepdaughter Lexi debuted as a valet in 2008 but died in a car accident in 2009.

'''Brian Pillman''' (1962-1997) was an UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball player and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Cincinnati, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}} who competed primarily for Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1989 until 1996. He debuted in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in 1986. He made his American debut in 1989 for WCW as "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. He and Tom Zenk defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-t.html NWA United States Tag Team Titles]] by winning a tournament. He defeated Richard Morton at ''WCW Halloween Havoc 91'' to become the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-lh.html WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]], and would lose the title to Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger in December and regain it in February. He was a {{Face}} up until he turned in September 1992. This led to him forming the Hollywood Blondes with [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] in early 1993. They would defeat Wrestling/RickySteamboat and Wrestling/ShaneDouglas for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] and held them until ''WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV''. Pillman was injured and so WCW simply plugged [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Lord Steven Regal]] into Pillman's place for the match where the Blondes lost the titles to Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Paul Roma. Pillman got stuck in the midcard until he, Wrestling/RicFlair and Arn reformed the Four Horsemen after ''Halloween Havoc 95'', with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit as the fourth member.

* {{Badass}}: Holy hell and how! Let's see, he survived being born with ''throat cancer'', had to leave the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Cincinnati Bengals]] because he intimidated ''his own teammates'', kicked [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]]' ass in a bar fight and, at ''[=CyberSlam=]'', threatened to "yank out my Johnson and piss on this hellhole," and the fans chanted "Let him piss!"

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Most of his WCW run, especially notable during his time with Steve Austin in the Hollywood Blonds and as the 'Loose Cannon'.

* TheQuisling: He ''was'' one of two Americans(alongside Jim Neidhart) in the [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Hart Foundation]].

* GenreSavvy: During an interview on Raw, Pillman was prepared for an attack from Stone Cold Steve Austin by watching his own interview and Raw in general. To put more salt in the wound, he pulled a gun on Austin to get him to back off