BRUISER BRODY
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Bruiser Brody (Wrestling) – TV Tropes: Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler and football player from Detroit, MI, known under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He competed throughout the world, particularly in World Class …
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Frank Donald Goodish was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody . he also worked as King Kong Brody, The Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack goodish died in 1988 from stab wounds suffered backstage in a shower . the killer was a wrestler known as Invader I . a jury acquitted González of murder key witnesses to the killing did not give testimony at González’s trial due to their summons only being received after the trial had concluded . this situation led to many US wrestlers not working in Puerto Rico for a Brody had a reputation for refusing to job to other wrestlers . he also competed as the Masked Marauder at one time in the AWA . in 1976, he went to WWWF Brody was in the WWWF where he wrestled Invader 1 (José González), for whom he refused to sell . in 1985, he had a very short stint with new Brody briefly returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling to win his last NWA International Heavyweight Championship . on April 15, 1988, Brody lost the title to Jumbo Tsuruta . in WCCW in Texas Tim “Killer” Brooks acted as his brother Buster Brody . he had an infamous cage match with Lex Luger in Florida on January 21, 1987 . in Florida he beat B. Brian Blair for the in the middle of the match, Brody stopped “working” and stood around . referee of match decided to forgo planned finish of match . after match, Luger recalls asking Brody if he did anything in 1987 he returned to the AWA where he fought Greg Gagne and Jerry Blackwell . despite his reputation as disagreeable with promoters he would aid any who needed a boost in ticket sales . Goodish was married on June 4, 1968, to Nola Marie Neece; the marriage ended in divorce on October 12, 1970 . Goodish’s second wife, New Zealander Barbara Smith, remained with him until his death in there was an argument between the two wrestlers and a scuffle ensued . there were no witnesses to the altercation . two screams were heard loud enough for the entire locker room to hear Atlas then saw González holding a knife . it took paramedics close to an hour to reach Brody . he later died from his stab wounds . the prosecution witnesses living outside of Puerto Rico did not show up . they claim they had not received their summons until after the trial had ended . Brody and González wrestled each other in the 1970s .