Brute Bernard
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| Birth name | James Prudhomme |
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| Born | June 6, 1921 |
| Died | July 14, 1984 (aged 63) |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Joe Hawkins (his death) |
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| Ring name(s) | Brute Berhard Jim Bernard Brute Bernard |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 270 lb (120 kg) |
| Billed from | Quebec |
| Trained by | Jack Britton |
| Debut | 1957 |
James Prudhomme (June 6, 1921 – July 14, 1984), was a Canadian professional wrestler. better known by the ring names Brute Bernard or Jim 'Brute' Bernhard.
He spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Skull Murphy. He competed for several wrestling promotions associated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He also worked for the Australia-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as well as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). He died of a gunshot while cleaning a rifle in 1984.
Bernard was discovered by wrestling promoter Jack Britton, who convinced him to become a wrestler. He made his debut in 1957, competing in Ontario. He initially wrestled under his real name, but he later took on the name Brute Bernard. He also competed as in Detroit for a promotion run by Ed Farhat. He teamed up with fellow Canadian wrestler Skull Murphy throughout the 1960s. Their first championship came on May 16, 1963, when they won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. They held the title belts for almost six months before dropping them to Killer Kowalski and Gorilla Monsoon on November 14. They then began competing for Championship Wrestling from Florida, an NWA territory. They participated in a tag team tournament and won the vacant Florida version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in 1964. Bernard and Murphy feuded with Hiro Matsuda and Duke Keomurka over the belts and traded the belts back and forth before losing them to Matsusa and Keomurka for good. Bernard and Murphy worked for World Championship Wrestling in 1966, where they won the IWA World Tag Team Championship twice.
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