Frank Goodish
| Bruiser Brody | |
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| Birth name | Frank Donald Goodish |
| Born |
June 18, 1946 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Died | July 17, 1988 (aged 42) Bayamón, Puerto Rico, United States |
| Cause of death | Stabbing |
| Spouse(s) |
Nola Neece (m. 1968; div. 1970) Barbara Smith (his death) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bruiser Brody Frank Goodish King Kong Brody The Masked Marauder Red River Jack |
| Billed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Billed weight | 283 lb (128 kg) |
| Billed from | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Trained by | Fritz Von Erich |
| Debut | 1973 |
Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. As a wrestler, he helped innovate the "brawling" style and was infamous for his wild and legit uncooperative demeanor.
He was the first opponent of The Undertaker, who would later go on to work for WWE, in 1990.
Goodish was an All-State football and basketball player at Warren High School, Michigan, and played football at West Texas A&M University (then known as West Texas State) and with the Washington Redskins in the NFL.
After attending West Texas A&M and working as a sportswriter Goodish was trained to wrestle by Fritz Von Erich ( Jack Adkisson ). He first wrestled in Dallas - Fort Worth and later Louisiana. As Bruiser Brody and King Kong Brody, Goodish competed as a freelancer in several companies including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Central States Wrestling (CSW), World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW), Windy City Wrestling, Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW), World Wrestling Council (WWC), Deep South Wrestling (DSW), Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA), and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). In the States, he had numerous feuds with the likes of Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Abdullah the Butcher, and "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. In Japan, he was in a tag team with Stan Hansen. Brody had a reputation for refusing to job to other wrestlers. He also competed under the moniker of Red River Jack in Texas, during an angle against Gary Hart's men and Skandor Akbar's Army in World Class Championship Wrestling. Brody also competed as the Masked Marauder at one time in the AWA. Later on he went to Vince J. McMahon's WWWF in 1978 where he challenged WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. He also teamed with Big John Studd. It was also in WWWF where he wrestled Invader 1 (Jose Gonzales), who he refused to sell for.
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