Former WWE Superstar Brooklyn Brawler had been part of the Stamford-based promotion for over three decades. During his career, he has wrestled against several legends.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast, the Brooklyn Brawler shared that he was the first opponent for several WWE Hall of Famers including Bret Hart, Mark Henry, Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat’, The Rock, and many more. He also shared an interesting story about how he defeated The Ultimate Warrior.
“I had Bret Hart’s first WWF match. I had Mark Henry’s first match of his whole life. I had Ricky Steamboat’s first WWF match. I had so many, [Ultimate] Warrior. I wrestled him about 47 days. One time during our tenure, they came to me and they said, We’re going to ask Warrior to have you win today to test his attitude. And I know he would have said, ‘F*ck this I don’t want to do this. I don’t care about this.’
“I took him in the room and I said, Jim, I shouldn’t I don’t know if I should do this or shouldn’t do this. But you’re my friend and I care about you. They’re going to ask you to do a job for me. What I want you to do, and this is your choice, is to say anything for the business, I will do anything. And he did it. I beat the Ultimate Warrior that night. And then after that he became The Ultimate Warrior after they tested his attitude. And then after that he beat Hulk Hogan and was on top of the world. And he was on bad outs with the company then he was on good terms and he went into the Hall of Fame.”
Brooklyn Brawler on being called a ‘jobber’
The Brooklyn Brawler also shared his thoughts on being considered a ‘jobber’ during his tenure.
“They see it now. They used to say the word jobber. I don’t care, because my comeback used to be ‘Everybody’s a jobber and your boss is your jobbee.’ A job just means you have a job. They call it enhancement talent and they are starting to get it, then they call it an architect. Then they call it ring general and they even called me a ring general in The Rock’s show. [They said] ‘Rock, he’s a ring general, listen to everything he says.’ I said I’m not a ring general. I’m the most humble guy that you know because all I want to do is make everybody look great. I did fail at times, I wrestled bodybuilders that had come out of Mr. Olympia who looked like they could do it, but they had 2 left feet and they just couldn’t do it. They moved like robots.
“You know what the funny thing about it was I enhanced talent, I didn’t lose. I chose to do that. I could have fought the other way and chose to be a big star and my longevity would have never been 32 years. But they realised my talent was I can hide their weaknesses, and I can accentuate their strengths,” Brooklyn Brawler said.
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