Robbie Brookside
Robbie Brookside | |
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Birth name | Robert Edward Brooks |
Born | Liverpool, England | 11 March 1966
Children | Xia Brookside |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Robbie Brookside Robby Brookside Rob Brookside Robbie "The Wildcat" Brookside |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 241 lb (109 kg) |
Trained by | Liverpool Olympic Wrestling Club Carl McGrath Bobby Barron |
Debut | October 22, 1981 |
Retired | 2013 |
Robert Edward Brooks (born 11 March 1966),
Professional wrestling career
Brooks was discovered by Bobby Barron, who invited him to wrestle at the
Brookside won his first title after World Heavy-Middleweight Champion
Brookside spent six months in the U.S. wrestling for
Brookside continued to wrestle in and around the UK and remained one of the top British wrestlers, winning many of the top titles in the UK. Brookside became the first-ever Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight Champion on 29 April 2006, defeating former WWE and WCW Superstar
Though FWA Champion, Brookside was in fact wrestling under the banner of another promotion, All Star Wrestling. Brookside remained an All-Star wrestler throughout his reign, with various FWA wrestlers trying to take back "their" championship. During this time, Brookside vacated his RQW Heavyweight title and left the promotion. Brookside also took an interest in the future of the business by going on to train future wrestlers, eventually opening his own Leicester-based wrestling school, Wrestleicester, in late 2006.
Brookside appeared on the 23 April 2007 episode of Raw, losing a no disqualification, 3-on-1 handicap match to Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, and Umaga. Brookside was introduced as a man that Shane McMahon had personally seen take down six men by himself in a fight at a local pub. Brookside has also had WWE matches against Snitsky and Maven. Brookside wrestled around the country in 2008, including defeating James Mason in a World of Sport rules match at Maesteg Town Hall.
In February 2008, Brookside won All Star Wrestling British Heavyweight Championship for the second time but was forced to vacate the title in May 2009 due to injury.[7] At a WWE house show in Birmingham on 7 November 2011, William Regal announced that Brookside was in the crowd and credited him with his success as well as that of Sheamus and Wade Barrett.
In 2013, Brookside, who had already been working as a talent scout for WWE, began working as a coach in WWE's developmental system, NXT, also ending his career in the active competition after nearly 30 years.[8][9] Brookside made an appearance on the 16 February 2015 episode of Raw, separating a brawl between Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns.
According to Pro Wrestling Torch in 2017, Brookside teaches the beginner class at the WWE Performance Center, the first of four levels of classes.[10]
Personal life
Brooks daughter
Championships and accomplishments
- All Action Wrestling
- AAW North East Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- All Star Wrestling
- Catch Wrestling Association
- European Wrestling Promotion
- EWP Intercontinental Championship (2 times)[13]
- Ironman Hardcore Knockout Tournament (2001)
- European Wrestling Union
- European Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- European Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Doc Dean
- Manfred Koch Memorial Cup (2001)
- Frontier Wrestling Alliance
- 1 time)[14]
- FWA European Union Championship (1 time)
- New Alliance of Wrestling Athletes
- NAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[15]
- Premier Promotions
- PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- Worthing Trophy (1995, 1999, 2005)
- Ken Joyce Trophy (2004, 2006, 2009)[16]
- Wrestler of the Year (1995, 2005)
- Professional Wrestling Alliance
- Real Quality Wrestling
- RQW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[19]
- The Wrestling Alliance
- TWA British Heavyweight Champion (2 times)[20]
- 1 time) – with Doug Williams(1)
- TWA Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[21]
- wXw Hall of Fame (Class of 2019)[22]
References
- ^ "OWOW profile". onlineworldofwrestling.com. 14 June 2023.
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- ^ Rehill, Navdeep (2013). Britain's Heroes and Villains, p. 137, at Google Books. Grosvenor House. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to kendonagasaki.org". kendonagasaki.org.
- ^ "5 things you may not know about WWE's Robbie Brookside". 15 November 2015.
- ^ a b "World Heavy-Middleweight Title".
- ^ a b "British Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ^ "The last of the British masters shares his story".
- ^ "Shows".
- ^ Radican, Sean (6 September 2017). "Update on newly signed former ROH talent at WWE's Performance Center". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ a b "All-Star Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "European Wrestling Promotion Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "X Wrestling Alliance Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Newe Alliance of Wrestling Athletes Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – December 2004". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – April 2003". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Professional Wrestling Alliance". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Real Quality Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results – January 2002". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Westside Xtreme Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ cite web|url= https://www.cagematch.net/?id=97&nr=170#2017