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Encyclopedia > Brian Adias

Brian Adias was a professional wrestler best known for his time in World Class Championship Wrestling. ... World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ...


Career

Brian Adias (born Brian Gower) started wrestling in 1979 in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions. He went by the name of Brian Adidas. Adias moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980's and made a name for himself there. At first, he was a baby-face and often teamed with Kerry Von Eirch but he eventually turned heel and feuded with Von Erich and his brothers. He formed a tag team with Al Madril and they won the tag team titles. The National Wrestling Alliance NWA is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ... Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ... Kerry Gene Adkisson (February 3, 1960 – February 18, 1993) was an American professional wrestler under the ring names Kerry Von Erich and The Texas Tornado (World Wrestling Federation or WWF) and part of the famous Von Erich family. ... Al Madril Alberto Madril was a professional wrestler who most often wrestled as Al Madril. ...


When WCCW folded, he wrestled for the Global Wrestling Federation and several independent promotions in Texas until the late 1990's, when he wrestled for NWA Southwest. Adias retired in 2000. Global Wrestling Federation was a professional wrestling promotion based in Dallas, Texas. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...


Brian is a legitimate longtime friend of the Adkisson family, who went to high school with Kerry while growing up in Denton.


Profile

Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Little D Location within the state of Texas County Denton County Mayor Perry McNeill Area    - City 161. ... Fritz Von Erich Jack Barton Adkisson was a professional wrestler under the name Fritz Von Erich, better known today as a wrestling promoter and the patriarch of the tragically famous Von Erich wrestling family. ... Much of the action in professional wrestling involves the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him/her down. ...

Championships and accomplishments


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Kevin Von Erich, One on One (1035 words)
During a scientific match with the late Mike Von Erich, Adias suddenly threw caution--and the rulebook--to the wind.
Adias' behavior, however, was especially galling considering the extent to which he had been befriended by the family.
Now I've proven to the people that Brian Adias is his own man and a force to be reckoned with.
Brian Adias - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (231 words)
Brian Adias (born Brian Gower) started wrestling in 1979 in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions.
Adias moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980's and made a name for himself there.
Brian Adias, Career, Profile, Championships and accomplishments, American professional wrestlers, People from Texas and 1959 births.
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