Had bruiser Brody lived...

[hulksmash87]

What does everyone think he does? I feel he makes a run in wwf with Hogan maybe a 6 month or so and shows up in early ecw while working Japan but a program with Hogan would have a made big money.

[Mozenrath]

Well, for starters, get treated for a stab wound, but after that, I figure he'd probably work with Hogan eventually, though he was a very independent guy. I don't think he'd stay in WWF long, as he liked to have things his way.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

I doubt he'd work with Hogan, personally. He'd probably land in WCW eventually. Around 91-92-ish. Probably leaves with the horde once Hogan comes in, if he hadn't already bolted back to Japan.

[Deleted]

He would have led the NWO B Team instead of Vincent and Stevie Ray.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

I can't remember who said it, if it was Gary Hart or someone else close to Brody, but they said he saw the way the business was going and was warming to the idea of a run against Hogan simply because the money would be so good and it wouldn't hurt him in Japan.

It's not like there were many territories left.

I think he would have done the run, banked the crazy money he made, then bolted to Japan as the monster he'd always been.

[lizzurd]

He'd probably end up rolling around in fireworks C4 explosive with Terry Funk in FMW.

[MolotovMocktail]

Didn't he have issues with the McMahons (Vince Sr.) before? I don't see him going to the WWF; he'd probably bounce between Japan and ECW, with maybe a cup of coffee in WCW.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

I honestly don't see ECW being able to pay him, and I don't see him getting along politically enough in WCW.

Brody was all about the money and protecting his spot. He wasn't someone who would let Heyman fall behind on his checks, and the moment he felt he was getting screwed around in WCW (which wouldn't have taken long), he'd have been gone, even if he had to work at getting fired like Stan Hansen did.

[Joe Neglia]

He was absolutely wanting a Hogan run toward the end there and was telling people he would be perfectly happy to lay down for the kind of money it would bring. After that, I see him staying in Japan and Puerto Rico mostly, like Hansen and Abby, and doing very little else.

[Squirrel Master]

I could see Brody running into the steel cage to end the show at Wrestlemania 2, stomping Hogan to start a feud and looking mighty compared to King Kong Bundy limping out of there. A few months into their feud we see Hogan regaining the upper hand and running Brody out of the WWF later that same year following a series of house shows, where Hogan always cheats but the crowds eat it up and cheers Hogan on anyway.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

He died in Summer of 88" He wasn't going to take over the Mega Powers v Mega Bucks feud. I don't think he would have been hotshot into the main event in WWF right out the gates. He would have had to wait out the Hogan v Savage feud so now we're into mid 1989 when Hogan had his movie and the inevitable Zeus v Hogan feud that came after.... so we're into late 89", do we have Hogan lose to an Indy star like Brody and just never have Hogan v. Warrior at Mania? That sounds silly in retrospect, so now we're into the post Warrior days and IMO the first time a Brody v Hogan feud makes sense,

So we have a 44 year old Brody v Hogan, or Hogan v, he insanely out of shape ridiculous looking Earthquake? Seems like a pick 'em

I don't think it would have worked.

[Joe Neglia]

Dec 25, 2016 23:37:35 GMT -5 Squirrel Master said:

I could see Brody running into the steel cage to end the show at Wrestlemania 2, stomping Hogan to start a feud and looking mighty compared to King Kong Bundy limping out of there. A few months into their feud we see Hogan regaining the upper hand and running Brody out of the WWF later that same year following a series of house shows, where Hogan always cheats but the crowds eat it up and cheers Hogan on anyway.

Too early. Brody was still hot stuff on the territory market in '86 and was a year or so away from realizing the money was in a Hogan run before doing whatever he wanted to do. As things were, he was murdered in July of 88, so we were already leaving WM4 behind. It's hard to say where he would have/could have been slotted in. The Megapowers were running full-force with a showdown the next year, so it would have to be after that. That swiftly dovetailed into the No Holds Barred promotional stuff with Zeus and then almost straight into the Warrior build-up. And I don't think there was any chance of Brody on his best day being considered to replace any of that. His first real chance at a run against Hogan wouldn't be, I think, until summer of 1990, taking Earthquake's place. I suppose it's possible he could have gone in quick enough to have taken either Bossman or Akeem's spot in the Twin Towers and be part of that Hogan feud, but not really sure.

OR Exactly what the poster above me stated that I did not see before posting this. Blegh.

[Muskrat]

Dec 25, 2016 23:52:27 GMT -5 Toilet Paper Roll said:

He died in Summer of 88" He wasn't going to take over the Mega Powers v Mega Bucks feud. I don't think he would have been hotshot into the main event in WWF right out the gates. He would have had to wait out the Hogan v Savage feud so now we're into mid 1989 when Hogan had his movie and the inevitable Zeus v Hogan feud that came after.... so we're into late 89", do we have Hogan lose to an Indy star like Brody and just never have Hogan v. Warrior at Mania? That sounds silly in retrospect, so now we're into the post Warrior days and IMO the first time a Brody v Hogan feud makes sense,

So we have a 44 year old Brody v Hogan, or Hogan v, he insanely out of shape ridiculous looking Earthquake? Seems like a pick 'em

I don't think it would have worked.

"Indy Star"? Really?

[Joe Neglia]

Dec 26, 2016 1:39:35 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

Dec 25, 2016 23:52:27 GMT -5 Toilet Paper Roll said:

He died in Summer of 88" He wasn't going to take over the Mega Powers v Mega Bucks feud. I don't think he would have been hotshot into the main event in WWF right out the gates. He would have had to wait out the Hogan v Savage feud so now we're into mid 1989 when Hogan had his movie and the inevitable Zeus v Hogan feud that came after.... so we're into late 89", do we have Hogan lose to an Indy star like Brody and just never have Hogan v. Warrior at Mania? That sounds silly in retrospect, so now we're into the post Warrior days and IMO the first time a Brody v Hogan feud makes sense,

So we have a 44 year old Brody v Hogan, or Hogan v, he insanely out of shape ridiculous looking Earthquake? Seems like a pick 'em

I don't think it would have worked.

"Indy Star"? Really?

In the last couple of years of his life? Yeah, sure. The territories were on life support by that point and the transition into standalone indie promotions was already progressing. And Brody was pretty much the king of that world at the time, hitting every promotion that could afford him and not staying anyplace long. I can certainly see where he could be considered ground zero for the indie star designation.

[Mozenrath]

If he didn't face him in WWF, I could certainly see Hogan possibly doing so in WCW, especially given the known problem that part of why Hogan faced Flair such an absurd amount in the mid-90s was because of other WCW figures refusing to job to him, which is supposedly why Luger, Rude, and Vader did not work with him, though Vader would relent eventually.

[Muskrat]

Dec 26, 2016 1:50:11 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Dec 26, 2016 1:39:35 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

"Indy Star"? Really?

In the last couple of years of his life? Yeah, sure. The territories were on life support by that point and the transition into standalone indie promotions was already progressing. And Brody was pretty much the king of that world at the time, hitting every promotion that could afford him and not staying anyplace long. I can certainly see where he could be considered ground zero for the indie star designation.

I guess, it just felt fairly dismissive of him. "Indy Star" just gives off negative vibes to me. But, ya, I suppose they were moving into the transition phase between territories and Indys at that point.

[Deleted]

Japan, where he could work as little or as much as he wanted. Maybe the occasional State-side shot. (As a previous poster said, probably just do like Hansen.)

[Toilet Paper Roll]

Dec 26, 2016 2:19:19 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

Dec 26, 2016 1:50:11 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

In the last couple of years of his life? Yeah, sure. The territories were on life support by that point and the transition into standalone indie promotions was already progressing. And Brody was pretty much the king of that world at the time, hitting every promotion that could afford him and not staying anyplace long. I can certainly see where he could be considered ground zero for the indie star designation.

I guess, it just felt fairly dismissive of him. "Indy Star" just gives off negative vibes to me. But, ya, I suppose they were moving into the transition phase between territories and Indys at that point.

It wasn't meant as a slight.  Theres been plenty of guys (especially back then) who thrived outside of the WWF, NWA.  He floated around pretty freely and built a career on the fringe.

[Reflecto]

Dec 26, 2016 1:39:23 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Dec 25, 2016 23:37:35 GMT -5 Squirrel Master said:

I could see Brody running into the steel cage to end the show at Wrestlemania 2, stomping Hogan to start a feud and looking mighty compared to King Kong Bundy limping out of there. A few months into their feud we see Hogan regaining the upper hand and running Brody out of the WWF later that same year following a series of house shows, where Hogan always cheats but the crowds eat it up and cheers Hogan on anyway.

Too early. Brody was still hot stuff on the territory market in '86 and was a year or so away from realizing the money was in a Hogan run before doing whatever he wanted to do. As things were, he was murdered in July of 88, so we were already leaving WM4 behind. It's hard to say where he would have/could have been slotted in. The Megapowers were running full-force with a showdown the next year, so it would have to be after that. That swiftly dovetailed into the No Holds Barred promotional stuff with Zeus and then almost straight into the Warrior build-up. And I don't think there was any chance of Brody on his best day being considered to replace any of that. His first real chance at a run against Hogan wouldn't be, I think, until summer of 1990, taking Earthquake's place. I suppose it's possible he could have gone in quick enough to have taken either Bossman or Akeem's spot in the Twin Towers and be part of that Hogan feud, but not really sure.

OR Exactly what the poster above me stated that I did not see before posting this. Blegh.

BUT, having said that- the time period that these two posters said also makes the most likely place for Bruiser Brody to plug into WWF as well.

If you look at "Summer of 1990" as the sweet spot for a Bruiser Brody run with Hogan as the earliest he gets the spot in, then his spot is more obvious: He takes John Nord's place to become The Berzerker, and that gimmick gets a rocket strapped to it for this run.

[Deleted]

Babyface in 1989 WWF. Turns heel on Hogan in 1990/1991. Japan in 1992-1994. Then retirement.