Texas Red (The Undertaker) vs. Bruiser Brody

[IRONboxGym]

Brody lo masacró!! :-D

[malawri67]

I didn't know Undertaiker used to be a jobber.

[demonblood21x]

So when did Mark Calloway makes his wrestling debut? Every wrestling site I go to says 1984, but some ppl have said late '86 to early '87. So which is it

[masterbenis]

watch the paul bearer shoot interview it is the undertaker here is the link on youtube watch?v=AagstBaEZcg at 8:29 he talks about this match

[bigrigbob2010]

@masterbenis I was just about to post that, He said this was his first pro match and even Mark will probably tell you, the only reason he was managing him that night was to show him how to get back to the dressing room after Brody beat the crap out of him.

[jonbap426]

Undertaker said this was like one of his first matches, I wish I still had that magazine handy. He said he got beaten up so bad, that he thought his only job in the ring that night was to show Bruiser Brody the way back to the dressing room.

[TheSmd7474]

This is not the undertaker! He made his debut in 1989 and Brody was murdered in 1988! Pringle is a liar!

[EpizodBG]

@TheSmd7474

Calaway made his debut in 1984 in World Class Championship Wrestling under the ring name "Texas Red".[6] He wrestled and lost his first match against Bruiser Brody.[6] In 1988, after four years in the promotion, he left and joined the Continental Wrestling Association (which became the United States Wrestling Association after Jerry Jarrett merged CWA with WCCW), wrestling under several gimmicks.

[Rayla840]

@EpizodBG This is definitely not from 1984. More like 1987 at the earliest. I can tell, cuz at the end of the video, Al Madril (who was on commentary) makes a comment about "taking care" of Brian Adias, who was his partner who he had recently split with. And that happened in 87. Also, Embry and Steve Simpson weren't in WCCW in 84. Simpson didn't come in til 86. And 87 was around the time Tony Falk became "Boy Tony".

[lordhumalice]

@TheSmd7474 1989 is the WWE acceptable debut date for the undertaker he was around for a while before that.

[dyno1316]

He Will Whoop the Undretaker anyway if He still alive. RIP Brody.



[TheEnviousdominous]

Funny how the WWE would eventually make Jim Nord be a Brody knock-off and have him job to the Undertaker.

[Albinoafroman316]

@TheEnviousdominous Who is Jim Nord? what name did he wrestle under?

[TheEnviousdominous]

@Albinoafroman316 Unless I'm mistaken, Jim Nord was the Viking and later the Berserker during his WWF days. Both gimmicks had Jim wearing knee high fur boots and had him saying "HUSS!!" over and over again, so basically a mocking rendition of Bruiser Brody.

[Albinoafroman316]

@TheEnviousdominous your right i remember him in WCW just dont remember him in WWF/E His Berserker persona was easy to forget (thankfully) cause Jim ord was better then that

[MrMolmem]

@TheEnviousdominous he also wrestled in the 80's as Yukon John he and Scott Norton were a tag team called the Yukon Lumberjacks (or something like that)

[noneckjo3]

Thank you for the upload! While unfortunate that they couldn't have faced each other during Taker's heydays, it's still great to see.

[crazyjosiah]

deadman vs. deadman. currently Texas Red now better known as the Undertaker is  nick named the deadman and Bruiser Brody is literally a deadman. so if you think about it, it's really a "Deadman Match"

[jcgadfly]

Saw an interview with Pringle who said that the only reason he was out there with "Texas Red"/Taker as so that Mark could find his way back to the locker room after the butt kicking he took.

[RCHANELCANAL]

 *****Bruiser Brody #1 *****

[coburnjs]

Bruiser Brody was a world class world wide superstar before the WWE made it easy. BB did it the old fashioned way. A lot of hard work. He was known everywhere and still talked about today and he didn't have world wide tv audience or ppv's to do it. Anybody that knows wrestling knows Bruiser Brody. Up there with Andre, Abdullah, Dusty, and Flair.

[gothsoul82]

was this undertaker's first gimmick?

[Wingnutcaseman]

"That's not the real Undertaker."

Oh please.

Mark Calloway was a first or second year wrestler at this point and didn't yet have the experience and skills to compete with a main eventer like Brody. He didn't become the Undertaker overnight!

And before anybody overstates the obvious, I'm writing from a kayfabe point of view. I know 'rasslin has scripted outcomes.

[LawlessRazor]

@Wingnutcaseman Can you prove it ?..I'm not disagreeing with you , you make a good point.But back in the day they did put hood's on guy's to hide their greeness ..also that is his first match (Taker) as Texas Red as in first match ever

[SteveGaines]

@Wingnutcaseman Read Brody's book that his wife wrote..It is Mark Calloway "THE UNDERTAKER"...This was before he came to Memphis as "THE MASTER OF PAIN"..

[wmontalvo71]

Hey you peanut butter jelly, what I mean is that back then the Undertaker was nobody, if that fight would've happen more recently then the undertaker would have whoop his behind. Got it idiot !!

[gristlethrob777]

bill moody (percy pringle) discusses this match in his shoot interview from a few years ago. very entertaining throughout.

[wwemetallicaman]

this is undertaker in his old days

[wmontalvo71]

This is not the real undertaker, he would've destroyed bruiser brody!

[sanddune]

@wmontalvo71 LOL. Its all a work for one, and 2 Brody was way better than the "I've only been successful in one organization" Undertaker.

[TopRopeProductions]

@DaringDirk100 You're kidding right? Bruiser Brody was a legend before Undertaker ever debuted in the E. Both are Hall of Famers from intersecting eras.

[william431108]

What a true bad-ass Brody was!! We need a modern day Bruiser in todays wrestling for sure!!!

[Bradman77]

WGBO 66 chicago wow i miss that

[edgebet]

I would imagine that Bruiser Brody must have taught the undertaker a few good lessons in that match that would be of use in the future

[IRONboxGym]

Brody: A trully bulldozer to this young texas red

[KINGNICOLA1]

squassh

[draconian45]

Taker was green as grass back then. It's cool that Percy Pringle (Paul Bearer) was with him from the very beginning.

[TheUnforgiven2012]

The Undertaker's first ever match. His opponent the legendary Bruiser Brody. 1984? I think the year is wrong. More like 1987 i'd say.

[jsimola420]

This is NO WAY in 1984!! It is 87-88' era.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@jsimola420 Yeah, this is from 87. Late 86 at the absolute earliest.