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# ~, U- j- z R( w u0 ]+ M, OFew Superstars have ever been as surly as Bad News Brown.
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Brown started in the squared circle after winning the bronze medal in judo at the 1976 Olympics.* T5 }" `# r( F+ o% q/ n
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After tearing through Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta, Bad News made his way to WWE in 1988.! \, N, E- C1 `" |: k
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He made an instant impact, knocking out opponents with a devastating enzuigiri he dubbed the “Ghetto Blaster.”% u& C7 I1 y8 g
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' p5 @/ F% }) L8 n: @$ R- p5 _, b0 gBad News preferred to keep to himself, making no friends.
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Brown had vicious brawls with rivals like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
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The New Yorker once brought Harlem sewer rats to the ring to combat Jake Robert's snakes.
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0 f- y9 j& d0 }6 D0 vAfter losing to Roberts at SummerSlam 1990, Bad News Brown disappeared from WWE.$ V. g7 j8 l- I: J
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