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The WWE announced connected Thursday that Bad News Brown will beryllium inducted into nan Hall of Fame arsenic a bequest personnel of nan people of 2026.
Brown, whose existent sanction is Allen Coage, will subordinate a people that includes Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles, Demolition, Dennis Rodman and Sid Eudy. He will subordinate Eudy arsenic a bequest inductee.
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Bad News Brown poses for a image circa February 1990. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
"From opinionated connected nan podium astatine nan 1976 Summer Olympics to nan halfway of nan ringing astatine #WrestleMania IV, Bad News Brown was a fierce competitor pinch an cognition to match," WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque wrote connected X. "For his accomplishments successful combat sports and contributions to @WWE, it is simply a pleasance to denote his induction into nan 2026 Legacy Class of nan #WWEHOF."
Before he stepped into nan squared circle, Brown was a judo competitor. He won a bronze badge successful nan 1976 Montreal Olympics and took location 2 golden medals successful nan Pan American Games successful 1967 and 1975 respectively.
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Bad News Brown looks connected astatine Miami Arena connected Aug. 9, 1990 successful Miami, Florida. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
He started his master wrestling profession pinch New Japan Pro-Wrestling and would execute location aggregate times betwixt 1977 and 1992. He was pinch nan World Wide Wrestling Federation and Stampede Wrestling earlier he sewage his large tally successful WWE (then known arsenic nan World Wrestling Federation).
Brown was known for keeping a consecutive aliases tense look. He had feuds pinch Randy Savage and had a awesome lucifer astatine WrestleMania VI against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
He continued to activity successful independent promotions aft his profession pinch WWE was over.
Brown ne'er won a title successful WWE. However, he was inducted into nan Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame successful 2007 and was a four-time Stampede North American heavyweight champion.
Bad News Brown celebrates pinch nan conflict royal trophy during WrestleMania IV astatine Trump Plaza connected March 27, 1988 successful Atlantic City, New Jersey. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
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He died successful 2007 from a bosom attack. He was 63.
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