Brian Knobbs

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Brian Yandrisovitz


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Brian Knobbs The Terrorist
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	294lb (133 kg)
Born	May 6, 1964 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Resides	Tampa, Florida
Billed from	Allentown, Pennsylvania ("Nastyville")
Trained by	Verne Gagne Brad Rheingans
Debut	1985
Retired	2002

Brian Yandrisovitz (born May 6, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania), better known as Brian Knobbs and his wrestling name Terrorist, is an American former professional wrestler, best known as one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys.

1 Career
2 Trivia
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 External link

[edit] Career

Brian Knobbs was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended Whitehall High School in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley.

Knobbs started his career in the American Wrestling Association as the masked Terrorist in 1985. In 1986, he formed a tag team called The Nasty Boys with Jerry Sags and wrestled in the Tennessee territory until they moved to Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won five Tag Team Titles from 1988 through 1990.

In 1990, they went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions which had been purchased by Ted Turner and would be renamed World Championship Wrestling before they left a few months later. They feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner over the U.S. Tag Team Titles but could not defeat them. In early 1991, they went to the World Wrestling Federation where they were managed by Jimmy Hart and won the World Tag Team Titles from The Hart Foundation before feuding with and losing the titles to the Road Warriors.

They left the WWF for WCW in 1993 and were quickly placed with manager Missy Hyatt, who led them to the World Tag Team Titles. She left them and they went on to feud with Harlem Heat, The Blue Bloods, and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. They won the tag team titles a second time later in 1993, and were defeated by Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan the following year. In May 1995, they defeated Harlem Heat for their third and final WCW tag title on Main Event, but lost the belts back to Harlem Heat on a June episode of WCW Worldwide.

In 1996, they were tricked by the nWo into thinking they were going to become members but were attacked as soon as they received their shirts. Sags had been injured previously in a shoot-altercation with an intoxicated Scott Hall and he had to retire due to this injury.

Following Sags' retirement, Knobbs became a singles wrestler and entered WCW's hardcore division. He feuded with Norman Smiley and Bam Bam Bigelow and won the title three times. Fit Finlay was briefly his manager as the "Hardcore Soldiers" with partner "The Dog".

He also was briefly in Jimmy Hart's "First Family".

Sags returned to wrestling in 2001 with Knobbs as The Nasty Boys to wrestle in the short-lived X Wrestling Federation and they both retired after it folded in 2002.

As of 2005, Knobbs has a supporting role in the VH1 reality series Hogan Knows Best.

[edit] Trivia

Knobbs is a regular at most home games for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a Major League Baseball team.
Knobbs is close friends with Hulk Hogan in real-life, and has appeared several times in his VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best.

[edit] In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

Top rope elbow drop
Running powerslam
Clubberin’ (Multiple punches)
Pit Stop (Rubbing an opponent's face in his armpit)

Managers

Quotes

"We're as nasty as we wanna be!"
"Hey Hulkster, wanna watch WrestleMania VII"

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

American Wrestling Association

AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jerry Sags

National Wrestling Alliance
Regional

NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Jerry Sags

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 409 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him # 53 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" (with Jerry Sags)
1994 PWI Tag Team of the Year Award (with Jerry Sags)