Brittany Brown

Brittany Brown is an American female professional wrestler, former promoter and current trainer.

For the American sprinter, see Brittany Brown (sprinter).
Brittany Brown
Brittany Brown and Killer Kowalski at the Cauliflower Alley Club Convention
BornAugust 31
Scituate, Massachusetts, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Billed fromHollywood, California
Trained byThe Fabulous Moolah
Donna Christanello
Killer Kowalski
Debut1985
Retired2013

Overview

Brown has competed as a wrestler from the mid-1980s to the 2010s. She has worked with the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, The Fabulous Moolah's Ladies International Wrestling Association, as well as in Killer Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, New England Wrestling Federation, World Wide Wrestling Alliance, North American Wrestling Alliance, Empire Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Alliance (Massachusetts) and New England Pro Wrestling.

She had feuds most notably with Shelley Francis, ‘Black Venus’ Jean Kirkland, Wendi Richter, Brandi Wine, Leilani Kai, Rustee the Foxx Thomas, Rosebud, Jamie West, Brandi Alexander, Babyface Nellie, Ivory, and Heidi Lee Morgan.

Brown is one of three female professional wrestlers that broke her neck and resumed her career for many years after healing.

Professional wrestling career

In 1984, Brown began her training to become a professional wrestler at The Fabulous Moolah's Girl Pro Wrestling School in Columbia, South Carolina, under the direct training of The Fabulous Moolah and Donna Christanello. She then trained under Killer Kowalski and was the Ladies Champion of Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation for well over a decade.

On February 27, 1998, Brown beat number-one contender Brandi Alexander and retained her NWA New Jersey Championship title at the Third Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl at the Airport Radisson Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] The Fabulous Moolah was in Brown's corner while Fred The Elephant Boy from The Howard Stern Show was at ringside with Ms. Alexander.

At a Killer Kowalski Birthday Wrestling show, lady wrestler Violet Flame and her husband Steve King, along with an unknown referee changed the finish so that Flame could win a match. Former ICW wrestler ‘The Boston Bad Boy’ Rocky Raymond was in attendance and along with wrestler Chris Duffy were ready to pummel King (who is quite small for a wrestler) but Brown got in between them to stop the fight.

Brown later worked for Kowalski as a trainer to both male and female students at his school outside of Boston, Massachusetts. During this time, she was the IWF Ladies Champion, the Ladies Champion of the National Wrestling Alliance and champion of several independent promotions including EPW, NWF, WWA, and the NEWF. She was known as The Boston Bad Girl due to her 'in-ring' villainous tactics.

She and a former partner began a New England–based independent wrestling promotion called the World Wrestling Alliance in 1999. This ran for many years and featured many wrestlers from the WWF Dojo and several stars from WWE’s ‘’Tough Enough’’.

Championships and accomplishments
Brittany & Shelley Francis in Las Vegas, Nevada

Honors

In 1994, Brown was inducted into the Cauliflower Alley Club along with other female inductees Candi Devine, Sherri Martel, Kitty Adams, and Susan Green as well as male inductees Gorilla Monsoon and Pedro Morales. She was also the first female to be elected as an officer of the club under then-President Lou Thesz.

Brown was on the Board of The LIWA run by The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young, and was honored by the organization before becoming an Officer.

In 2013 Brown was inducted into the New England Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Brown was also honored with the ISPW Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

Other work

Brown was very closely linked to Queen frontman Freddie Mercury from her mid-teens until his death in 1991. She met him when he personally chose her for a music video when she was 16. She went on to perform in many Queen videos as well as for other bands including Aerosmith, Bad Company, The Eagles and Guns and Roses across almost four decades. She was also partnered with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler from 1993-1997.

References
  1. "3rd Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl". NWA Eddie Gilbert Memorial Shows. ProWrestlingHistory.com.
  2. "3rd Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl". NWA Supercards. Wrestling-History.de. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.
  3. "Ladies Honorees". Ladies Award History. Cauliflower Alley Club. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05.
  4. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. "Hall of Famers". Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
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