
Tim Brooks
Timothy Paul Brooks, better known by his ring name "Killer" Brooks, was an American professional wrestler. He competed in North American regional promotions, including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), World Wrestling Council (WWC), World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and Southwest Championship Wrestling (SWCW) during the 1970s and 1980s. Brooks got his start in 1967, joining his cousin Dick Murdoch in the Detroit and Toronto territories. He wore a hard hockey player's elbow guard and used it as a weapon. He fought Ben Justice, Tex McKenzie and Tiger Jeet Singh among others. Into the early 1970's, he also wrestled in the Cleveland based NWF taking on Haystacks Calhoun, Fred Curry and Tony Marino. He worked as a mid-level heel often being managed by Skandor Akbar, Armand Hussein and Gary Hart. Long before the infamous 1988 angle in WWE between Hulk Hogan, André the Giant and Ted DiBiase over the WWE Championship, Brooks had, in 1983, sold his NWA National Heavyweight Championship to Larry Zbyszko some time after winning it from Paul Orndorff. In this case, however, no interference from Zbyszko had happened during the match; and Zbyszko, …
Acting
- 1982World Class Championship WrestlingTim Brooks12 ep.
- 1981WCCW Star Wars"Killer" Tim Brooks2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1982World Class Championship Wrestling'Killer' Tim Brooks, Tim Brooks12 ep.
- 1981WCCW Star Wars"Killer" Tim Brooks2 ep.
Also known as: Killer Brooks · "Killer" Brooks · Buster Brody