Brian Knobbs

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Brian Knobbs
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Brian Knobbs^[1] The Terrorist
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	295 lb (134 kg/21.1 st)
Born	May 6, 1964 (1964-05-06) (age 44) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.^[1]
Resides	Tampa, Florida^[1]
Billed from	Allentown, Pennsylvania ("Nastyville")
Trained by	Verne Gagne Brad Rheingans
Debut	1985

Brian Yandrisovitz^[1] (born May 6, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania), better known as Brian Knobbs, is an American professional wrestler, best known as one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys along with Jerry Sags.

Knobbs' wife is the sister of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine's wife.

1 Career
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 Personal life
5 In popular culture
6 References
7 External links

[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 late 1990, they went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) 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.^[2] They turned face in the fall of 1992 to feud with Jimmy Hart's Money Inc. over the tag team titles, but were unable to recapture the gold.

They left the WWF for World Championship Wrestling (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. He is also famous for losing the belt simultaneously to all three members of the boy band stable Three Count, making them the first and only co-holders of that belt, and regaining it from them later. Fit Finlay was briefly his manager as the "Hardcore Soldiers" with partner "The Dog".

He also was briefly in Jimmy Hart's The 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. Knobbs has since returned to wrestling, including wrestling at the New Alhambra Arena (formerly ECW Arena for Pro Wrestling Unplugged on Saturday, June 16, 2007. On November 20, 2007, Knobbs and Saggs reformed as The Nasty Boys at the SmackDown! tapings from Tampa, Florida to wrestle their first WWE match in years. The crowd loved the hometown team and the Nasty Boys received one of the largest "pops" of the night.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

Running powerslam
Nasty Clubberin' (Multiple punches to a cornered opponent)
Pit Stop (Knobbs rubs an opponent's face in his armpit)

Managers

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Continental Wrestling Association

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

NWA Florida

FCW Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Jerry Sags

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1994 - with Jerry Sags.^[3]
PWI ranked him # 409 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.^[4]
PWI ranked him # 53 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jerry Sags in 2003.^[5]

World Championship Wrestling

WCW Hardcore Championship (3 times)
WCW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jerry Sags

World Wrestling Federation

WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Sags^[2]

X Wrestling Federation

XWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Sags

Other titles

NAWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Sags
PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Sags
SAPC Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Sags
YPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

[edit] Personal life

Brian and his wife Gabrielle became the proud parents of their third child, son Roman Scott Yandrisovitz born March 22, 2007 in Orlando.They have two other children Josh & Emily.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] In popular culture

Knobbs is close friends with Hulk Hogan and has appeared several times in his VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best. He's seen in a couple of episodes such as Hogan's son Nick trying to train for wrestling in Gold's Gym.

Knobbs is a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan and has his own blog called "The Nasty Boy's Blog" on the Eagles website message board where he talks about his feelings on the team and what he is up to in his personal life.

Knobbs, a Tampa Bay resident, is also a long time Tampa Bay Rays fan. He holds season tickets and is frequently seen in advertisements for the Rays on their JumboTron. Knobbs attempted to hold a protest when the team changed their name from the Devil Rays to the Rays, but he cancelled on the way to the stadium when he found a hot dog on the street, ate it, and went home to bed.