Dean Peters

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Dean Peters
Statistics
Ring name(s) Brady Boone
Battle Kat
Fire Cat
The Lynx
The Masked Fire Cat
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight 220 lb (100 kg/16 st)
Born August 22, 1958(1958-08-22)
Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Died December 15, 1998 (aged 40)
Tampa, Florida
Billed from Oregon City, Oregon
Trained by Sandy Barr
Roddy Piper
Debut 1984

Dean R. Peters (August 22, 1958 - December 15, 1998) was a professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling as Brady Boone, Fire Cat in All Japan Pro Wrestling and his short run in the World Wrestling Federation as Battle Kat. After his retirement, he became a referee for WCW during the late 1990s. After refereeing at a WCW event in Orlando, Florida, he died in a car accident.

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[edit] Career

Dean Peters graduated from Robbinsdale High School (were he was captain of the gymnastics team) in 1976 along with other future wrestling stars Curt Hennig,[1] Tom Zenk[2] and Rick Rude.[3] Other future wrestling stars John Nord[1] and Nikita Koloff[1] (class of 1977) as well as Barry Darsow[1] (class of 1978) attended RHS with Peters.[4]

Peters started his career in 1984 working for Don Owen's NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion.[5] He went by the name "Brady Boone" and was billed as the cousin of Billy Jack Haynes.[5] In 1986, Boone won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship twice, once with Coco Samoa and once with Ricky Santana.[5]

In the late 1980s Peters went to work for WWF as the first "Battle Kat" where he received a small push.[5][6] Upon leaving the WWF Boone wrestled in the Global Wrestling Federation as the "Fire Cat."[6] He later wrestled in the Florida area where he won the Suncoast Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship with Jerry Lynn.[7] In 1991, Peters competed at Universal Wrestling Federation's only PPV, UWF Beach Brawl.

In the late 1990s, Peters worked as a referee for WCW. On December 15, 1998 while driving home to Tampa, Florida from a WCW television taping in Orlando, Peters died in an automobile accident.[5][6]He was 40 years old.

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Suncoast Pro Wrestling

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d OWW Hennig Bio. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  2. ^ Athletes Advanced: Robbinsdale High School. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  3. ^ Wrestling World Mourns Loss Of Legends. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  4. ^ Fan fests bring Demolition back together. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
  5. ^ a b c d e OWW: Brady Boone Bio. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  6. ^ a b c IMDb: Brady Boone. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
  7. ^ bodyslamming.com bio.
  8. ^ Bio on Online World of Wrestling.
  9. ^ N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles. Puroresu Dojo (2003). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  10. ^ bodyslamming.com bio.

[edit] Further reading

  • Bernstein, Ross. Grappling Glory: Celebrating A Century Of Minnesota Wrestling & Rassling. Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 2004. ISBN 1932472312

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NAME Peters, Dean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Robbinsdale, Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH 1998-12-15
PLACE OF DEATH Florida