WWE to induct Bad News Brown into Hall of Fame

The WWE announced connected Thursday that Bad News Brown volition beryllium inducted into the Hall of Fame arsenic a bequest subordinate of the people of 2026.

Brown, whose existent sanction is Allen Coage, volition articulation a people that includes Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles, Demolition, Dennis Rodman and Sid Eudy. He volition articulation Eudy arsenic a bequest inductee.

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Bad News Brown poses for a representation circa February 1990. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)

"From lasting connected the podium astatine the 1976 Summer Olympics to the halfway of the ringing astatine #WrestleMania IV, Bad News Brown was a fierce rival with an cognition to match," WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque wrote connected X. "For his accomplishments successful combat sports and contributions to @WWE, it is simply a pleasance to denote his induction into the 2026 Legacy Class of the #WWEHOF."

Before helium stepped into the squared circle, Brown was a judo competitor. He won a bronze medal successful the 1976 Montreal Olympics and took location 2 golden medals successful the Pan American Games successful 1967 and 1975 respectively.

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Bad News Brown looks connected astatine Miami Arena connected Aug. 9, 1990 successful Miami, Florida. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)

He started his nonrecreational wrestling vocation with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and would execute determination aggregate times betwixt 1977 and 1992. He was with the World Wide Wrestling Federation and Stampede Wrestling earlier helium got his large tally successful WWE (then known arsenic the World Wrestling Federation).

Brown was known for keeping a consecutive oregon tense look. He had feuds with Randy Savage and had a large lucifer astatine WrestleMania VI against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

He continued to enactment successful autarkic promotions aft his vocation with WWE was over.

Brown ne'er won a title successful WWE. However, helium was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame successful 2007 and was a four-time Stampede North American heavyweight champion.

Bad News Brown celebrates with the conflict royal trophy during WrestleMania IV astatine Trump Plaza connected March 27, 1988 successful Atlantic City, New Jersey. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)

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He died successful 2007 from a bosom attack. He was 63.