Editing Bruiser Brody (section)

== Professional wrestling career ==
[[File:Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen 1983.png|thumb|Brody (left) and Stan Hansen (right), circa 1983]]
After attending West Texas A&M<ref name="Bruiser Brody">{{Cite web|title=Bruiser Brody|url=https://www.wwe.com/superstars/bruiser-brody|access-date=2020-11-29|website=WWE|language=en}}</ref> and working as a sportswriter Goodish was trained to wrestle by [[Fritz Von Erich]]. He first wrestled in Dallas - Fort Worth and later Louisiana. As Bruiser Brody and King Kong Brody (the latter, a name he used in Midwestern promotions out of respect for [[Dick the Bruiser]]), Goodish competed as a freelancer in several companies including the [[Heart of America Sports Attractions|Central States Wrestling]] (CSW), [[WWE|World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF), [[Southwest Championship Wrestling]] (SCW), [[Windy City Pro Wrestling|Windy City Wrestling]], [[World Wrestling Council]] (WWC), [[Deep South Wrestling]] (DSW), [[Championship Wrestling from Florida]] (CWF), [[American Wrestling Association]] (AWA), and [[World Class Championship Wrestling]] (WCCW). In the States, he had numerous feuds with the likes of [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant]], [[Abdullah the Butcher]], and [["Crusher" Jerry Blackwell]]. In Japan, he was in a tag team with [[Stan Hansen]]. Brody had a reputation for refusing to [[Job (professional wrestling)|job]] to other wrestlers. He also competed under the moniker of Red River Jack in Texas, during an angle against [[Gary Hart (wrestler)|Gary Hart's]] men and [[Skandor Akbar]]'s Army in World Class Championship Wrestling. Brody also competed as the Masked Marauder at one time in the AWA. In 1976, he went to [[Vince McMahon, Sr.|Vince J. McMahon's]] WWWF where he challenged WWWF Champion [[Bruno Sammartino]], but was unsuccessful in winning the championship. Brody also teamed with [[Big John Studd]]. It was also in the WWWF where he wrestled Invader 1 (José González), for whom he refused to [[sell (professional wrestling)|sell]].

In 1985, he had a very short stint with [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) in a feud with [[Antonio Inoki]] and many of their matches ended in no contests or disqualifications. In 1987, Brody began working primarily for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico after getting fired from New Japan. Brody continued his feud with Abdullah the Butcher, as well as engaging in a feud with [[Carlos Colon]]. He briefly returned to [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] to win his last [[NWA International Heavyweight Championship]]. On April 15, 1988, the first attempt to form what became the [[Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]] was done when Brody faced off against [[NWA United National Championship|NWA United National]] and [[PWF Heavyweight Championship|PWF]] champion [[Genichiro Tenryu]]; the result was a double countout. Brody lost the title to [[Jumbo Tsuruta]] four days later. In WCCW in Texas he was actually a babyface, most often against Abdullah The Butcher. However against Abdullah in Montreal he was a heel managed by [[Floyd Creatchman]]. While there Tim "Killer" Brooks acted as his brother Buster Brody. Brody was in an ongoing feud with The Russian Brute who later went on to AWA fame with Manager Ox Baker. Due to his huge reputation in Japan promoter [[Giant Baba|Shohei Baba]] had the match taped and later aired on Japanese TV.

In Florida he beat [[B. Brian Blair]] for the Florida State championship. Brody had an infamous cage match with [[Lex Luger]] in Florida on January 21, 1987.<ref name="Bruiser Brody" /> In the middle of the match, Brody stopped "[[Work (professional wrestling)|work]]ing" and stood around. Luger and [[Bill Alfonso]], the referee of the match, were puzzled and attempted to speak to Brody who did not respond. Luger and Alfonso decided to forgo the planned finish of the match and Alfonso disqualified Luger in a spot where Luger shoved Alfonso to the ground. After the match, Luger recalls asking Brody if he did anything wrong to upset him, to which Brody responded "no", and Brody's reasons for not working were not very clear, stating that "the match just wasn't working". In [[Larry Matysik]]'s book, ''Wrestling at the Chase'', Matysik states that before the match Brody told him "I'm not putting up with any of his bullshit" and that Brody was upset that Luger would not sell for him. However, when watching the match, it is clear that Luger did sell for Brody. In a later shoot interview, Bill Alfonso said that there was a miscommunication issue on who would lead the match and there was no ill will ever between the two. Another scenario was that Brody was upset with the promoters over his paychecks (Brody had a contentious history with wrestling promoters for much of his career) and decided to embarrass the promotion by being uncooperative in the match. In 1987 he returned to the AWA where he fought Greg Gagne and Jerry Blackwell. Despite his reputation as being disagreeable with promoters he would aid any who needed a boost in ticket sales as he was guaranteed to bring in crowds. While working for WCCW in Texas he was the booker and produced their TV program.