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Bobo Brazil

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Title History

  • WWA (Los Angeles) International TV Tag Team titles w/ Wilbur Snyder defeating Tom Rice and Great Bolo (April 19, 1954);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) International TV Tag Team titles w/ Wilbur Snyder defeating Gene Kiniski and James Blears (September 6, 1954);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) International TV Tag Team titles w/ Sandor Szabo defeating Joe Pazanadak and James Blears (November 29, 1954);
  • MWA (Ohio) American Tag Team titles w/ Frankie Talaber defeating Dick Hutton and Buddy Rogers (May 19, 1955);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Pacific Coast Heavyweight title (June 1955);
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team titles w/ Frankie Talaber defeating Billy Varga and Bill Miller (July 7, 1955);
  • MWA Ohio Heavyweight title defeating Gene Stanlee (April 19, 1956);
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team titles w/ Frankie Talaber defeating Don and Ray Stevens (May 30, 1956);
  • NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/ Enrique Torres defeating Mike and Ben Sharpe (July 13, 1956);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) International TV Tag Team titles w/ Primo Carnera defeating Anthol Layton and James Blears (November 28, 1956);
  • NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/ Enrique Torres defeating James Blears and Ben Sharpe (May 28, 1957);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ International Television title defeating Shag Thomas (June 1957);
  • NWA (Toronto) Canadian Open Tag Team titles w/ Billy Watson defeating Stan and Reggie Lisowski (May 22, 1958);
  • AWA United States Heavyweight title defeating Dick the Bruiser (January 28, 1961);
  • NWA World Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (August 18, 1962);
  • WWWF United States Heavyweight title (1963);
  • WWWF United States Heavyweight title defeating Johnny Barend (July 15, 1963);
  • NWA (San Francisco) United States Heavyweight title defeating Kinji Shibuya (October 16, 1965);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Austin (September 2, 1966);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (August 1967);
  • WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Austin (January 12, 1968);
  • NWA (JWA) International Heavyweight title defeating Giant Baba (June 25, 1968);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating El Mongol (October 4, 1968);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Heavyweight title defeating Freddie Blassie (February 7, 1969);
  • WWWF United States Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (February 1969);
  • ESA (Maritimes) North American Heavyweight title defeating Archie Gouldie (October 7, 1969);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ Athol Layton defeating Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes (August 8, 1970);
  • WWWF United States Heavyweight title (February 1971);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (July 29, 1971);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating Pampero Firpo (August 19, 1972);
  • NWA (JWA) International Heavyweight title defeating Kintaro Ohki (December 1, 1972);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating Pampero Firpo (December 23, 1972);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (January 13, 1973);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ The Stomper defeating Killer Brooks and Ben Justice (July 21, 1973);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ Tony Marino defeating Karl Von Shotz and Kurt Von Hess (1974);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ Tony Marino defeating Abdullah the Butcher and Killer Brooks (1974);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ Tony Marino defeating Killer Brooks and Ben Justice (June 15, 1974);
  • NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team titles w/ Fred Curry Awarded (November 1974);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title Awarded (January 25, 1975);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title defeating Abdullah the Butcher (April 19, 1975);
  • NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight title Awarded (April 21, 1976);
  • NWA (Toronto) United States Heavyweight title defeating The Sheik (February 6, 1977);
  • NWA (Mid Atlantic) United States Heavyweight title defeating Blackjack Mulligan (July 7, 1977);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/ Sweet Brown Sugar defeating Mr. Sakuarda and Mr. Hito (September 29, 1979);
  • NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/ Dusty Rhodes defeating Ivan Koloff and Nikolai Volkoff (August 1980);
  • WWA (Indianapolis) World Heavyweight title defeating Johnny Valiant (July 24, 1981);
  • WWA (Indianapolis) World Heavyweight title defeating Blackjack Mulligan (November 1981);
  • WWF Hall of Fame Inductee (1994);

Career Highlights

  • Bobo Brazil was a trailblazer for today’s black pro wrestling superstars.
  • August 18, 1962: Bobo Brazil defeated Buddy Rogers to win the NWA World Heavyweight title when Rogers was injured.
  • ~~~Bobo Brazil refused to accept the Championship, but was awarded the title after Rogers was cleared by doctors.
  • October 30, 1962: Buddy Rogers defeated Bobo Brazil in the rematch to reclaim his NWA World Championship!
  • August 14, 1970 – AWA Comiskey Park: Bobo Brazil wrestled Bill Miller to a 20-minute time limit draw.
  • October 9, 1970: El Mongol and Bobo Brazil defeated Mr. Ito and The Great Ota in the first Racially mixed match in Atlanta history.
  • September 7, 1974 – American Wrestling Association: The Sheik and Bobby Heenan defeated Dick the Bruiser and Bobo Brazil.
  • July 14, 1980 – American Wrestling Association: Bobo Brazil defeated Super Destroyer Mark II.
  • ~~~Jerry Blackwell won a “Battle Royal” which included Bobo Brazil as a participant.
  • Early 1990s: Bobo Brazil concluded an amazing 40-plus year career as a professional wrestler.
  • January 20, 1998: Houston Harris, known by wrestling fans as Bobo Brazil, passed away at the age of 74.

 

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Trained By

Joe Savoldi

Debut

1951

Birthday

July 10, 1924

Hometown

Benton Harbor, Michigan

Gender

Height

6'6"

Weight

270 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

"Coco-Butt" Headbutt

Favorite Move(s)

The Piledriver

Notable Feuds

Dick the Bruiser
Champ Thomas
Gorilla Monsoon
Bill Watts
Waldo Von Erich
Thunderbolt Patterson
Jerry Graham
The Sheik
Fred Blassie
Dick the Bruiser
Brute Bernard
Ernie Ladd

Status