Brian Lawler

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Brian Christopher Lawler
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Data
Surname Brian Christopher Lawler
Brian Lawler
Ring name Grandmaster Sexay
Additions to names Too sexy
height 178 cm
Fighting weight 97 kg
birth January 10, 1972
Memphis , Tennessee
death July 29, 2018
Memphis , Tennessee
Announced from Memphis , Tennessee
Trained by Jerry Lawler
Jerry Jarrett
debut June 1988

Brian Christopher Lawler (born January 10, 1972 in Memphis , Tennessee , † July 29, 2018 ), better known by his ring name Grandmaster Sexay , was an American wrestler . He is a son of wrestling legend Jerry Lawler and thus a second generation wrestler.

Life

National Wrestling Alliance and Independent

Lawler made his debut in June 1988, and he achieved his first major success on December 10, 1992, when he was allowed to hold the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship .

On March 23, 1992 he became USWA Heavyweight Champion for the first time . His strength lies in the individual area, and between May 1994 and October 1996 he was able to hold the USWA Heavyweight Championship a total of ten times.

WWF / WWE

In 1997 he signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE ). At first he had a small feud against Ivan and Scott Putski , where he was supported by his father. Towards the end of the year Lawler supported the newly formed WWE Light Heavyweight Division. The first title was fought in a so-called knockout tournament. Brian Lawler managed to get into the finals, held at In Your House PPV D-Generation X in December 1997. There he was defeated by the Japanese Taka Michinoku .

In 1998, Brian Lawler focused more on the Tag Team Division. Together with his cousin Scott Taylor , he founded the Too Much tag team . After an unsuccessful year, the team paused for a few months before making its comeback at the 1999 Survivor Series . From Too Much is Too Cool and the two got gain of rikishi . In this successful phase Lawler managed to win the WWF Tag Team title . In 2001 he was fired from the WWE for drug possession.

After discharge

In 2002, WWE gave him a second chance. After a few missed shows or appearing too late, he was released after just a month. This was followed by appearances for WWA and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well as at smaller, independent promotions.

On July 7, 2018, he was arrested for drunk driving. He died of suicide on July 29, 2018 .

successes

title

  • Hoosier Pro Wrestling
  • 1 × HPW Tag-Team Championship (with Doug Gilbert)
  • Memphis Superstars of Wrestling
  • 1 × MSW Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • Memphis Wrestling
  • 1 × Memphis Wrestling Television Championship
  • 1 × New South Heavyweight Championship
  • Powerhouse Championship Wrestling
  • 1 × PCW Light Heavyweight Championship
  • Power Pro Wrestling
  • 1 × PPW Television Championship
  • 17 × AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
  • 1 × USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship
  • 8 × USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
  • 6 × USWA Tag Team Championship
  • 1 × USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'tmz.com: Ex-WWE Grandmaster Sexay arrested for DUI, Allegedly Ran from Cops'
  2. ↑ 'whatculture.com: Former-WWE Star Brian' Grandmaster Sexay 'Christopher Has Died'
personal data
SURNAME Lawler, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lawler, Brian Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH 29th July 2018
Place of death Memphis , Tennessee