Brian Lee
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Ring name(s) | Brian Lee "The Undertaker" Chainz |
Billed height | 6 ft 10 in (196 cm) |
Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Born | November 26, 1966 St. Petersburg, Florida |
Trained by | Rocky bill |
Debut | 1988 |
Brian Harris (born November 26, 1966) is an American professional wrestler who wrestled the majority of his career under the ring name Brian Lee.
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[edit] Career
He appeared in a dark match at WWF's 1991 special Tuesday Pay Per View Tuesday in Texas.
Brian's earliest successes were with Smoky Mountain Wrestling from 1992-1995 as Prime Time Brian Lee. Lee was a two time SMW Heavyweight Champion and twice won the SMW Tag Team Championship with partner Chris Candido. Lee was also the first wrestler to ever be managed by Tammy Sytch.
In 1994, he joined the World Wrestling Federation to perform as the Evil Undertaker (sometimes called the "Underfaker"). "The Millon Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase announced to have brought the Undertaker, who had disappeared after the Royal Rumble. This Undertaker, who competed for several weeks, was not "guided by the urn" but by money. Undertaker's manager Paul Bearer however accused DiBiase of lying and claimed that he "had made contact" with the Undertaker. At SummerSlam 1994, Bearer brought back his Undertaker for a match between the two Undertakers. Towards the end of the match DiBiase's Undertaker went for a tombstone pildedriver but it was reversed and then another tombstone was given to make sure DiBiase's Undertaker would not rise.
After SummerSlam '94, Lee returned to SMW and also competed in the United States Wrestling Association. It was in the USWA that Lee first teamed with his real life cousins, Ron and Don Harris, then known as the Bruise Brothers.
By early 1995 Lee began competing in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he went by the nicknames Bulldozer (or Bulldozer for Hire) and Killdozer and was allied with Raven. Lee is best remembered from his ECW tenure for his Scaffold Match with Tommy Dreamer, in which Lee took a major bump from the scaffolding high above the squared circle through a series of tables stacked up inside the ring. The show was dubbed ECW "High Incident."
In 1997, Lee returned to the WWF as Chainz, a member the biker faction Disciples of Apocalypse (or DOA) along with leader Crush and Skull and 8-Ball (the Harris Brothers). The foursome feuded with Los Boricuas, the Nation of Domination, and the Truth Commission during the WWF's "Gang Warz" storyline. Lee remained in the WWF until the summer of 1998 before being released once again.
After several years out of the spotlight, Lee debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2004, teaming with Slash as the Disciples of The New Church. Lee left the company later in the year and has only appeared from time to time on smaller independent events since.
[edit] Wrestling facts
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Cancellation (Delayed backbreaker)
- Chokeslam
- Tombstone Piledriver - As The Undertaker
- Death Valley driver
[edit] Managers
- Tamara Fytch
- Ted DiBiase
- James Mitchell
- Sylvia Fuller
- Robert Fuller
- Paul Ellering
- Brandon Baxter
- Downtown Bruno
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Canadian Wrestling Association
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- 1-Time CWA Heavyweight Champion
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- 1-Time WCWA Tag Team Champion (with Robert Fuller)
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- 2-Time SMW Television Champion
- 2-Time SMW Tag Team Champion (with Chris Candido)
- 2-Time SMW Heavyweight Champion
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- 2-Time USWA Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time USWA Tag Team Champions (3-time with Robert Fuller and 1-time with Don Harris)
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- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Slash)
- 1-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Golden)
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- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 476 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
[edit] Personal life
Brian Lee was (ironically) the best man at The Undertaker's wedding.