Brian Adams

Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler, born in Kona, Hawaii on 14 April 1964 and died in Tampa, Florida on 13 August 2007. He is best known for his years in the World Wrestling Federation as Crush and for World Championship Wrestling under his real name. Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, he was a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WWF Tag Team Champion and a one-time AJPW World Tag Team Champion, and he challenged for singles titles including the WWF Championship. He debuted in 1986 and had earlier served in the United States Air Force. In 2002 he briefly tried a boxing career, retiring in January 2003 after back and shoulder injuries.