Brian Damage

This is the 209th installment of the ‘Wrestling with Sin‘ series. A group of stories that delves into the darker, underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed and in some cases even murder! As with every single story in the Sin series, I do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines and various other sources of media.

Total Elimination

One night after an ECW show, the Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) along with Louie Spicolli took a female fan they met at the show back to their hotel for sex. After the deed(s) were done, they all went to hang out at the hotel bar. After a few drinks, the female fan got into a heated argument with ECW valet Francine. The two had to be separated by Perry Saturn and Shane Douglas.

It was then that Saturn and Douglas got into a shouting match and after some pushing and shoving, they had to be separated. According to Saturn, Douglas went straight to the promoter Paul Heyman. Heyman took Saturn into a room and was scolded about his behavior. Perry later claims he found out that Paul and that same female fan had a fling not too long before.

Myers Dire

After a match in 1951 which saw Sonny Myers defeat fellow wrestler Rito Romero in Texas, an irate Romero fan approached Myers and stabbed him in the stomach area. Not only did the fan stab Myers, but he pushed the knife across his torso. Myers wound was so bad, that his intestines had allegedly come out of his body. Sonny Myers was able to walk himself back to the dressing room where he collapsed.

It was speculated that if Sonny Myers hadn’t been in such top physical condition he would have died. According to reports, it took about 268 stitches to close his 18-inch wound. Myers would take a little bit to recover but did, in fact, return to the ring and wrestle for several more years.

Hellfire and Brimstone

Tracy Caddell was an independent wrestler out of the North Carolina area. He mainly worked for Jeff and Matt Hardy’s OMEGA promotion in the 1990s. Caddell wrestled under the moniker of T.C. Brimstone. Caddell allowed a friend and fellow indie wrestler to stay with him and his family. One day, while Caddell was out at work, Caddell’s young son walked into his parents’ room and caught his mom and the family friend having sex.

That young boy would get older and become a juvenile delinquent who would lash out against people. He had multiple assault charges against him and he eventually ended up homeless. He did get his act together and grow up to become TNA/Impact wrestling star ‘The Technical Savage’ aka ‘Carolina Caveman’ Trevor Lee.

Punchin’ Judo

Shinobu Kandori was a legitimately tough woman having been a judo champion in Japan before becoming a professional wrestler. She was introduced to the business by the legendary Jackie Sato who was considered by many as a trailblazer in Japanese women’s wrestling. The problem with Kandori was she was thought of as a malcontent who was always unhappy about her spot in the wrestling industry. Shinobu Kandori allegedly started to become jealous and resentful of her own mentor Sato.

Kandori felt that she was the one who had a background in Judo and should be placed in a better spot than Sato who she considered just an entertainer. Reality and fiction became blurred when the two faced off in a match in 1987. Shinobu Kandori allegedly decided to “go into business for herself” aka shoot and legitimately beat up and humiliated Jackie Sato in their match. The beating was so decisive and severe…Jackie Sato would retire from wrestling. Kandori would either leave the promotion on her own or was blackballed from ever competing there again.

The Good and The Bad

Independent wrestler Peter Goodman wrestled mainly in the Arizona and California areas. He was trained by Rick Bassman, who also trained wrestlers like Sting, The Ultimate Warrior, John Cena and several others. Goodman wrestled actively from 2004 to 2009. On August 26th, 2009…Goodman was found dead at his home in California. The wrestler died of a suspected drug overdose believed to be pain pills. Peter Goodman was just 29 years old at the time of his death.

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