Brittany Brown is an American female

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, former promoter and current trainer.

Overview

Brown has competed as a wrestler from the mid-1980s to the 2010s. She has worked with the

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's Ladies International Wrestling Association, as well as in

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's International Wrestling Federation,

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, New England Wrestling Federation,

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, North American Wrestling Alliance, Empire Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Alliance (Massachusetts) and New England Pro Wrestling. She had feuds most notably with Shelley Francis, ‘Black Venus’ Jean Kirkland,

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, Brandi Wine,

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, Rustee the Foxx Thomas, Rosebud, Jamie West,

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, Babyface Nellie,

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, and Heidi Lee Morgan. Brown is one of three female professional wrestlers that broke her neck and resumed her career for many years after healing.

Professional wrestling career

In 1984, Brown began her training to become a professional wrestler at

's Girl Pro Wrestling School in

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, under the direct training of The Fabulous Moolah and

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. She then trained under

and was the Ladies Champion of Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation for well over a decade. On February 27, 1998, Brown beat number-one contender

and retained her NWA New Jersey Championship title at the ''

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'' at the Airport Radisson Hotel in

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. The Fabulous Moolah was in Brown's corner while Fred The Elephant Boy from ''

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'' was at ringside with Ms. Alexander. At a Killer Kowalski Birthday Wrestling show, lady wrestler Violet Flame and her husband Steve King, along with an unknown referee changed the finish so that Flame could win a match. Former ICW wrestler ‘The Boston Bad Boy’ Rocky Raymond was in attendance and along with wrestler Chris Duffy were ready to pummel King (who is quite small for a wrestler) but Brown got in between them to stop the fight. Brown later worked for Kowalski as a trainer to both male and female students at his school outside of

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. During this time, she was the IWF Ladies Champion, the Ladies Champion of the

and champion of several independent promotions including EPW, NWF, WWA, and the NEWF. She was known as ''The Boston Bad Girl'' due to her 'in-ring' villainous tactics. She and a former partner began a New England–based independent wrestling promotion called the World Wrestling Alliance in 1999. This ran for many years and featured many wrestlers from the WWF Dojo and several stars from WWE’s ''Tough Enough''.

Championships and accomplishments

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** Other honoree (

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

) * International Wrestling Federation **

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(4 times) *

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** Class of 2013 * New England Pro Wrestling ** NEPW Women's Championship (1 time) ** New England Wrestling Federation Women's Champion (2 times) ** Empire Pro Wrestling Women's Champion (3 Times) ** NWA NJ Ladies Champion ** World Wrestling Alliance Women's Champion (4 times) ** NAWA - Ladies Champion ** New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Woman's Honoree/inductee – 2013 *

** WWWA Woman's Championship (1 time) ** 2022 Recipient of ISPW Lifetime Achievement Award

Honors

In 1994, Brown was inducted into the

along with other female inductees

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, Kitty Adams, and Susan Green as well as male inductees

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and

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. She was also the first female to be elected as an officer of the club under then-President

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. Brown was on the Board of The LIWA run by

and

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, and was honored by the organization before becoming an Officer. In 2013 Brown was inducted into the New England Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Brown was also honored with the ISPW Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

Other work

Brown was very closely linked to Queen frontman

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from her mid-teens until his death in 1991. She met him when he personally chose her for a music video when she was 15. She went on to perform in many Queen videos as well as for other bands including

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and Guns and Roses across almost four decades. She was also partnered with Aerosmith singer

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from 1993-1997. As of 2025, Brown is the newest DJ on FunLand Radio.

References

External links

''Out of the Country'' interview with Brittany Brown shown in two languages *Hall of Fame - http://www.women-wrestling.org/hall_of_fame/brittany-brown.html *http://www.allaxxessentertainment.com/single-post/2016/04/07/Brittany-Brown New England Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee. *My Breakfast with Bockwinkel http://www.ddtdigest.com/features/gilbert/ *https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=8991 *http://www.women-wrestling.org/hall_of_fame/brittany-brown.html *http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=14079 *https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1650292342 * https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1650292342 * https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=8991 * http://www.women-wrestling.org/hall_of_fame/brittany-brown.html * https://www.nefemalewrestling.com/roster/brittany_brown.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Brittany Living people American female professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people) People from Scituate, Massachusetts Female professional wrestling trainers 21st-century American women 20th-century female professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers