Eric Tovey Eric Henry Edward Tovey ( 3 January 1929 – 9 September 2016 ) , known professionally as Lord Littlebrook , was a British midget wrestler . He enjoyed his greatest success during the 1970s , when he held the NWA World Midget ' s Championship . He was also part of the Wrestlemania III card in 1987 in front of a record 93 , 173 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit , then the largest professional wrestling attendance in North American history . Career . Tovey was born in England and grew up with six siblings . He began performing in front of audiences in the circus at the age of 14 serving as an acrobatic midget clown . Tovey traveled to the United States with the circus in 1949 but lost his job when the circus went out of business . He was then convinced by a friend that he would be an ideal midget wrestler . After three months of training , Tovey made his debut as " Lord Littlebrook " against Major Tom Thumb . Although from a plebeian background , Tovey took a nobility gimmick in line with the general American stereotype of Britishers . He is credited as being one of the first wrestlers to use aerial assaults on his opponents , paving the way for high wire acts such as Jimmy Snuka , The Rockers , and Koko B . Ware . As Littlebrook , Tovey enjoyed great success in places such as Australia , Japan and Thailand . From 1956 to 1958 , he wrestled in New York state . He faced other midget wrestlers , including several who he would later wrestle in the World Wrestling Federation . He won most of his matches , although he was booked to lose several tag team matches . In the late 1960s , he competed regularly for Georgia Championship Wrestling . Again , he wrestled in matches against other midget wrestlers and was victorious in the majority of his matches . In 1979 , Littlebrook began wrestling with the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) . He was brought in to team with The Crusher in a feud with Lord Alfed Hayes and Super Destroyer Mark II . In 1986 , he competed in a tag team match at the AWA ' s WrestleRock event , teaming with Little Tokyo . The pair lost to Little Mr . T and Cowboy Lang . He also competed in WrestleMania III in a mixed tag - team match with Little Tokyo and King Kong Bundy against Hillbilly Jim , Little Beaver and Haiti Kid . Littlebrook ' s team was disqualified when Bundy powerslammed Little Beaver . Tovey was involved in the wrestling business for 47 years as a wrestler , manger and a trainer . He trained Colonel DeBeers , as well as Butch Reed and Mike George . In the late 1980s , Tovey , as Lord Littlebrook , was brought in to World Championship Wrestling to manage Jack Victory and Rip Morgan , who teamed as The Royal Family . Tovey has also been enshrined into the Canadian Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame . Personal life . Tovey currently lives in Saint Joseph , Missouri with his daughter , Lucky . He also has two sons , Chris and Bobby , both of whom compete as Kato and Beautiful Bobby with the midget wrestling group the Half Pint Brawlers , and 28 grandchildren . Since retiring from wrestling , Tovey has been diagnosed with dementia and has lost the use of both of his legs . He died in his home in Saint Joseph , Missouri under the care of his son Bob Tovey , one of the stars in the new Spike show Half Pint Brawlers .