names birth_place weight article_title name retired
'' becker brian ashby ` bruno bekkar '' ' bruno bekker bruno new zealand 114 kg lb on on bruno bekkar
 bruno bekkar 1992
bruno bekkar

brian ashby is a retired new zealand professional wrestler and trainer , known by his ring name bruno bekkar , who competed for steve rickard 's all star-pro wrestling and for other promoters in new zealand and australia from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1992 .
one of the country 's biggest stars during the 1970s , he is a 3-time nwa new zealand heavyweight champion and a former nwa australia heavyweight champion .
he also teamed with don kent in the puerto rico-based world wrestling council as the fourth incarnation of the fabulous kangaroos and together twice won the wwc north american tag team championship in 1981 .
during his professional career , ashby and al hobman trained several wrestlers out of koolman 's gym in wellington , most notably , jock ruddock and butch miller .
ashby is credited for first introducing luke williams to pro wrestling and who later joined miller to form the sheepherders .
he was one of several veterans involved in kiwi pro wrestling , one of the three major companies in new zealand , and was inducted into kpw 's new zealand wrestling hall of fame in 2006 .
in 2009 , ashby was ranked # 6 in a top ten list of new zealand 's greatest wrestlers by `` fight times magazine '' .
