Brian Gower

Nascimento : 1960-06-01, Denton, Texas, USA

História

Brian Gower is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Brian Adias. He is best known for his appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling. Gower was trained to wrestle by Texas-based Fritz Von Erich, debuting in 1979. Adias appeared, mistakenly billed as "Brian Adidis", at Starrcade '84 defeating Mister Ito. Fan magazines like Pro Wrestling Illustrated continued to list him in their regional rankings as Adidas for the next two years, but he was referred to as Adias in WCCW. Adias continued his alliance with the Von Erich family until the fall of 1986, when he turned heel against Mike Von Erich in a singles match which was Von Erich's first match back after a near-fatal bout with Toxic Shock Syndrome. In an angle very similar to the one used with Chris Adams two years before, Adias declared that he wanted to succeed on his own merits, accused the Von Erichs of holding him back, and formed an alliance sometimes called "The Duo of Doom" with Al Madril. During the feud WCCW ran an angle where Kerry Von Erich, who was Brian's classmate in high school, confronted Adias regarding his actions. Still in crutches after his 1986 motorcycle accident, Kerry was attacked by Madril with Brian standing and allowing Madril to hit Kerry with the crutch several times before Marc Lowrance managed to get Kerry out of the ring. Afterwards, Kevin Von Erich came in and launched an attack on Madril. Madril and Adias would go on to win the World Class Tag Team Championship, while continuing to feud with the Von Erichs through the summer of 1987. In one incident, Kevin collapsed during an eight-man tag match involving Adias, which would set up an angle where he would develop his version of the Oriental Spike, a move made famous by Terry Gordy, calling it the "Oriental Tool". Adias would continue his heel run into the Wild West Wrestling group but reverted to playing the babyface a few years later when the Global Wrestling Federation was launched. Adias later turned to sales work, only wrestling sporadically for the rest of the decade, before resurfacing for a while in the GWF during its run on ESPN in the early 1990s. Adias retired from wrestling completely in 2000 and is currently selling real estate and owns NTXHOMEZONE with his partner Chad Odom.

Filmes

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
Brian Adias
The King and The Modern-Day Warrior collide with both The WCCW & AWA World Titles on the line!
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
Brian Adias
The High Holidays bring high tension deep in the heart of Texas. Can The Von Erich's come out unscathed?
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '87
Brian Adias (Ringside)
Stadium show from deep in the heart of Texas
WCCW Parade of Champions '87
Brian Adias
Once again the eyes of Texas fall upon Texas Stadium in a memorial to Mike & David Von Erich.
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '86
Brian Adias
The Eyes of Texas fall upon The Cotton Bowl in Dallas for the hottest action around!
WCCW Parade of Champions '86
Brian Adias
World Class Championship Wrestling returns to Texas Stadium with some all-star action!
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85
Brian Adias
Testemunhe uma batalha brutal quando os Von Erichs colidem com os Freebirds.
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars 1985
Brian Adias/Special Guest Referee
WCCW hosts their Thanksgiving Day event from the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '85
Brian Adias
The Dynamic Duo of Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams square off with Kerry & Kevin Von Erich in a Hair vs. Hair Tag Team encounter.
WCCW Parade of Champions '85
Brian Adias
The second annual David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions held at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas
NWA Starrcade '84: The Million Dollar Challenge
Brian Adias
One million dollars is on the line as NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair takes on Dusty Rhodes with legendary boxing champion "Smokin" Joe Frazier as special guest referee. Tully Blanchard faces Ricky Steamboat for NWA World Television Championship. "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant takes on Paul Jones in a Loser-Leaves-Town Tuxedo Match and much more!
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '83
Brian Adias
The most wonderful time of the year sees some intense action inside the squared circle in The Lone Star State.
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '82
Brian Adias
Kerry Von Erich faces Ric Flair in a bloody Steel Cage Match with Michael "P.S" Hayes as referee with the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship hanging in the balance!
WCCW Star Wars (August 1982)
Brian Adias
It's Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair with the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship on the line in a grueling best 2 of 3 falls contest!