Robbie Brookside has toured all over the world during his career, wrestling in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico.
18 Facts About Robbie Brookside
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Robbie Brookside was a regular tag partner of Steve Regal in the United Kingdom and has competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual tournament, the Super J Cup, in 1997, where he picked up a victory over Chris Jericho.
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Robbie Brookside won his first title after World Heavy-Middleweight Champion "Rollerball" Mark Rocco retired and Robbie Brookside won the vacant title in a tournament.
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Robbie Brookside then teamed with Doc Dean as The Liverpool Lads, together winning the British Tag Team Championship.
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In 1996, Robbie Brookside got the chance to wrestle in Germany for the Catch Wrestling Association through his contact with the group, Dave "Fit" Finlay.
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Robbie Brookside spent six months in the US wrestling for World Championship Wrestling, including several matches on Nitro, WCW's main TV shown worldwide.
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Robbie Brookside continued to wrestle in and around the UK and remained one of the top British wrestlers, winning many of the top titles in the UK.
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Robbie Brookside became the first-ever Real Quality Wrestling Heavyweight Champion on 29 April 2006, defeating former WWE and WCW Superstar Billy Kidman during a match at RQW's A Night of Champions event.
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Robbie Brookside remained an All-Star wrestler throughout his reign, with various FWA wrestlers trying to take back "their" championship.
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Robbie Brookside took an interest in the future of the business by going on to train future wrestlers, eventually opening his own Leicester-based wrestling school, Wrestleicester, in late 2006.
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Robbie Brookside appeared on the 23 April 2007 episode of Raw, losing a no disqualification, 3-on-1 handicap match to Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, and Umaga.
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Robbie Brookside was introduced as a man that Shane McMahon had personally seen take down six men by himself in a fight at a local pub.
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Robbie Brookside wrestled around the country in 2008, including defeating James Mason in a World of Sport rules match at Maesteg Town Hall.
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In February 2008, Robbie Brookside won All-Star Promotions British Heavyweight Championship for the second time but was forced to vacate the title in May 2009 due to injury.
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At a WWE house show in Birmingham on 7 November 2011, William Regal announced that Robbie Brookside was in the crowd and credited him with his success as well as that of Sheamus and Wade Barrett.
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In 2013, Robbie Brookside, who had already been working as a talent scout for WWE, began working as a coach in WWE's developmental system, NXT, ending his career in the active competition after nearly 30 years.
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Robbie Brookside made an appearance on the 16 February 2015 episode of Raw, separating a brawl between Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns.
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Robbie Brookside's daughter Xia Robbie Brookside is a wrestler, performing on NXT UK.