Real Name: Brian Yandrisovitz
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 295 lbs.
Date of Birth: May 6, 1964
From: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Resides: Tampa, Florida
Pro Debut: 1985
Trained By: Brad Rheingans & Verne Gagne
Finishing Move: Running Powerslam
Biography
– Knobbs began his career with the AWA. He briefly worked under a mask, before becoming Brian Knobbs in 1986
– Knobbs & Jerry Sags formed ‘The Nasty Boys’ in early 1987
– On September 12, 1987, The Nasty Boys defeated Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles, lost them to The Rock n Roll RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) a week later, then regained them on October 3
– On November 9, 1988, The Nasty Boys defeated Johnny Ace & The Terminator to win the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On November 30, The Nasty Boys defeated The Star Riders (Rock & Blade) to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On December 6, The Nasty Boys again defeated The Star Riders to retain the FCW Tag Team Titles
– On March 24, 1989, The Nasty Boys defeated Johnny Ace & The Terminator to win the PWF Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to Southern Force (Tony Anthony & Black Bart) a few days later
– On June 11, The Nasty Boys defeated Southern Force to regain the PWF Tag Team Titles
– On July 9, The Nasty Boys defeated Jim Backlund & Brett Sawyer to retain the PWF Tag Team Titles
– On October 8, The Nasty Boys defeated Jim Backlund & Jumbo Baretta to retain the PWF Tag Team Titles
– The Nasty Boys travelled to Japan in November 1989 to compete in the AJPW Real World Tag League
– On January 6, 1990, The Nasty Boys defeated Bounty Hunter I & The Terminator to win the PWF Tag Team Titles
– On February 22, The Nasty Boys defeated Black Magic & Brickhouse Brown to retain the PWF Tag Team Titles
– On March 29, The Nasty Boys defeated Bodyguard Mark & Brickhouse Brown to retain the PWF Tag Team Titles
– On July 28, The Nasty Boys defeated Bob Emery & Danny Allen in the final of a tournament to become the first NAWA Tag Team Champions
– On August 2, The Nasty Boys defeated Joe Gomez & Hurricane Walker to retain the NAWA Tag Team Titles
– The Nasty Boys had a brief run with WCW in late 1990, before signing with the WWF
– At WrestleMania VII, The Nasty Boys defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) to win the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the April 27, 1991 Saturday Night’s Main Event, The Nasty Boys defeated The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– At Survivor Series 1991, The Nasty Boys & The Beverly Brothers (Blake & Beau) defeated The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch) & The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
– At Survivor Series 1992, The Nasty Boys & The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Money Inc (Ted DiBiase & Irwin R Schyster) & The Beverly Brothers (Blake & Beau)
– The Nasty Boys left WWF and returned to WCW in the summer of 1993
– At Fall Brawl 1993, The Nasty Boys defeated The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson & Paul Roma) to win the WCW Tag Team Titles
– On the October 2 episode of WCW Saturday Night, The Nasty Boys defeated The Four Horsemen to retain the WCW Tag Team Titles
– On the October 23 episode, The Nasty Boys lost the WCW Tag Team Titles to the team of 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell, but would regain them the next night at Halloween Havoc
– On the November 6 episode, The Nasty Boys defeated Ron Simmons & Ice Train to retain the WCW Tag Team Titles
– At Clash Of The Champions 25, The Nasty Boys defeated Davey Boy Smith & Sting
– On the January 29, 1994 episode of WCW Saturday Night, The Nasty Boys defeated 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell to retain the WCW Tag Team Titles
– At Spring Stampede 1994, The Nasty Boys defeated Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne in a Street Fight to retain the WCW Tag Team Titles
– At Clash Of The Champions 28, The Nasty Boys defeated Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma)
– At Fall Brawl 1994, The Nasty Boys, Dusty Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes defeated The Stud Stable (Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck & Colonel Robert Parker) in War Games
– At Halloween Havoc 1994, The Nasty Boys defeated The Stud Stable (Terry Funk & Bunkhouse Buck)
– At Starrcade 1994, The Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) by DQ
– At Uncensored 1995, The Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
– At Slamboree 1995, The Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat to win the WCW Tag Team Titles, but lost them back within the month
– At Clash Of The Champions 32, The Nasty Boys fought The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) to a double DQ
– At SuperBrawl VI, The Nasty Boys defeated The Public Enemy in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
– At Bash At The Beach 1996, The Nasty Boys defeated The Public Enemy in a Dog Collar Match
– With Sags suffering what was believed to be a career-ending concussion, Knobbs would go solo, eventually becoming a staple of WCW’s Hardcore division
– At Fall Brawl 1999, The First Family (Knobbs & Hugh Morrus) defeated The Revolution (Shane Douglas & Dean Malenko)
– On the January 12, 2000 episode of Thunder, Knobbs defeated Norman Smiley to win the WCW Hardcore Title
– At Souled Out 2000, Knobbs defeated Smiley, Fit Finlay & Meng to retain the WCW Hardcore Title, but would soon lose it to Bam Bam Bigelow
– At SuperBrawl 2000, Knobbs defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to regain the WCW Hardcore Title, but would lose it to the team of 3 Count (Shane Helms, Evan Karagias & Shannon Moore) a week later on Nitro
– At Uncensored 2000, Knobbs defeated all three members of 3 Count in a Gauntlet Match to regain the WCW Hardcore Title
– A week later on Thunder, Knobbs defeated The Dog to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– Knobbs left WCW in mid-2000
– Sags returned to wrestling and reunited with Knobbs as The Nasty Boys in 2001 for Jimmy Hart’s XWF promotion. Knobbs also had a hand in booking the company
– On November 14, The Nasty Boys defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal), The Shane Twins (Mike & Todd) and The South Philly Posse (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) to become the first XWF Tag Team Champions
– At WWC’s 29th Anniversary Show, The Nasty Boys defeated The Reggaetones to retain the XWF Tag Team Titles
– The XWF folded in 2002 and Sags once again chose to step away from the business, letting Knobbs go solo once more
– The Nasty Boys reunited for a WWE Smackdown dark match in November 2007, but with the match quality considered ‘disastrous’, nothing further came of it
– The Nasty Boys competed on the 2009 Hulkamania tour of Australia
– The Nasty Boys debuted for TNA in January 2010
– At Against All Odds 2010, The Nasty Boys defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon)
– In March 2010, TNA released The Nasty Boys following an ‘incident’ at an event attended by Spike TV executives
– On November 19, 2011, The Nasty Boys defeated Mutiny (Jon Bolen & Guillotine Graham) in a No-DQ Match to win the CWI Tag Team Titles
– Knobbs was forced into retirement due to knee injuries in 2019
– Knobbs has suffered with poor health in the 2020s, regularly being hospitalised for various conditions and seeking help via GoFundMe
– In 2024, Knobbs became homeless due to destruction caused by Hurricane Milton