While never attaining the level of stardom achieved by the other performers on this list, Bad News Brown - sometimes working as Bad News Allen - was well-known for being fiercely protective of his status in every company he worked for. The man born Allen Coage was a bronze medalist in judo at the 1976 Olympics, and in a sport populated with tough guys, he was regarded as one of the toughest. Coage spent most of his time in New Japan and Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling, but he did have a fairly high profile two year stint in WWE beginning in 1988. It wasn't a particularly memorable run, with the only real standout moments being a match vs. Hulk Hogan on Saturday Night's Main Event, winning the WrestleMania IV battle royal and hilariously ditching his teams at consecutive Survivor Series. Bad News was a man who hated doing jobs, and along with allegedly having to constantly fight with Vince McMahon over money is one of the reasons he gave his notice and departed the promotion. This is a man who reportedly disputed having to lay down clean for Hogan at SNME and claims he was promised the WWE championship despite never being anywhere near that spot on the card. He could have continued to make career money in the WWE for years if he had just softened a little, but instead chose to walk away and spent the remainder of his career working the indies and Japan.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.
