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I have never, ever heard Cornette be as quite and say less words in an interview than this one. Seems so weird to see Cornette be so respectful and humble in an interview.

So sad to think that Brody was bleeding out, clinging onto a picture of his son 💔😥 R.I.P BRUISER BRODY.

This story needs to be told on Dateline. 30 Years later it's still depressing.

Brody telling Atlas to tell his family that he loved them...that’s heavy.

Salute to Tony Atlas A real Angel for protecting Brody and trying to save his life 🙏🏾 God bless him and praying for Bruiser Brody’s Family Especially His Son

Bruiser Brody deserves to be in the WWE Hall of Fame!

This guy saved Tony Atlas’s life.

WWE needs to take Carlos out of the HOF . If Chris Benoit can't be in the HOF than Carlos Colon shouldn't be

The more I learn about Bruiser's murder. the more I learn just how tragic and sickening it all is. The man died a painful, horrible death and had gotten no justice at all. My sympathies to his family, especially his son. The story Tony Atlas told about how Bruiser died holding a picture of his son and how from the time the stabbing happened to his death, he never let go of that photo. Absolutely heartbreaking. R.I.P Bruiser Brody

Its a joke for the wwe to put Carlos Colon into the wwe hof but keep hulk Hogan out... I know saying the N-word is bad but covering up a murder is worse.

Thank you Savio ...for being and stand up dude....and saving Tony's life💯🙏

They should make a movie out of this story RIP Bruiser Brody

I'm surprised Savio is still alive for telling it like it is. In fact, i'm surprised that Atlas is still alive as well. I hope Colon, Jovica and Gonzales burn in hell for what they did.

Sad what happened to Bruiser Brody, just hearing what Savio Vega said shook me up. And all respect to Jim Cornette who gave Savio the chance to tell his story without too many interruptions.

I believe Tony Atlas..Everyone has their CLAIM to FAME story. Tony.. said in Detail NOBODY TRIED TO HELP..

according to tony atlas, brody went to him and asked him if he could draw him a picture of his son (atlas was a talented artist). brody was about to hand atlas the picture of his son when invader asked brody if he could join him in the showers. atlas said he heard brody cry out twice before atlas and vega went to see what happened. dutch mantell also says the same thing. its clear management covered it up, maybe even had the whole thing set up before everyone got to the stadium that day, seeing as how slowly help arrived (almost an hour passed before an ambulance got to brody). brody got stabbed twice. doctors were able to close one of the punctures but the second injury got his liver. brody later dies in the hospital still holding on to the picture of his son. most tragic wrestling story. this tragedy and brody’s life should be made into a full feature film. rip brody

It sucks that justice wasn’t served to Gonzales. Sure Brody was a little difficult to work with, but that is not an excuse for murder, and total bullshit for claiming self defense. I watched a shoot interview with Tony Atlas, he said the saddest thing he said was that his son grew up without a father and how Brody loved his son. Bruiser Brody and Savio Vega for WWE Hall of Fame. RIP

In ric flairs book....he said after brodys death....american wrestlers never went back to the PR...pretty much killed the WWC

All those years watching Savio Vega in the WWF in the '90s, I had no idea he had such an interesting career leading up to that

This story needs to made into a movie. I remember reading the wrestling mags as a kid. According to them, “Brusier Brody was killed in Puerto Rico by a fan who stabbed him before a match.” It’s so weird listening to the players who were there tell the story now.

Savio looking like Jonathan Coachmen lol

Wow, Savio Vega, known at that time as "El Karateca Ninja, TNT"(TNT, The Karate Ninja) is telling it like it is and not holding back. I can't believe I'm even hearing this. I'm truly ashamed to have believed the BS hype from back then. As an 8yr old kid when this all happened, I was fooled by the media/promos from WWC. I remember looking up to Carlos Colón and Jose Gonzaléz (The Invader #1) the same way kids in the States looked up to Hulk Hogan. What a disgrace. Unfortunately they were let free and never paid for their crime. What a fucking shame... May they be forced to wear gasoline drawers while walking through hell. @Savio/TNT - gracias por tu valoria.

It's a good thing Tony Atlas left Puerto Rico when he did. They didn't want any witnesses.

Gonzales DID it. Regardless of what a jury said.

This is something I’ve been waiting for ! Thanks

Coming to this from the Vice Documentary is eye opening. Hearing some of what was going on in Puerto Rico that wasn't able to be told in that was interesting

WWE should be ashamed of themselves for butting these criminals like the colon into the hall of fame

WWE needs to immediately remove Carlon cologne from the Hall of Fame

We need justice for Brusier Brody RIP

First, I’ve hung out with Savio back in the 90’s and he is a great guy and fun as hell. He’s also a stand up guy. Second, Savio saved Tony’s life! I’m sad they didn’t stay on that because Savio mentioned it but it went to something different and was never brought up again. He went and got Tony’s bags from his room and told him those guys were looking for him. Like I said, Savio is a good man and cool as hell.

WWE is just as guilty for having Carlos in the HOF Smh

I don't want to get into ranking tragedies, because there have been some horrible ones in wrestling, but the fact that Brody never got any justice after he was murdered in cold blood is at the top for me. Something should be done.

Listening initially i thought savio was hiding something. Cornette asked everything that came to my mind. He asked every reputable question that anyone following this story would have asked. He listens, processes, and presents logical responses. Hes not some bullhonkey jibber jabber. Hes a historian. Cornette is a god damn saint. He loves this business now and forever.

this is the first time i ever heard a very open conversation about instead of people just saying: yeah i dont know much about it, sorry.

What's maybe more tragic and messed up is that people get away with murder quite frequently. Lots of Bruiser Brodys out there.

R.I.P. Bruiser Brody. Though i wasnt born until 1993 i have seen all your matches on youtube and i was instantly hooked. Became a fan right away. Wish i could have seen you perform in person. Thank you BRUISER and again R.I.P. your legend is still alive in 2021.

the closest thing to a "reason" why this happened is, colon owed brody a lot of money, when it got to be too much brody called his marker to colon, colon couldn't pay it, so brody made a play for part of the office and the booker job. brody loved puerto rico, he did great business there. brody taking part of the business cuts into other people's portion. not saying this IS what happened, but makes the most sense.

Mick Foley, when he was starting out as a wrestler, had to go to Puerto Rico for a tour (it was in his first book, Have a Nice Day), and said that he was disgusted having to shake Gonzalez's hand, given that Gonzalez had murdered Bruiser Brody, who Mick Foley had been a huge fan of... Oh, and Jose Gonzalez, had he ever gone to Japan, would have been murdered by the Yazuka, because Bruiser was very well-liked in Japan...

There's a countdown video of the most despised wrestlers in history. Gonzales was number 5. The wrestlers commenting on the list sounded scared shitless to say anything bad about him, and that includes New Jack and Sandman. The few wrestlers who've spoken out and called for justice, they are class acts who should be applauded for their courage.

Absolutely fascinating story. The cops had Jose's brother translating for him in Spanish to Tony Atlas! That is really screwed up. Brody got screwed so bad

Imagine if Brody had a run in the wwf against hulk hogan! Now THAT would have been money!

Jesus....I can't imagine seeing someone bleeding to death and being helpless, not to mention someone saying their final words

Jim you were and are the man! Your promos are legendary. I really appreciate your compassion for the business, thank you!

If Jose claims he stabbed Brody out of self defence, what would've been his reason for stabbing Tony Atlas.

They got tony atlas side of the story as well. Atlas says he was right there and they even tried to kill atlas as well but he said thank god for Vega. Vega told him to leave and go back to the U.S

Ok let me get this right we can have the colons tag team and Tamina in the wwe who's family who have investigated/or been on trial for murder but the wwe refuses Chris Benoit oldest son a shot cause of daddy... that's bullshit

The greatest tragedy in prefessional wrestling. Hard to believe Gonzalez got away with it and is walking around like nothing everything happened

There was a promoter in Florida, Orlando I think, just this year that wanted to book Gonzales for his indy companies (florida wrestling revolution) show that happened a couple months ago.Supposedly they were having a lot of the Puerto Rican guys on the show and dutch mantell because of his time down there as a booker in PR was going to be the special guest. They wanted Gonzales to guest ref one of the matches on the card, but the promoter ended up pulling him from the show all together because of all of the backlash his name got, and all of the threats sent by fans saying what they would do to him if they saw him somewhere because of the brody thing (keep in mind, alot of these people probably have never watched brody, but know what happened to him on the last day of his life). Me personally, I was hoping he'd have left him booked just to be able to see him get what he had coming to him. None the less RIP Brody.

Savio Vega is a LEGEND in Puerto Rico. I will never forget his catch phrase : " A mi manera, o pa' la calle !!!" which is a different way of saying " MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY"

Savio Vega was my favorite Puerto Rican Wrestler of all time. 🖤🇵🇷

Thank god for Atlas, otherwise I don’t believe we would know the truth about what happened. The fact that that disgusting man it’s still walking around makes me embarrassed of the law in Puerto Rico. Just disgusting, heartbreaking and embarrassing

That was the day when Professional Wrestling Died in Puerto Rico! Tragic and sad event!

Savio Vega for HOF

Carlos ran many shows at that venue since but not sure when this was recorded. I know I worked 3-4 shows in that stadium in 2006/2007

Thank you for this interview Jim!

I always enjoyed Savio Vega in the WWE, seemed a cool guy, after learning what he did for Tony Atlas after this incident; the guy is a legend.

The murder was a pure ambush. Without any forewarning Brody walks into a room and the guy starts stabbing him with a concealed knife.

This is a completely different story than Tony Atlas told. And i have the mind to believe Tony over anyone else. Considering how close they were as friends. And the simple fact that Tony has NEVER wavered in his story for the past 30+yrs.

On a Puerto Rican podcast “Masacote” Puerto Rican heel legend Chicky Starr said that business on the island after the incident fell down to basically nothing for years. The companies could say what they wanted to but the ppl loved Brody and they knew. It wasn’t until guys like Savio Vega introduced IWA to PR and other companies started popping up around the same time like late 90s early 2000s that things were stable again. Never at the level it once was but I can tell you all for sure wrestling is still huge down there with WWE doing house shows as well as indie wrestling companies.

How this was self defense when he has a knife. When both wrestlers go inside the bathroom together ... This was plan .. .. .. .. .. .

Savio really risked his life for the truth .

Wow respect to Savio for telling this without any fear. This case is just crazy, some people say Vince was involved some how.....

So basically during the trial they tried to paint Bruiser Brody as a brute (think about when a woman murders her husband or boyfriend) based on his persona versus who he was as a person and the sad part is he was the victim

Died holding a picture of his son

I respect Savio Vega, at least he tried to defend Brody after being killed! That was total injustice on the part of Colón, Gonzalez, and Quinónes!

Plenty of witnesses said Invader left and came back with a towel wrapped over his arm concealing the knife, and he gets off on self defense.

Thank you for actually telling a real version of the story Savio

What baffles me is after hes stabbed, tony atlus is laying by him for 45 minutes to an hour before the ambulance arrives and not once does brody say what happened! you would think that would be the first thing someone would ask,

awesome video...

Wow.... I had no idea they were riding together. Yes, Brody had a reputation for being stiff and hurting guys, and Harley Race even told him not to take that attitude to Puerto Rico because he might not make it back. I know Brody said he was owed about $25,000 from the promotion, and the rumour was he was going to invest and become a minortiy owner at which point he would fire Gonzalez. If that's true and you put that together with the fact Gonzalez had just lost his 3 year old daughter in a drowing accident, you definitely have an explosive situation. Can't believe it's been 35 years!!

Atlas tells a more detailed story , he was the only one to help Brody and went to the hospital with him, Carlos is in the hall of fame , says a lot

Dutch Mantel was there the night Bruiser was killed. Dutch and Cornette are very tight. I am sure Dutch told him what happened.

I have a feeling Savio knows more than he is saying. He's lying about some things.

Despite the accent he is extremely well spoken

I loved Savio. Criminally underrated. ..

Bruisers family needs to make sure Gonzalez and colon go to prison . Make justice for bruiser. Re open the case and make this two pieces of garbage pay for what they did . Mainly Gonzalez

This is a classic story when a “bully gets bullied”!! Savio is an hypocrite because he’s working right now with Carlos!

People sure do have a better memory than I do of events 30 years ago and precisely who was there and what happened. I can't even remember who was beside me in the football locker room in college or high school. And that was the 1990s

This is sad. It’s baffling to think nobody looked to investigate even to this day of what happened to Brody. Like it never happened

I respect savior Vega for keeping tony Atlas safe

Back in like 2008 maybe, Carlos Colon did an interview for RF video and refused to answer any questions involving Brody Just makes it even more suspicious

It infuriates me to this day that José González is a free man, that Carlos Colón and Victor Jovica helped cover up Brody’s death. That trial was a sham and all three men need to be brought to trial. It’s a shame that Brody and his family will never get justice. Rest In Peace Bruiser Brody 🙏🏾

Wow What a interview the story has been told many times never in such detail with an incredible amount of new info. You can tell Savio is telling the truth it's hard to explain his sincerity and his mannerisms as he details the events leading to the murder of Brody. Add in the seriousness of the accusations he is making Savio is well aware by telling the story puts him in danger of retaliation. Even though it's been 30 years don't think for a second if Savio should happen to be at a Comic Con or the like in PR. Its possible one of the key players in this crime and coverup is capable of having one of their young guns take some kind of action towards Savio. Superb job Jim fascinating questions... God Bless The Soul of Bruiser Brody. May he Rest In Peace. Cruzer

What a disgusting human he killed him because he didn't want to pay him

"What they see is the bitch" My God i love accents.

I remember when this happened. It was all over the news, and what was shocking is that Invader was never sorry for what he did and didn't serve time. PR wrestling was like a mafia back in the day.

It’s not mentioned much here, but the actions of Tony Atlas during the period of time from the stabbing to Brody’s death were pretty damn heroic. I previously had a poor opinion of Atlas bc of things other wrestlers have said about him but I know now that Brody’s death likely cast a shadow on everything else that’s ever happened in Atlas’s life, so he probably does come off as a prick.

I just watched the Vice documentary on this today. Tony Atlas (who's story has never wavered) pretty much said the same exact things almost verbatim as to what Savio is saying here.

Sad all around would have loved to see what else bruiser Brody could of accomplished. Side note does jim cornette not have any other pants he can wear I mean he's wearing the exact same get up he wore when he got into the santino argument lol.

Between this and hearing Tony Atlas - Christ, this breaks my heart.

When so many individuals say, "It doesn't make sense." I believe it's because they don't know, or are not looking at all the factors. First, no one with even the smallest of brains murders someone in a manner that is as public as that. Brody went to PR frequently; this could have been taken care of elsewhere with less people: whether revenge or business. It was done in the dressing room with a whole lot of witnesses.... very specific people: wrestlers. All those wrestlers knew Brody was the model free-agent, and he didn't play ball the way a lot of promoters wanted him to, but he sold out venues. Brody was likely an unsanctioned headache for too many people who had resources, influence, and money to gain or lose depending on Brody's actions. The fact that it appears every single factor in this case contributed to the assurance that Brody died and that there wasn't a good investigation or trial speaks loudly as well. There may be 6x the murders in PR than the States, but plenty of those murderers still wind up in prison, especially if it's in front of so many witnesses. This wasn't negligence. This was all by design: a design Jose did not likely draft. Jose was connected to those promoters in the US; the same promoters that Brody had become a burden to. Maybe too many wrestlers saw Brody as the model for being their own free-agents. Either way, one guy with no immediate ax to grind, who had opportunity to murder Brody in a private setting, who had just experienced family tragedy (accident?), and was connected in unknown ways to US promoters who never served a day in jail and walked is not the "lone, crazed assassin" or "impassioned murderer."

Thank u Savio Vega for giving Tony Atlas the heads up to get his ass out of P. R. U saved his life

he looks like he aged nicely

I remember when poor bruiser was killed. I was watching WCCW and they announced it. Those who were involved should rot in hell.

This one time I was reading a list of the most disgusting promotional tactics per year (from Wrestling Observer Newsletter) and I was absolutely shocked to find out that in 1990, José Gonzalez reenacted the incident by "stabbing" Atsushi Onita, obviously mocking the incident two years prior. Most fucking reprehensible thing I've ever seen in professional wrestling by a shamless bastard.

Bombshell; Eric Embry was the booker in Puerto Rico for a time. He said Steve Austin asked him to talk about Brody & the night before the interview Victor Jovica called Embry and told him he better watch what he says to Austin. After the murder Gonzalez told Embry that he didn't want to murder him but wanted to hurt him bad to make him know not to "f" with him. Embry also said Bruiser Brody loaned 50k to the office and they didn't pay him when they said they would. Brody got mad and said he wanted his money that night and that was the night that he was murdered. Jovica also lost money that he loaned to the business. Embry actually lived with Jovica. Embry also said there was a night that Jovica was drunk. He began bragging that he got Gonzalez off of a murder conviction for 180k. Embry left and never came back.

The sad part of this story is a man lost he's live over money and a son and wife lost a husband and a daddy it a shame it got too that point I hope one day this guy has to pay for this because he took something you just can't give back you can make more money you can't give what he took back rip Brody God bless your family

Corny looks like a kid on Christmas excited to see what kind of presents he got the way he's amazed and in awe while Savio Vega is telling this story.

His Facebook is a pic of the outfit Vega said (in this video) he was wearing when he murdered Brody...unreal. Also has a pic of Brody on there