Brad Armstrong dead @51

[Warner2BruceTD]

One of my favorites from that era. Not a good worker, a great worker. Never put in a position to have long main event style matches, but probably the best undercard/lower mid card guy of his time.

A company man in WCW who took on gimmicks like Arachnaman & Badstreet and made them work better than they had any right to because he was so good in the ring.

WCW would put secondary titles on him from time to time, because he would give younger guys like Pillman or whoever great matches and look good in defeating him for the belt.

WWE brought him in for the ECW relaunch to work house show matches with the younger guys, but when ECW was pulled from the road as a third tour he was out of a job. The tried him on TV as an announcer on the ECW show, but that only lasted a week or two. I don't understand why he wasn't kept on as at least a jobber to the stars for ECW, or even the other B-shows.

If I was going to pick an Armstrong to die young, he wouldn't have been my first choice. Curious what the cause of death was.

[EmpireWF]

Meltzer says he went to his doctor last week for an undisclosed reason.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Loved me some Brad Armstrong. Classic lower card workhorse that put everyone over.

[IamMedellin]

was he the one that did the road dogg ripoff gimmick in the russo WCW?

edit: it was indeed

[Warner2BruceTD]

WCW was loaded with guys of this ilk around this time. Armstrong, Mike Graham, even a guy like Bobby Eaton who was pushed harder, guys who went out in the prelims and the midcard and just...wrestled. It was the Brad Armstrong's that always made shows like WCW Saturday Night a solid watch, even during times when WCW was not very good.

And when Armstrong was given the ball and pushed a bit, he always delivered. He would always put over new guys, and was the go to hand when Liger or Otani or Kanemoto would come over from Japan.

Larry said it best, dude was a workhorse. Wrestling doesnt really have guys like Armstrong anymore.

[FedEx227]

Wrestling doesn't really allow those guys to exist anymore either. You're either a star or you're a bum who the major companies fire when cuts are do. Those type of "workers" just don't exist anymore, which is sad because I really enjoyed them. Brad was really good, top notch at the role and a great worker. Flew under the radar more then he deserved to.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Tyson Kidd is a "Brad Armstrong-esque" type for the WWE.

You just gotta go to NXT and Superstars to see it.

[Warner2BruceTD]

http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/jr-remembers-brad-armstrong

[Warner2BruceTD]

CM Punk @CMPunk
Tonight I wrestled for Brad Armstrong.I remember when he was hired and put on the road to work with young talent on early ECW house shows...

CM Punk @CMPunk
...I would constantly bother Dean Malenko to let me work with him, but i never got the opportunity. I was always disappointed that I...

CM Punk @CMPunk
...never got the chance. I did get to know him as a friend, and that to me is better. I'm glad I did. Hell of a guy. Hell of a worker.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Lance Storm @Storm_Wrestling
My goal in wrestling was always to be a respected worker, not a World Champion. In wrestling camp in 1990 I told @IAmJericho I would .. Cont

Lance Storm @Storm_Wrestling
Cont.. I would rather be a Brad Armstrong than an Ultimate Warrior. That was the level of respect I had for Brad Armstrongs ability. #RIP