Brooks got his start in 1967, joining his cousin
Dick Murdoch in the Detroit and Toronto territories. He wore a hard hockey player's elbow guard and used it as a weapon. He fought Ben Justice,
Tex McKenzie and
Tiger Jeet Singh among others. Into the early 1970's, he also wrestled in the Cleveland based NWF taking on
Haystacks Calhoun, Fred Curry and Tony Marino. He worked as a mid-level heel often being managed by
Skandor Akbar, Armand Hussein and
Gary Hart. Long before the infamous 1988 angle in the
WWF between
Hulk Hogan,
André the Giant and
Ted DiBiase over the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship, Brooks had, in 1983, sold his
NWA National Heavyweight Championship to
Larry Zbyszko sometime after winning it from
Paul Orndorff. In this case, however, no interference from Zbyszko had happened during the match; and Zbyszko, despite being obviously stripped of a title he had not legitimately won, won it legitimately in the tournament that subsequently took place. Brooks left Georgia and went to
Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW) in San Antonio, Texas. During his stint in SWC Brooks won the
SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship on two occasions. He went to work in 1985 in Puerto Rico for the
World Wrestling Council and feuded with
Hercules Ayala in a variety of matches that included a cage match, a dog collar match and a barbed wire match. He returned in 1987 and had a feud with
Miguel Pérez that started when he squashed a plate of rice and beans in Pérez's face, following his match with
Chicky Starr. He later teamed up with
Eric Embry in a feud with the Youngblood brothers,
Mark and
Chris. In 1986, Brooks made appearances in the Montreal territory (
Lutte Internationale) under the moniker of "Buster Brody",
Bruiser Brody's kayfabe brother. He was presented in a straight jacket and under the control of the Creatchmans,
Eddie Creatchman and son,
Floyd Creatchman. In 1990, Brooks started the NAWA Pro Wrestling school. He ran shows weekly at the
Stagecoach Ballroom in
Ft. Worth, TX on Mondays and the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, TX on Tuesday nights. The Longhorn show led to TV tapings that aired on KXTX channel 39 in the DFW metroplex. The TV shows used many local talent including, Johnny Mantel, John Tatum,
Scott Casey, and many of his students including Bullman Downs and Kenny the Stinger. Brooks retired in 1998 and was the owner and head trainer of the North American Wrestling Allegiance Pro Wrestling School, a training facility for his promotion N.A.W.A Pro Wrestling which runs televised shows in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas area. Brooks trained many Texas area wrestlers. He was also credited as training
Keith Lee. ==Personal life==