{"id":75590,"date":"2020-06-30T16:46:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T21:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=75590"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T21:46:36","slug":"killer-tim-brooks-dead-at-age-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/06\/30\/killer-tim-brooks-dead-at-age-72\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Killer&#8221; Tim Brooks dead at age 72"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2582079093\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Longtime pro wrestler &#8220;Killer&#8221; Tim Brooks died today at age 72 following a long battle of cancer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Brooks worked for many territories during his career, which started in 1969 and concluded in 1997. He went on to train pro wrestlers, including NXT North American Champion Keith Lee (read his comments below). My condolences to Brooks&#8217;s family and friends on their loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Acutely aware of the pain today brings.<\/p>\n<p>He was my birth, my knowledge, my preparation. Home when I was homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Had I not seen him when I did&#8230;I never would again. Thank you Killer Tim Brooks for training me. I love you.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPKillerBrooks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPKillerBrooks<\/a> This next one is dedicated to you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zR32AmNLk\">pic.twitter.com\/9zR32AmNLk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hopeful Lee (@RealKeithLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKeithLee\/status\/1278078171833864193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2511995793\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[1246,128,3562],"class_list":["post-75590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-keith-lee","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-tim-brooks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Killer&quot; 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