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Helen Coage, the widow of WWE Hall of Famer Bad News Brown, has shared on Facebook the speech she would have delivered at his Hall of Fame induction if the family had been given the opportunity.
Coage asked fans not to be bitter about the family being shut out of a speaking slot.
"I know many of you are unhappy about our family not being granted the opportunity to speak. But from past inductees we all knew that was not going to happen. Please don't be bitter, please just be happy that he was given this honor. I am happy."
She then shared the speech she would have delivered.
"To the fans — he loved you more than you may have realized. Now, he may have called you 'beer-bellied sharecroppers' and 'spineless cockroaches'... but that was the character. That was the show. Because outside that ring, he was the exact opposite — a devoted husband, a proud father, and a man with a big heart."
Coage credited her husband with one of the more underappreciated contributions to wrestling history.
"He truly left his mark — helping shape an era and even giving Hulk Hogan the name 'Hollywood Hogan,' a name that became legendary in its own right."
She closed the speech with a direct thank you to the fans.
"Though he's been gone for many years, his voice still echoes. In every cheer, every memory, every moment like this — he's still here. Thank you for remembering him. Thank you for honoring him. And from the bottom of my heart — thank you for never letting him be forgotten."
Bad News Brown died on March 6, 2007 at age 63. He was a 1976 Olympic bronze medalist in judo before entering professional wrestling and worked for WWF from 1988 to 1990.
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