Brian Knobbs

Brian Knobbs, born Brian Yandrisovitz in Allentown, is exactly the brand of professional wrestler I love. As one half of the Nasty Boys alongside Jerry Sags, he turned roughneck heel work into an art and dragged that act across the AWA, All Japan, WCW, WWF, and New Japan. I will always take a loud, brawling, rule-bending villain over a squeaky-clean babyface, because heels like Knobbs are what make crowds genuinely furious and genuinely invested. His scrappy, in-your-face style understood the real job of a heel: get a reaction. To me, that is top-tier ring craft and pure entertainment.

Brian Yandrisovitz (born May 6, 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Brian Knobbs. He is best known for tag teaming with Jerry Sags as the Nasty Boys. Over the course of his career, Knobbs wrestled for promotions including the American Wrestling Association, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling,…

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Name (English)

Brian Knobbs

Name (Japanese)

ブライアン・ノッブス

Reading

ぶらいあん・のっぶす

Born

May 6, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

Origin

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

185 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

professional wrestler

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Whitehall High School

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%83%E3%83%96%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

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