Rusty Brooks

Promoting and training Koski trained students in his Rusty Brooks Pro-Wrestling Academy, which operated in his backyard in the late 1980s and in a warehouse in the 1990s. He later operated the School of Hard Knocks wrestling school with Boris Malenko in Florida. He underwent amputation on several toes in January, a few weeks prior to his death.

Championships and accomplishments Championship Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Honors (2014) Florida Wrestling Alliance FWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Future of Wrestling FOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) FOW Tag Team Championship - with Bobby Brooks (1 time) FOW Hardcore Championship (1 time) Global Championship Wrestling GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jumbo Baretta Independent Pro Wrestling Association IPWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time) IPWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time) IPWA Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with David Heath (2), Bobby Brooks (2), and Soulman Alex G Other titles WWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship (1 time) DSWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him # 391 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993