Career
Brian was a mainstay of the Texas wrestling scene (mainly for the Fritz Von Erich owned WCCW). Adias also had success in Maple Leaf Wrestling, NWA Mid-Atlantic/Worldwide, Portland Wrestling, and Joe Pedicino's Global Wrestling Federation.
Brian appeared (using the moniker of Brian Adidas) at Starrcade 84 defeating Mister Ito. Fan magazines like Pro Wrestling Illustrated continued to list him in their regional rankings as "Brian Adidas" for the next two years, but he was referred to as Brian Adias in WCCW.
Brian continued his alliance with the Von Erich family until the fall of 1986, when he turned heel against Mike Von Erich in a singles match. In an angle very similar to the one used with Chris Adams two years before, Adias declared that he wanted to succeed on his own merits, accused the Von Erichs of holding him back, and formed an alliance sometimes called the "Duo of Doom" with Al Madril. During one incident, Kerry Von Erich, who was Brian's classmate in high school, confronted him regarding his actions. Still in crutches after his 1986 motorcycle accident, Kerry was attacked by Madril with Brian standing and allowing Madril to hit Kerry with the crutch several times before Marc Lowrance managed to get Kerry out of the ring. Afterwards, Kevin Von Erich came in and launched an attack on Madril.
Madril and Adias would go on to win the World Class Tag Team Championship, while continuing to feud with the Von Erichs through the summer of 1987. In one incident, Kevin collapsed during an eight-man tag match involving Adias, which would set up an angle where he would develop his version of the Oriental Spike, a move made famous by Terry Gordy.
Adias would continue his heel run into the Wild West Wrestling group, but reverted to his babyface status a few years later when the Global Wrestling Federation was launched.
Brian later turned to sales work, only wrestling sporadically for the rest of the decade, before resurfacing for a while in the GWF during its run on ESPN in the early 1990s.
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