[?] Dutch Mantell and the death of Bruiser Brody
Dr. Winston
The OE YAMN just republished Mantell's statement on the Brody death, and
something occurred to me as I was re-reading it; has Mantell worked in a
*major* fed - in fact, has he worked *anywhere* outside of the USWA, since
he came forth with this? Be a damn shame to think a guy got blackballed for
breaking kayfabe over a freakin' murder, esp. that of Brody, who by all
accounts was a decent guy. Is Mantell Blackballed or no?
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Mantell had a stint in the WWF as the manager of the Blu Brothers...he
was Uncle Zebiciah(sp?)
He's not been blackballed from the business. He doesn't work with the
big companies because time has passed him by and he can't draw money or
heat.
Suedieboy
In article <CNnR.2610$5e.42...@news3.atl.bellsouth.net>, "Dr. Winston"
<dw...@homerentpro.com> wrote:
He managed Justin Hawk Bradshaw in his first WWF heel incarnation. I don't
think he was blackballed because of that -- his small size was probably
the biggest detterent. He also may have managed the Harris brothers in the
WWF stint they had before their current biker gimmick. I really doubt it
but then again, I have faint memories of him leadng them to ringside....
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Wilfredo Sanchez
First of all, it would be nice to know when "Dirty" Dutch Mantell wrote
that article. Frank Goodish's death was in July or August of 1988 and the
trial, as Mantell said, was in January, 1989. So, this article should have
been written within a year of the incident due to the fact that he mentions
many details about fellow wrestlers, things that were said among them, and
spanish names of police detectives.
What intrigues me about "Dirty" Dutch Mantell is that those who read the
article would think that Mr. Mantell would never ever wrestle in Puerto
Rico again. Well, he have returned in numerous occassions to the island
after the incident and had wrestled for the same company, World Wrestling
Council, owned by Capitol Sports Promotions, from which Carlos Colon is its
president and Jose Huertas Gonzalez, a.k.a. The Invader, its
vice-president. Mantell even worked as a booker and wrestler as recently
as the period of September to December of last year.
Although Mantell states a lot of things I assume should be correct, there
are other things that are far from reality. First of all, he writes the
article in character. As he wrote the article, that's how he behaves as a
heel wrestler when he works in Puerto Rico. He says some thisgs about the
island and his people in the article he knows deep inside his heart they're
not true. He says everyone here is called Jose. That's false. He says if
Frank Goodish would have been in a U.S. hospitals, he would have been
alive. He might be true, but the critical factor in Goodish's death was
the 40 or 50 minutes he laid on the floor before being transported to
Centro Medico, the biggest public medical instalation in P.R. which, by
that time, was ranked among the best under the U.S. flag. if those
conditions would have happened in the U.S., Goodish would have died.
Mantell also mentions how good the hotel he checked in was, according to
Puerto Rican standards. Well, that's a small 3 or 4 star hotel he stayed
in. Puerto Rico have a lot of 5 stars hotels and a very prosperous tourism
industry. Maybe Capitol Sports Promotions didn't have enough cash at that
moment to accomodate the wrestlers in a better hotel.
Let's go to the substance of the case. In any way I'm justifying what The
Invader was charged with or defending him. The following facts are from
what I remember on how the local press covered the facts about the case,
some of which corroborate some of the things Mantell said in his article.
According to rumors that ran wild at the stadium and in the weeks after the
match, the incident between Goodish (Bruiser Brody) and Gonzalez (The
Invader) was that Gonzalez took Goodish to the showers area and asked him
to job to "Dangerous" Dan Spivey. Goodish apparently refused. A strong
argument arose, apparently followed by a struggle, and then happened what
we all know by now.
Mantell mentioned that there was going to be a first degree murder charge
filed on Gonzalez. At first instance, it appeared that would be the case,
but the police finally filed a manslaughter charge. The reason may have
been the fact that there was little evidence collected and there were few
people willing to testify. There were people subpaenaed by the court to
testify in the trial, as Mantell said. Tony Atlas, as well as Mark & Chris
Youngblood, were among those to testify. It was said that the testimony of
these 3 guys would have decided the fate of Gonzalez, but they didn't come
to testify and Gonzalez was acquited, mostly due to lack of evidence. Why
they decided not to come to testify? Only they know the reason. All these
things draw me to the conclussion that the police and the local D.A. office
had a very weak case against Gonzalez from the beginning. Poor
investigation? Lack of cooperation by key witnesses? Poor attitude from
court officials towards those who were subpaenaed to testify? All these
reasons might have contributed to the verdict.
Finally, Mantell suggested that there might have been a coverup. It's
possible. What I think about this whole situation is that, under U.S. and
local laws, if you don't have strong and direct evidence and witnesses
willing to testify, you don't have a case. As simply as that. The case
would have been based on circumstantial evidence but, honestly speaking,
what would have been the chances to get a conviction on circumstantial
evidence? Ask O.J., he might have the answer. This would have happened
anywhere in the U.S., if the conditions would have been the same. No
direct evidence linking to the killer + no witnesses willing to testify =
no case.
BTW, to my knowledge "Dirty" Dutch Mantell have never been blackballed by
any wrestling organization in or outside the U.S.
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> Wilfredo “Invader” Sanchez. The only ones responsible for Jose’s acquittal are the sorry ass Puerto Rican police and court system, and idiots like you who defended Jose. Do not blame Americans who were threatened and given subpoenas after the trial ended. How was Carlito ever allowed to wrestle in the WWE after his dad was involved in this shit? He may not have done the deed, but Carlo is a piece of shit.