Adrian Adonis and Dan Spivey Near

Deadly Locker Room Brawl

In 1986, in Flint, Michigan, Adrian Adonis picked the wrong person to mess with, and according to witnesses, Dan Spivey almost ended Adonis’s life.

The Brutal Brawl Between Adrian Adonis and Dan Spivey

Honky Tonk Man was said of Dan Spivey: "He was the nicest, quietest, mellowest kind of person you’d ever want to meet, but his nickname after that was ‘Dangerous Dan, the Left Hand Man.’"

B. Brian Blair: "It was the worst mistake Adrian ever made. It sounded like a shotgun hitting a watermelon!"

"It was actually a misunderstanding in the ring," Orton admits. "Adrian said something to the referee, and Dan thought he was talking to him. So Dan popped him."

Witness 1: "Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr.

Witness 2:  "Killer Bee" B. Brian Blair

"I said, ‘What?!’ So, as I go run out to see this shoot [fight], in comes Spivey and I asked him, ‘What’s wrong?’ and he’s going, ‘That motherf***er, God dang that son of a b****!’ He was cussing like crazy."

Witness 3:  "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell

Following the sleeper hold, Brunzel explains, "Dany elbowed him, and when he elbowed him, he hit him with a left in the jaw and kicked him in the mouth. He split his upper lip completely in half, and Adrian was out. Dany Spivey was going to tear his eyes out!"

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