Scott Irwin

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Scott Irwin
Birth nameScott Keegan Irwin
Born(1952-05-14)May 14, 1952[1]
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.[1]
DiedSeptember 5, 1987(1987-09-05) (aged 35)[1]
Cause of deathBrain tumor
FamilyBill Irwin (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Scott Irwin[1]
The Super Destroyer[1]
Super Destroyer #2[2]
Thor the Viking[1]
Lumberjack Eric
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Billed weight295 lb (134 kg)
Trained byVerne Gagne[1]
DebutMarch 13, 1976[2]
Retired1986

Scott Keegan Irwin (May 14, 1952 – September 5, 1987) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tag team with his brother Barney "Bill" Irwin.[1]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1976–1978)

After training under

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling
. He wrestled in Mid-Atlantic until early 1978.

World Wide Wrestling Federation (1978)

See also: Yukon Lumberjacks

Irwin debuted in the

Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea.[4] On November 21, The Lumberjacks lost their title to Garea and Larry Zbyszko.[4]
After the title loss, Pierre retired from wrestling and Eric left the WWWF.

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1979–1980)

Irwin (top) goes for a splash on to Butch Reed (bottom) in 1983

After leaving the WWWF, Irwin debuted in Championship Wrestling from Florida in December 1978 as "Thor the Viking", with Oliver Humperdink as his manager. While in FCW, Irwin found championship success and wrestled his final match as Thor on October 14, 1979, with a victory over Steve Keirn.[5] The following month, Irwin returned to the CWF as the masked "Super Destroyer", and went on to win a tag team match with Stan Lane against Keirn and Mike Graham.[5]

Mid-South Wrestling (1980–1982)

Irwin continued to use the Super Destroyer

Masked Superstar
.

The Super Destroyers (1982–1984)

See also: the Super Destroyers
The Super Destroyers, c. 1984

The team soon jumped ship to

The Fabulous Freebirds.[8] After the title loss, Super Destroyer returned to singles competition before he formed The Super Destroyers tag team with his real-life brother Bill Irwin.[1] Bill became Super Destroyer No. 1 while Scott became Super Destroyer No. 2, and the brothers won their first NWA American Tag Team Championship from Bulldog Brower and Roddy Piper in October 1983.[9] Soon after debuting, they acquired Skandor Akbar as a manager.[1] The Destroyers lost the title to Brian Adias and Iceman King Parsons on December 25 before regaining it on January 30, 1984.[9] The Destroyers held the title for four months before losing it to Rock 'n' Soul (Parsons and Buck Zomhofe).[9] The Destroyers quickly rebounded and won the title back thirteen days later, but after the match, Rock 'n' Soul unmasked them.[9]

The Long Riders (1984–1986)

After being unmasked, the brothers dropped the Destroyers aspect of their team and instead began wrestling under their real names while their tag team was renamed to the "Long Riders". The Riders continued their feud with Rock 'n' Soul and lost the title to them again, on August 4, after Parsons defeated Bill in a singles match.[9] The Riders won the American Tag Team Title for the fourth and final time on September 28 after defeating Rock 'n' Soul.[9] The brothers soon lost the title to the Fantastics (Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton) on October 22.[9]

On November 18, Irwin returned to

Thunderbolt Patterson.[10] After the Riders lost a rematch for the title the following night, Scott faced Anderson and Patterson in two subsequent rematches with Kareem Muhammad and then Doug Somers as his partners, due to Bill leaving GCW, but was unable to win either rematch.[10]
Irwin wrestled a few more matches in GCW before leaving the promotion.

The Long Riders soon sprang up in the

Scott Hall
at WrestleRock. The Long Riders also worked in Montreal for Gino Brito`s Internation Wrestling between treatment for cancer and Scott had lost his hair.

Death

On September 5, 1987, Irwin died from a brain tumor.[11][2] He was 35 years old.

Championships and accomplishments

Super Destroyer (left) and Big John Studd (right) as NWA National Tag Team Champions, c. 1982

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Scott Irwin profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Cagematch profile".
  3. ^ a b "Cagematch match listings, page 1".
  4. ^ a b "Cagematch match listings, page 2".
  5. ^ a b c d e "Cagematch match listings, page 3".
  6. ^ a b "Mid-South Tag Team Championship history".
  7. ^ a b c "Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship history".
  8. ^ a b c "NWA National Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling Titles. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7
    .
  10. ^ a b c d e "Cagematch match listings, page 4".
  11. ^ "Scott Irwin". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  12. ^ "NWA Florida Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  13. ^ "NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) history". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  14. ^ "NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) history". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  15. ^ "NWA National Heavyweight Championship history". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  16. ^ "Canadian International Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  17. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
  18. ^ "N.W.A. American Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  19. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .
  20. ^ "World Class Television Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  21. ^ "World Tag Team Championship (WWE) history". WWE. Retrieved 2008-02-09.

External links

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