Scott McGhee
Scott McGee | |
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Birth name | Garfield Portz[1][2] |
Born | Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom[3] | 1 May 1959
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Garfield Portz[4] Gary Portz[4] Geoff Portz Jr. Pat McGhee[3][4] Scott McGhee[4] Scotty McGhee[1] Scott Shannon[4] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4] |
Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg)[4] |
Trained by | Ric Flair[4][2] Karl Gotch[4] Geoff Portz[4] Buddy Rogers[4][2] Ricky Steamboat[4][2] |
Debut | 1978[4] |
Retired | November 2010 |
Garfield Portz (born 1 May 1959) is an English retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Scott McGhee. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s. Portz is the son of professional wrestler Geoff Portz (1931–2016).[1][2][self-published source?][3][4]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1978–1980)
Portz was born in the United Kingdom. He relocated to the United States with his father, professional wrestler Geoff Portz. In the late-1970s, he began working as a referee for the
Championship Wrestling from Florida (1980–1985)
McGhee began wrestling for the
In late 1982, McGhee often teamed with Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T. A. and Blackjack Mulligan on the promotions weekly television program.
In mid-1982, McGhee toured Japan with
In 1983, McGhee began wrestling for the Portland, Oregon-based promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling as "'Irish' Pat McGhee". He won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship with Curt Hennig in December 1983, holding the championship until February 1984.[3]
After winning a championship tournament for the NWA Florida Heavyweight title in 1983,
Upon his return to Florida, he immediately defeated "Superstar" Billy Graham to regain the Florida heavyweight title.[7] However, following Eddie Graham's suicide, McGhee left the Florida territory in late 1985.
World Wrestling Federation (1985–1987)
McGhee joined the
By 1986, McGee primarily appeared on
That momentum temporarily halted, as McGee wrestled Tama on 19 January episode of Prime Time Wrestling (taped 3 January) and was defeated. He rebounded to defeat Barry O and The Red Demon on the house show circuit that month, then beat Terry Gibbs in a televised match in Philadelphia on 10 January. McGee then teamed with former WWF Tag-Team Champion Tony Garea in a losing effort to the Hart Foundation on 24 January episode of WWF Superstars. McGee's final WWF match came at a house show on 11 November 1987 in West Palm Beach, Fl, where he teamed with Ken Patera against Demolition.[10] [2][5][11][self-published source?]
Independent circuit (1987–1988, 1989, 2010)
McGhee returned to the independent circuit in 1987. In late-1987 he began wrestling for Stampede Wrestling as "Garfield Portz".[1][5] On 31 January 1988 he suffered a severe stroke, forcing him to retire from professional wrestling. McGhee subsequently trained as a nurse.[2][3]
McGhee broke his retirement in October 1989, wrestling a single bout for the Professional Wrestling Federation. He returned to wrestling once again in November 2010, wrestling for NWA Wrestle Birmingham.[5]
Championships and accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Magnum T. A. (3 times)[12] and Mike Graham (1 time)[3][6]
- NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[2][6]
- NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Barry Windham[3][6]
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #387 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Southeastern Championship Wrestling
- 3 times)[6]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-77090-004-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-291-10089-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-1754-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Scott McGhee". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Scott McGhee - Career". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Scott McGhee - Titles". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "1985". thehistoryofwwe.com. 16 January 2023.
- ^ "1986". thehistoryofwwe.com. 16 January 2023.
- ^ "1987". thehistoryofwwe.com. 16 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-291-42878-0.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (18 January 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
External links
- Garfield Portz at IMDb
- Scott McGhee's profile at Cagematch.net