Scotty Riggs
Scotty Riggs | |
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Birth name | Scott Antol |
Born | Savannah, Georgia, U.S.[1][2] | March 1, 1967
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Kendo the Samurai[3][1] Riggs[3][1] Scott Studd[3][1][4] Scotty Anton[5] Scotty Riggs[3][1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 251 lb (114 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Atlanta, Georgia[5] |
Trained by | Ted Allen |
Debut | 1992[1] |
Scott Antol[1] (born March 1, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names Scotty Riggs and Riggs. Antol is also known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) as Scotty Anton.[3]
Professional wrestling career
Early years (1992–1995)
Antol debuted on June 2, 1992 using the
World Championship Wrestling (1995–1999)
American Males (1995–1997)
Antol signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling in 1995 and was renamed Scotty Riggs, with his last name taken from Mel Gibson's character, Martin Riggs, from the Lethal Weapon films. He was immediately placed in to a tag team with Marcus Alexander Bagwell and they became known as the American Males.[3] Together, they captured their first and only World Tag Team Championship, but only held it for eight days before losing it back to Harlem Heat, the team they won it from in the first place.[6][7] The team competed on a tour of Germany for WCW at this time.
The American Males broke up in November 1996 after Bagwell turned heel on Riggs and joined the New World Order.[8] Following the split, Riggs began competing as a singles competitor.[9][10] He immediately entered a feud with Bagwell, which resulted in a match at nWo Souled Out which he lost and a rematch at Uncensored in a strap match where Riggs was choked out by Bagwell with the strap while hanging from the ropes.
Raven's Flock and departure (1997–1999)
After performing in the mid-card for most of 1997,
Following The Flock's disbanding, Riggs remained a heel and adopted a narcissistic gimmick.[16] However, the gimmick was unsuccessful, and Riggs remained on the undercard before being released from WCW in 1999.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)
In 2000, Antol debuted in
Independent circuit and retirement (2001–2003, 2007–2024)
After leaving ECW, Antol returned to the
Upon getting his life together, Antol resumed his wrestling career under his Scotty Riggs ring name, where he wrestled several matches for AWA World-1 Championship Wrestling in 2007[19] before retiring in 2009 due to injuries.
On March 3, 2024, Antol was shown in the crowd during Sting's retirement match at AEW's Revolution alongside Nikita Koloff.[20]
Championships and accomplishments
- Peach State Wrestling
- PSW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[21]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling
- Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Scotty Riggs' Cagematch profile".
- ^ "MySpace profile".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Scotty Riggs' OWOW profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
- ^ "Wrestling Information Archive". Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Scotty Anton Bio". ECWWrestling.com (via Wayback Machine). Extreme Championship Wrestling. August 19, 2000. Archived from the original on August 19, 2000. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
- ^ "WCW Monday Night Nitro results - September 18, 1995". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "WCW World Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "This Week In The WCW - 11/23/96 - 11/25/96". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "This Week In The WCW - 01/11/97 - 01/13/97". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "This Week In The WCW - 03/01/97 - 03/03/97". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "WCW Monday Nitro results - October 27, 1997". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "The Wrestling Podcast - Scotty Riggs interview". Pro Wrestling Blog (Podcast). September 23, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
- ^ "WCW Monday Nitro results - November 17, 1997". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "WCW Monday Nitro results - November 24, 1997". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "World War III results". DDTDigest.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "WCW Thunder results - April 22, 1999". Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "ECW Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "List of TCW Championship histories". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
- ^ "Cagematch match listings".
- ^ "Magnum TA, Nikita Koloff, DDP, Lex Luger, More Attend AEW Revolution For Sting's Final Match | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "Awards".
- ^ "PWI Years 500". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ "SMW Television Championship history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ "TCW Heavyweight Championship history".
- ^ Hoops, Brian (September 15, 2015). "Pro wrestling history (9/15): nWo wins War Games, Hennig wins WCW US title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "TCW Tag Team Championship history".
- ^ "WCW World Tag Team Championship history".
External links
- Scott Antol at IMDb
- Scotty Riggs's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database