Barney Irwin

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Barney Irwin was a professional wrestler best known as Bill Irwin.

[edit] Career

Bill Irwin started wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance's Central States territory and in World Class Championship Wrestling. He was soon teaming with his brother, Scott Irwin, as the masked "Super Destroyers" with manager Skandor Akbar.The Irwin brothers then moved on to Jim Crockett Promotions and the American Wrestling Association where they wrestled as the "Long Riders" and won several tag team titles together. Their tag team ended in 1987 when Scott died from a brain tumor.

Bill stayed in wrestling in the independents and resurfaced in the NWA during 1989. Later he would form a tag team with Black Bart in the Global Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992. In 1996, he wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon, a hockey player gimmick. The gimmick did not last long, as it did not go over. He left several months after arriving.

Bill eventually retired in 2001, the same year that he had returned to the WWF for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven.

After WrestleMania X-Seven, he came out of retirement. He still wrestles the indies in the Minnesota area quite frequently.

[edit] Profile

• Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
• Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
• Birthday: -
• Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota
• Trainer: Verne Gagne
• Managers: Skandor Akbar
• Other Gimmicks: Bill Irwin, "Wild" Bill Irwin, "Chauncey" (revealed in WCCW to be his (kayfabe) "real" name, which he intensely disliked and would be used as a taunt by the fans), The Goon, Super Destroyer #2
• Finisher: Float Kick (bicycle kick)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Big D Wrestling

• Big D Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Continental Wrestling Association

• AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Larry Latham

Global Wrestling Federation

• GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Black Bart
• GWF Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)

National Wrestling Alliance

• National

• NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Scott Irwin

• Regional

• NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Bryan St. John
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (2 times) - with Frank Dusek (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• Ranked #311 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003

Steel Domain Wrestling

• SDW Television Championship (1 time)

Universal Wrestling Federation

• UWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leroy Brown

World Class Championship Wrestling

• WCCW Television Championship (4 times)
• WCCW American Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with King Kong Bundy (1) and Scott Irwin (4)

Other Titles

• Canadian International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Scott Irwin