Scott Irwin

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Scott Irwin
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Great Scott Thor the Viking Yukon Eric Lumberjack Eric Super Destroyer #1 Scott "Hog" Irwin The Super Destroyer
Billed height	6 ft. 4 in.
Billed weight	290 lbs.
Born	May 14, 1952
Died	September 5, 1987 (Age 35)
Billed from	Duluth, Minnesota
Trained by	Verne Gagne

Scott K. Irwin (May 14, 1952 - September 5, 1987) was a professional wrestler and the brother of Bill Irwin.

Contents 1 Career 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References

[edit] Career

Scott Irwin started wrestling in the American Wrestling Association in 1975 after being trained by Verne Gagne. He was one half of the "Yukon Lumberjacks" in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the late 1970's as Yukon Eric and captured the World Tag Team Titles while there. The Yukon Eric name had previously been used by wrestler "Yukon Eric" Holmback who died in a suicide on January 16, 1965, at age 48.^[1]

Scott was eventually joined by his brother, Bill Irwin, and they became a dominant heel tag team. They wrestled as "The Long Riders" in the AWA and the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions and wore masks as the "Super Destroyers" in World Class Championship Wrestling, where they were managed by Skandor Akbar.

They were wrestling in Canada in the AWA when Scott was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He died on September 5, 1987.

[edit] In wrestling

• Managers
  • Skandor Akbar

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bugsy McGraw^[3]
• NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jos LeDuc^[4]

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[5]
• NWA National Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Big John Studd (1), Masked Superstar (1), and Bill Irwin (1)^[6]

• Lutte Internationale

• Canadian International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bill Irwin^[7]

• Mid-South Wrestling Association

• Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Grappler

• World Class Championship Wrestling

• NWA American Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with and Bill Irwin^[8]
• WCCW Television Championship (2 times)

• World Wide Wrestling Federation

• WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Yukon Pierre^[9]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #280 of the 500 best singles wrestles of the PWI Years in 2003.^[10]
• PWI ranked him # 77 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years with The Masked Superstar in 2003.^[11]

[edit] References