Skip Young

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Skip Young


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Sweet Brown Sugar
Billed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Born	Houston, Texas, United States
Debut	1979

For the Sweet Brown Sugar who competed in the Memphis-area during 1982-83, see Koko B. Ware.

Skip Young, also known as the masked Sweet Brown Sugar, is an American professional wrestler who competed on the Southeastern regional promotions during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s in Florida Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance.

After making his debut in Florida Championship Wrestling, Skip Young originally wrestled as the masked Sweet Brown Sugar winning the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship three times between 1979 and 1982^[1]. He also formed a successful tag team Butch Reed in the Florida region winning the NWA North American Tag Team titles in April 1982^[1].

During the early 1980s, he also toured Japan most notably facing Genichiro Tenryu and Ashura Hara in a tag team match with The Destroyer in Tokyo, Japan on January 3, 1982.

After leaving the Florida region in 1984, Young began wrestling unmasked in the Texas-area where he began teaming with "Pistol" Pez Whatley and feuded with the PYT Express (Koko Ware and Norvell Austin), during the mid 1980s. However, despite prior success teaming with Kerry Von Erich in 1980, Young was little used by Texas promoter Eddie Graham due to his declining popularity ^[2] although he would later win the WCWA Tag Team titles with "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas in 1987^[1].

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

Championship Wrestling from Florida

NWA Florida Bahamian Championship (1 time) (First)
NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Butch Reed (Last)

World Class Championship Wrestling | World Class Wrestling Association

NWA/WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Kerry Von Erich (1) and Tony Atlas (1)

World Wrestling Council

WWC Television Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 252 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991.
PWI ranked him # 313 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992.
PWI ranked him # 424 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI Years in 2003.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ Funk, Terry and Scott E. Williams. Terry Funk: The Hardcore Legend. Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. (pg. 85) ISBN 1-58261-991-3