Scotty Mac

Scotty Mac is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for working for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling/Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, as well as several independent promotions in Canada and the United States.

He is a fan favourite, arguably one of the most popular wrestlers in ECCW history. Many fans refer to him as "the HBK wannabe". Scotty is also one of the promotion's most decorated wrestlers, having won multiple titles on many occasions. He is the current part owner of ECCW.^[4]

Professional wrestling career

Training

Scotty Mac started training in professional wrestling in 1999 when he trained with Rob Gillespie in Can-Am Wrestling which is based in Alberta.^[3] Scotty would not wrestling while training in Can-Am. He would move on to Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling's House of Pain where he trained under the tutelage of Chance Beckett and Michelle Starr.^[3]

Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling

Scotty debuted in professional wrestling for NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling on December 26, 2000 against Chance Beckett. Not only was Beckett his trainer, but Scotty's cast for a broken wrist was removed just two days prior to the match.^[5] Less than two years after his debut, a three month feud with Black Dragon culminated with Scotty winning the ECCW Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match.^[5] Scotty Mac is now part owner of ECCW

Pacific Cup

Scotty won the 2003 Pacific Cup tournament, winning matches against Beckett, Tony Kozina, and Black Dragon before defeating Bryan Danielson in the finals.^[5] Scotty returned to the finals in 2007, but lost the three-way match to Kyle O'Reilly. Kozina was the third participant.

Portland Wrestling

Scotty made appearances for Portland Wrestling between 2004-2005. His appearances include defeating Moondog Moretti in a chain match, and winning the tag titles with Aaron Idol as the team of New Attitude.^[5]

World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2005, after only four years in wrestling, Scotty got a three day try out with World Wrestling Entertainment.^[3] A contract was not signed as a result.

All Star Wrestling

Scotty Mac wrestled for ASW on September 15, 2007 in Comox, British Columbia in a "No Holds Barred match" handicapped match alongside Ice and Antwong, losing to the team of The Cremator and Sgt. Kaos.^[6]

Other media

After a year of being followed by cameras in 2009, Scotty was one of the main stars of the acclaimed documentary This Wrestling Life, which follows him and trainees KC Spinelli, Travis Sparx, and Bill Taylor through their beginnings in the wrestling business. The film also shows Scotty's desire to wrestle at the highest levels.^[7]

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Scotty Kick (Superkick)^[1][2]

• Signature moves
  • Springboard leg drop^[1]

• Managers
  • Michael Sweetser
  • Tenille Tayla
• Wrestlers managed
  • Rebecca Knox
• Entrance themes
  • "Elevation" by U2 (ECCW)^[2]
  • "Timebomb" by Beck (ECCW)^[2]
  • "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells (ECCW)^[2]

Championships and accomplishments

• Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
  • ECCW Hardcore Championship (2 time)^[1]
  • The Michael Sweetser Excellence Award
  • ECCW Pacific Cup Tournament (2003)^[1]
  • ECCW Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Havoc (1), DK Roc (2), Dropkick Murphy (2), Michael Sweetser (1), Jamie Diaz (1)^[1]
  • NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship (5 times)^[1]
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[8]

• Prairie Wrestling Alliance
  • PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Portland Wrestling
  • PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Aaron Idol

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #289 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2005^[9]

• Other Championships
  • BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1]

References

External links

• Scotty Mac on Twitter
• Scotty Mac's Facebook profile