Barney Irwin

Infobox Wrestler
name=Barney Irwin


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names=Wild Bill Irwin
Chauncey
The Goon
Super Destroyer #2
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birth_date = September 17, 1954 (age 53)
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resides= Duluth, Minnesota
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trainer= Verne Gagne
debut= 1979
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Barney Irwin (born September 17, 1954) is a professional wrestler best known as Bill Irwin.

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 character who was "kicked out of every league he ever participated in." He made his TV debut on the July 20, 1996 episode of Superstars. The gimmick did not last long, as 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.

On "Raw XV", the 15th-anniversary "WWE Raw" special on December 10, 2007, Irwin, wrestling as "The Goon" once again, participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal. He was eliminated by the Repo Man.

Irwin also provided extensive commentary on the WWE's "The Triumph and Tragedy of WCCW" video retrospective of World Class Championship Wrestling, regarding his time in Texas, what it was like to wrestle in the Dallas Sportatorium, and his fateful trip with David Von Erich to Japan.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves
*"Check" (Body checking the opponent into the ring apron) - As The Goon
*"'Float Kick
*Superplex

Managers
*Skandor Akbar

Championships and accomplishments

*Big D Wrestling:*Big D Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

*Central States Wrestling:*NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bryan St. John

*Continental Wrestling Association:*AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time):*AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Larry Latham

*Georgia Championship Wrestling:*NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Scott Irwin

*Global Wrestling Federation:*GWF Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time):*GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Black Bart

*Lutte` Internationale:*Canadian International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Scott Irwin

*NWA Big Time Wrestling | World Class Championship Wrestling:*NWA American Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with King Kong Bundy (1) and Scott Irwin (4):*NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time):*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Texas version)" (2 times) - with Frank Dusek (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1):*WCCW Television Championship (4 times)

*Steel Domain Wrestling:*SDW Television Championship (1 time)

*Universal Wrestling Federation:*UWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leroy Brown

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 311 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003.

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bill-irwin.html Bill Irwin at Online World Of Wrestling]