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Barney Irwin was 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 wound up in a run as a tag team with Black Bart in the Global Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992. In the 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 get 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.

Profile

Height: 6 ft 1 in
Weight: 250 lb.
Birthday: -
Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota
Trainer: Verne Gagne
Managers: Skandor Akbar
Other Gimmicks: Bill Irwin, "Wild" Bill Irwin, The Goon, Super Destroyer #2

Championships and accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

2-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Texas version) (with Frank Dusek and Bugsy McGraw)
1-Time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with Scott Irwin
)
1-Time NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (with Bryan St. John)

World Class Championship Wrestling

4-Time WCCW Television Champion
5-Time WCCW American Tag Team Champion (with King Kong Bundy once and Scott Irwin 4 times)

Universal Wrestling Federation

1-Time UWF Tag Team Champion (with Leroy Brown)

Global Wrestling Federation

1-Time GWF Tag Team Champion (with Black Bart
)
1-Time GWF Brass Knuckles Champion

Mid-Southern Wrestling

1-Time Mid-Southern Heavyweight Champion
1-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Larry Latham
)

Big D Wrestling

2-Time Big D Heavyweight Champion

Other Titles

1-Time Canadian International Tag Team Champion (with Scott Irwin)
1-Time Steel Domain Wrestling (SDW) Television Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 311 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

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