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Scott Irwin was a professional wrestler and the brother of wrestler Bill Irwin.

Career

Scott K. 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.

Scott was eventully 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 that killed him on September 5, 1987.

Profile

Height: -
Weight: -
Birthday: May 14, 1952
Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota
Trainer: Verne Gagne
Managers: Skandor Akbar
Other Gimmicks: Thor the Viking, Yukon Eric, Lumberjack Eric, Super Destroyer #1, Scott "Hog" Irwin, The Super Destroyer

Championships and accomplishments

World Wide Wrestling Federation

1-time WWWF World Tag Team Champion (with Yukon Pierre)

National Wrestling Alliance

2-time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with Bill Irwin
and Masked Superstar
)

Florida Championship Wrestling

1-time NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
1-time NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (with Bugsy McGraw)
1-time NWA Florida United States Tag Team Champion (with Jos LeDuc)

World Class Championship Wrestling

2-time WCCW Television Champion
4-time WCCW American Tag Team Champion (with Bill Irwin)

Other titles

1-time Canadian International Tag Team Champion (with Bill Irwin)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him #280 of the 500 best singles wrestles during the "PWI Years" in 2003. PWI also ranked him # 77 of the best tag teams of the PWI Years with The Masked Superstar.

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