WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: "Wild" Bill Irwin Real Name: Barney William Irwin Birthday: September 17, 1954 Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota Marital Status: Married to Clairene L. Height & Weight: 6'1" - 250 lbs Trained by: Scott Irwin Debut: 1979 Previous Names: The Goon (WWF) Finishing Move: Superplex Favorite Moves: Bearhug Lariat Notable Feuds: Black Bart (WCCW)
NWA Central States Tag Team titles w/Bryan St. John defeating Hartford Love & Jerry Brown (May 17, 1979); AWA Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Valiant [Tournament] (August 11, 1980); AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Larry Lathem defeating Eddie & Tommy Gilbert (October 27, 1980); NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Frank Dusek Awarded (November ??, 1981); NWA (Texas) World Tag Team titles w/Bugsy McGraw defeating Al Madril & Kerry Von Erich (April ??, 1982); WCCW (World Class) Televison title defeating The Spoiler (July ??, 1982); WCCW (World Class) Televison title defeating Brian Adias (July 19, 1982); NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Al Madril (August ??, 1982); NWA (World Class) American Tag Team titles w/King Kong Bundy defeating Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (September 12, 1982); WCCW (World Class) Televison title defeating Bugsy McGraw (October ??, 1982); NWA (World Class) American Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Bulldog Brower & Roddy Piper (October ??, 1983); NWA (World Class) American Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Brian Adias & Iceman Parsons (January 30, 1984); NWA (World Class) American Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Iceman Parsons & Buck Zumhofe (May 19, 1984); NWA (World Class) American Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Iceman Parsons & Buck Zumhofe (September 28, 1984); NWA (Georgia) National Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Jacques Rogeau Jr. & Brad Armstrong (November 18, 1984); IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team titles w/Scott Irwin defeating Alofa & Dan Kroffat (March 6, 1986); UWF (Mid South) World Tag Team titles w/Leroy Brown defeating Jack Victory & John Tatum (November 9, 1986); GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles w/Black Bart defeating Rod Price & John Tatum (December 27, 1991); GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) Brass Knuckles title defeating Black Bart (March 27, 1992); BDPW (Dallas) Heavyweight title (3); BDPW (Dallas) Tag Team titles; BDPW (Dallas) Brass Knucks title;
In The Beginning / Miscellaneous Information: "Wild" Bill Irwin formed a very dominant tag team with his brother, Scott Irwin.. ~~~Scott & Bill Irwin worked under masks as "The Super Destroyers" in Texas, managed by Skandor Akbar.. ~~~Scott & Bill Irwin also worked as a team known as "The Long Riders" in Montreal's International Wrestling.. Georgia Championship Wrestling: December 17, 1977-- GCW: Jacques Goulet & Ole Anderson defeated Bill Irwin & Charlie Cook.. January 16, 1978-- GCW; Charlie Cook defeated Bill Irwin.. February 11, 1978-- GCW: Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bill Irwin.. February 18, 1978-- GCW: Stan Hansen defeated Bill Irwin.. March 28, 1978-- GCW: Ken Dillinger defeated Bill Irwin.. April 14, 1978-- GCW: Pierre Lefebvre defeated Bill Irwin.. April 29, 1978-- GCW: Rocky Johnson defeated Bill Irwin.. May 6, 1978-- GCW: Bill Irwin defeated Burrhead Jones.. May 20, 1978-- GCW: Rocky Johnson defeated Bill Irwin.. June 10, 1978-- GCW: Angelo Mosca defeated Bill Irwin.. June 17, 1978-- GCW: Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson defeated Bill Irwin & Rick McGraw.. July 1, 1978-- GCW: Hartford Love defeated Bill Irwin.. July 15, 1978-- GCW: Ernie Ladd defeated Bill Irwin.. August 19, 1978-- GCW: The Assassin defeated Bill Irwin.. September 2, 1978-- GCW: Ernie Ladd defeated Bill Irwin.. February 17, 1979-- GCW: Ric Flair defeated Bill Irwin.. NWA Central States: April 28, 1979-- NWA Central States: Bill Irwin defeated Red Beard.. July 12, 1979-- NWA Central States: Super Destroyer & Al Hayes defeated Bill Irwin & Tom Andrews.. CWA Memphis: July 14, 1980-- CWA: Bill Irwin defeated Eddie Gilbert.. October 13, 1980-- CWA: Tony Charles defeated Bill Irwin.. November 24, 1980-- CWA: Sonny King defeated Bill Irwin.. December 8, 1980-- CWA: Robert Gibson defeated Bill Irwin.. January 18, 1981-- CWA: Hector Guerrero defeated Bill Irwin.. Georgia Championship Wrestling: May 17, 1981-- Georgia Championship Wrestling: Tommy Rich defeated Bill Irwin.. World Class Championship Wrestling: June 4, 1982-- WCCW: Bill Irwin defeated Ken Mantell.. August 15, 1982-- WCCW Star Wars: Al Madril defeated Bill Irwin.. December 25, 1982-- WCCW Star Wars: David Von Erich defeated Bill Irwin to retain the Texas title.. Mid South Wrestling: March 21, 1983-- Mid South: Mr. Wrestling II defeated Bill Irwin.. April 16, 1983-- Mid South: Chavo Guerrero defeated Bill Irwin.. World Class Championship Wrestling: June 17, 1983-- WCCW Star Wars: Chris Adams & Chavo Guerrero & Jose Lothario beat Bill Irwin & Fishman & The Mongol.. June 23, 1984-- WCCW: Jose Lothario defeated Bill Irwin.. September 3, 1984-- WCCW Star Wars: Jules Strongbow & Buck Zumhoffe defeated Bill & Scott Irwin.. American Wrestling Association: August 18, 1985-- AWA: Bill Irwin defeated Baron Von Raschke.. September 28, 1985-- AWA Superclash: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin & Harley Race.. December 29, 1985-- AWA Star Wars: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bill & Scott Irwin.. February 24, 1986-- AWA: Curt Hennig & Scott Hall defeated Bill & Scott Irwin to retain the AWA World Tag titles.. April 20, 1986-- AWA Wrestle Rock: Curt Hennig & Scott Hall defeated Bill & Scott Irwin to retain the AWA World Tag titles.. Universal Wrestling Federation: November 27, 1986-- UWF: Bill Irwin & Leroy Brown defeated Gary Young & Joe Savoldi to retain the UWF Tag Team titles.. February 7, 1987-- UWF: Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams defeated Bill Irwin & Eli the Eliminator.. April 11, 1987-- UWF: Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes defeated Bill Irwin & The Viking & Angel of Death.. World Class Championship Wrestling: October 15, 1988: WCCW Cotton Bowl: Bill Irwin & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jimmy Jack Funk & Black Bart.. National Wrestling Alliance: June 14, 1989-- NWA Clash: Sting defeated Bill Irwin to retain the Television title.. June 23, 1989-- NWA: Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton defeated Bill Irwin & Ron Simmons.. July 23, 1989-- NWA Great American Bash: Brian Pillman defeated Bill Irwin.. August 6, 1989-- NWA: Tommy Rich defeated Bill Irwin.. August 27, 1989-- NWA: Bill Irwin defeated Ranger Ross.. October 8, 1989-- NWA: Tom Zenk defeated Bill Irwin.. World Championship Wrestling: September 5, 1990-- WCW: Tommy Rich defeated Bill Irwin.. October 27, 1990-- WCW Halloween Havoc: Terry Taylor defeated Bill Irwin.. December 16, 1990-- WCW: Bill Irwin defeated TC Carter.. January 1, 1991-- WCW: Junkyard Dog defeated Bill Irwin.. January 17, 1991--WCW: Brad Armstrong defeated Bill Irwin.. January 26, 1991-- WCW: Tim Horner defeated Bill Irwin.. Global Wrestling Federation: June 28, 1991-- Global Wrestling Federation: Bill Irwin defeated Fantasma.. July 5, 1991-- GWF: Gary Young & Brian Adias defeated Bill Irwin & Randy Rhodes.. July 12, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Khris Germany.. July 27, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin & Johnny Ace beat Avenger & Jeff Gaylord.. August 2, 1991-- GWF: Handsome Stranger defeated Bill Irwin.. August 9, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Terry Daniels.. August 23, 1991-- GWF: Chris Walker & Steve Simpson defeated Bill Irwin & Sweet Daddy Falcone.. September 6, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated El Diablo.. September 27, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Tug Taylor.. October 11, 1991-- GWF: John Tatum defeated Bill Irwin.. November 1, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Scott Anthony.. November 15, 1991-- GWF: John Tatum & Rod Price defeated Bill Irwin & Black Bart.. December 13, 1991-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Sweet Daddy Falcone.. January 3, 1992-- GWF: Bill Irwin & Black Bart beat Steven Dane & Barry Horowitz to retain the GWF Tag titles.. January 24, 1992-- GWF: Black Bart defeated Bill Irwin in a 10 Count Knockout Match.. February 21, 1992-- Global Wrestling Federation: Bill Irwin participated in an Elimination Match.. ~~~Bill Irwin & Scott Putski & Terry Garvin & Gary Young beat Black Bart & John Tatum & Steven Dane & Rod Price.. March 6, 1992-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Bull Pain.. April 3, 1992-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Big Bad John in a Double Pole Match.. April 24, 1992-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated The Viper.. May 15, 1992-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated J.R Stryker.. June 19, 1992-- GWF: Johnny Mantell defeated Bill Irwin in a "Loser Leaves GWF" Match.. January 22, 1993-- GWF: Super Destroyer (Bill Irwin) defeated Chaz.. February 21, 1993-- WCW Super Brawl: Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin.. February 23, 1993-- WCW: Dustin Rhodes defeated Bill Irwin.. July 1, 1994: GWF: Bill Irwin & Black Bart defeated Rick Garren & Devon Michaels.. July 15, 1994-- GWF: Bill Irwin defeated Michael Hayes.. August 12, 1994-- GWF: Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated Bill Irwin, Black Bart & Moadib.. World Wrestling Federation - The Goon: Mid-90s: Bill Irwin had a brief stint in the WWF, using a hockey player gimmick, named "The Goon".. July 22, 1996-- WWF RAW: Marc Mero defeated The Goon (Bill Irwin). September 29, 1996-- WWF: Barry Windham defeated The Goon.. November 18, 1996-- WWF: Flash Funk defeated The Goon.. Retirement: Wild Bill Irwin reportedly runs a wrestling school in Duluth, Minnesota.. April 1, 2001--WrestleMania X-Seven: The Goon competed in a gimmick battle royal which was won by The Iron Sheik. December 10, 2007--RAW 15th Anniversary: The Goon participated in a special Battle Royal featuring past RAW Super Stars!