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Bill Irwin

Nickname: Wild; Dr.

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 250 lbs

From: Pecos, TX

Birthday: Sep 17th

Pro Debut: September 16, 1978

Aliases: Super Destroyer #1, The Goon, Super Destroyer #2

Feds Worked For: GWF, MSW, PZWA, TSW, UWF, WCCW, AWA, ECW, NWA, WCW, WWE, WWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Bad Boys of Wrestling (SD/MT/TX), Big D Pro Wrestling (TX), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling from Georgia (GA), Continental Wrestling Association (IN/KY/TN), Florida Championship Wrestling (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Heavy On Wrestling (WI), International Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Southern Wrestling (TN), Midwest All-Star Wrestling (MN), Network of Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Dallas (TX), Pro Wrestling Syndicate (NJ), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Steel Domain Wrestling (MN), Wild West Wrestling (TX), World All-Star Wrestling Alliance (MN), World Class II: The Next Generation (TX)

Finisher: Superplex

Signature Moves: Bearhug, Lariat, Float Kick, Bicycle Kick, Big Boot, Crosscheck

Career Highlights: -AWA Southern Champion
-AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Larry Latham)
-Big D Brass Knuckles Champion
-Big D Champion (3x)
-Big D Tag Team Champion (w/ Mr. Mister)
-Canadian International Tag Team Champion (w/ Scott Irwin)
-GWF Brass Knuckles Champion
-GWF North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Black Bart)
-NWA American Tag Team Champion (5x; 4 w/ Super Destroyer #2/Scott Irwin, 1 w/ King Kong Bundy)
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Bryan St. John)
-NWA National Tag Team Champion (w/ Scott Irwin)
-NWA Texas Champion
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Frank Dusek and Bugsy McGraw)
-UWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Leroy Brown)
-WCCW World Television Champion (4x)

Affiliates: Super Destroyer #2/Scott Irwin, Skandor Akbar, Leroy Brown, Gary Young, Jimmy Hart, Frank Dusek, Bryan St. John, Larry Latham, Mr. Mister, Black Bart, King Kong Bundy, Bugsy McGraw, Jeff Raitz, Crizus

Notable Feuds: Black Bart, King Parsons, Buck Zumhofe, Tommy Rich, Michael Hayes, Genichiro Tenryu, Al Madril, Kevin Von Erich, Terry Gordy, Jimmy Valiant, Kerry Von Erich, David Von Erich, Bill Dundee, Buddy Roberts, Bugsy McGraw, Ricky Morton, Brian Adias, Héctor Guerrero, Tony Charles, Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta

Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Scott Irwin. Together they donned masks and were known as The Super Destroyers, with Bill as #1 and Scott as #2. They had their masks removed and then were known as The Long Riders.
-Irwin and Gary Young donned masks and were known as The Super Destroyers in GWF with Young as #1 and Irwin as #2
-Trained for pro wrestling by Verne Gagne
-Made his professional wrestling debut the day before his 23rd birthday
-Was the last wrestler to see David Von Erich alive. They were on the same tour in Japan and had spent the night in a bar eating and drinking. Bill then went to David's room and stayed until David said that he was going to call his wife before going to bed.
-As The Goon, he was announced as hailing from Duluth, MN or from The Penalty Box. He was portrayed as a former professional hockey player kicked out of the league because he was too brutal. His wrestling attire consisted of a hockey jersey, hockey pants, and boots that looked like hockey skates without the skate blade on them. He also wore hockey gloves and carried a hockey stick to the ring. When the bell rang he would drop the stick and gloves and attack his opponent. His finishing move was the Cross Check. He accepted this gimmick after it was turned down by Chris Jericho.
-Not to be confused with any of The Goons that wrestled for WFC.
-Was one of the many interviewees on WWE's "Triumph & Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling" DVD.
-Former member of Devastation, Inc.
-Holds the record for the longest WCCW American Tag Team Title reign (w/ Super Destroyer #2; 5 months, 6 days)
-Is now a loan officer in Duluth, MN.
-Ranked #227 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked #70 (as Bill Irwin) and #388 (as Super Destroyer #2) in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked #303 in the 1993 PWI 500