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Barney Irwin

Known ForActing
Birthday1954-09-17
Age71 years old
Place of BirthPecos, Texas, USA
Also Known AsBill Irwin, Super Destroyer #1, The Goon

Biography

is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Wild" Bill Irwin. Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996. He is the brother of the late Scott Irwin. Working in both the Mid South and also the WCCW in 1981, he would leave the Mid South in 1982 for WCCW, and now going by the name Wild Bill Irwin, he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship off Al Madril and then having became a member of H & H Ltd tagging with Bugsy McGraw to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) then Vacate the NWA Texas Heavyweight belt owing to a match between him and David Von Erich by 1983s after blaming McGraw for losing them the Tag belts then afer a light feud began teaming with King Kong Bundy becoming North American Tag Team Championship witch he would do another 4 times with his brother Bill as both original tagteam named The Super Destroyers not ECW later version and there last run was as The Lone Riders also in that year he won the WCCW Television Championship to complete his total of 7 time. what? Making a late return in 1983 to WCCW as Super Distroyer #2 with his brother Scott and managed again by Skandor Akbar and recent NWA North American Tag Team Champions for the first time. Irwin later 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. Irwin 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.[5] Irwin, as "Wild" Bill Irwin, also appeared sporadically in World Championship Wrestling, including in a loss to Davey Boy Smith in Smith's WCW debut at SuperBrawl III In 1996, Irwin 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 a few months after arriving. In 2001, Irwin returned to the WWF for one night, resuming the gimmick of "The Goon" for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven. On Raw XV, the 15th-anniversary WWE Raw special on December 10, 2007, Irwin, wrestling as "The Goon" once again, and sporting a thick moustache, participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal. He was eliminated by the Repo Man.

Filmography

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2001
8.8
Action
Drama

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

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2007
9.5

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

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2011
8.0
Action
Drama

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History

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2014
5.7
Action
Drama

WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show

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2013
9.2
Action
Drama

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

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1989

NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory

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1986
10.0
Action
Drama

AWA WrestleRock 1986

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2006
8.5
Action
Documentary

Heroes of World Class

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1989
8.1
Action

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

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1993
Action

WCW SuperBrawl III

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1988

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

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1990
7.0

NWA Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness

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1990
5.0
Action

WCW Halloween Havoc 1990

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1982

WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show

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1983

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '83

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1983
10.0

WCCW Star Wars (June 1983)

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1982
10.0

WCCW Star Wars (August 1982)

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1984

WCCW Parade of Champions

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1985
7.9
Action
Drama

AWA Super Clash

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1982

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '82

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1982

WCCW - Christmas Star Wars '82

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1985

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

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1985

Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

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1981

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81

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1989

CSW International Bash

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1987
10.0

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87

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1983
9.5

WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83

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1993
6.8
Reality

Raw

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1982
Action & Adventure

World Class Championship Wrestling

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1982
Action & Adventure

World Class Championship Wrestling

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1981
Action & Adventure

Mid-South Wrestling

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1988
Action & Adventure

Clash of the Champions

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1985
Action & Adventure

NWA World Championship Wrestling

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1977
8.0
Action & Adventure
Drama

USWA Championship Wrestling

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1986
Action & Adventure

AWA Championship Wrestling

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1981
Action & Adventure

WCCW Star Wars