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Barney Irwin

Barney Irwin

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 17, 1954 (71)
Birthplace Pecos, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Sep 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 30, 2024
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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.

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WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show

WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show

2014

as (archive footage)

Heroes of World Class

Heroes of World Class

2006

as Super Destroyer II

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

2001

as The Goon

WCW SuperBrawl III

WCW SuperBrawl III

1993

as "Wild" Bill Irwin

WCW Halloween Havoc '90

WCW Halloween Havoc '90

1990

as "Wild" Bill Irwin

AWA: WrestleRock '86

AWA: WrestleRock '86

1986

as "Wild" Bill Irwin

AWA Super Clash

AWA Super Clash

1985

as "Wild" Bill Irwin

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81

1981

as "Wild" Bill Irwin

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World Class Championship Wrestling

as Wild Bill Irwin

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Jan 02, 1982

World Class Championship Wrestling

as 'Wild' Bill Irwin

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 02, 1982

Mid-South Wrestling

as 'Wild' Bill Irwin

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 12, 1981

Raw

as The Goon

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 11, 1993

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