Buzz Sawyer (born Bruce Woyan June 14, 1959-February 7, 1992) was a professional wrestler who went by the nickname of "Mad Dog". He was known for his crazy antics in the ring and out. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviations: lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (sometimes called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Shown above is a computer-generated image of the International Prototype Kilogram (“IPK”). The IPK is the kilogram. ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Pinellas County Founded 1876 Incorporated February 29, 1892 Government  - Mayor Rick Baker Area  - City  133. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... ...

Career

"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer started wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions. He stayed there with some stints in Georgia Championship Wrestling until 1984. He mainly teamed with his brother, Brett Sawyer. He had a huge feud with the Road Warriors after he left their manager Paul Ellering's Legion of Doom. National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on U.S. cable channel TBS (Turner Broadcasting System). ... Brett Sawyer Brett Sawyer was a professional wrestler and is the brother of wrestler Buzz Sawyer. ... This article is about the professional wrestling team, for otheruses see Road warrior The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael Hawk Hegstrand and Joseph Animal Laurinaitis, though other members were added later. ... Paul Ellering with the Legion of Doom Paul Ellering is a well-known professional wrestling manager known for managing the Legion of Doom when they were known as The Road Warriors. ... The Legion Of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ...

Buzz also had an epic feud with Tommy Rich that led to many bloody matches, the greatest of which was billed as the Last Battle of Atlanta and for the first time featured a completely enclosed cage. It also saw manager Paul Ellering suspended 20 feet above the ring in a smaller cage. This is the match that Shawn Michaels credits for inspiring the Hell in the Cell concept used by the WWE. Tommy Rich won the Last Battle Atlanta match. Another stipulation for the match was that Sawyer and Rich would never fight again - which they did not in Georgia Championship Wrestling. They did meet again in WCW about five years later. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paul Ellering with the Legion of Doom Paul Ellering is a well-known professional wrestling manager known for managing the Legion of Doom when they were known as The Road Warriors. ... Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Shawn Michaels. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

Sawyer had a short World Wrestling Federation (WWF) run in 1984. He was called "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer because Mad Dog was being used by Mad Dog Vachon. During Sawyer's only TV appearance, he was managed by Captain Lou Albano. Sawyer's gimmick included a dog chain and a lot of barking. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Mad Dog Maurice Vachon Maurice Vachon (also known as Mad Dog Vachon) was a professional wrestler and is the brother of wrestlers Paul Vachon and the late Vivian Vachon. ... Louis Albano (born July 29, 1933 in Carmel, New York), better known as Captain Lou, is an American professional wrestler and manager. ... In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ...

In 1985, Buzz went to Mid-South Wrestling (which would become the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1986) and became a protege of Dick Slater's. After Slater won the North American title, he gave Mid-South TV Title to Sawyer to defend for him. The promotion tricked Slater into letting Sawyer defend the North American Title (which he promptly lost), and Sawyer then refused to give the TV belt back to Slater. The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to: An American professional wrestling promotion, forerunner to the WCW. See Universal Wrestling Federation (United States). ... Dick Slater was a professional wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s who often wrestled in the NWAs Mid-Atlantic region. ...

In 1986, Sawyer left the UWF for World Class Championship Wrestling. He formed a team with Matt Borne and they won the WCWA Tag Team Championship. He also won the WCWA Television Championship and the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship and feuded with Brian Adias while there. He got into a feud with Dingo Warrior and he lost his tag team titles to Warrior and Lance Von Erich before reportedly being fired after failing a drug test. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The WCWA Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Class Championship Wrestling. ... The WCCW Television Championship was a secondary title in World Class Championship Wrestling that was primarily defended on their weekly television show. ... The NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship is a title that has existed since the 1930s and has had several different names. ... Brian Adias was a professional wrestler best known for his time in World Class Championship Wrestling. ... The Ultimate Warrior James Brian Hellwig (born June 16, 1959), is an American professional wrestler known by many as The Ultimate Warrior, who legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993. ...

He returned in 1989 as part of Gary Hart's J-Tex Corporation that was feuding with the Four Horsemen, and he had several matches against Arn Anderson. He then joined Kevin Sullivan's "Slaughterhouse" stable in 1990.^[1] However, at Wrestle War '90, he fractured his wrist and never returned to WCW.^[2] Gary Hart was a professional wrestling manager and was also a professional wrestler. ... J-Tex Corporation was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling. ... The Four Horsemen (also spelled IV Horsemen) is a legendary professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling that was disbanded in 1999. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Powerslam

• Nicknames
  • "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer
  • "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer

• Managers
  • Gary Hart
  • Kevin Sullivan
  • Paul Ellering
  • Paul Jones
  • Percy Pringle

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Championships and accomplishments

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA National Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Brett Sawyer

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Matt Borne

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling

• Mid-South North American Championship (1 time)
• UWF Television Championship (1 time)

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling

• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brett Sawyer

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 185 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Southeastern Championship Wrestling

• NWA Southeast Television Championship (1 time)

• World Class Championship Wrestling | World Class Wrestling Association

• WCCW Television Championship (1 time)
• WCWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Matt Borne (First)
• WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
• Most Underrated Wrestler award in 1981
• Best Heel award in 1982

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Personal life and death

Sawyer was wrestling on the independent circuit when he died from a heart attack on February 7, 1992. is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sawyer was known for his crazy antics such as trying to fight the police outside a bar and also his drug abuse. He trained a few wrestlers, among them Magnum T.A. and Ken Shamrock. Sawyer was paid by The Undertaker to teach him to wrestle, but Sawyer only showed Undertaker how to lock-up (or start a match) and then skipped town the next day.^[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ken Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick on February 11, 1964 in Macon, Georgia) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. ... For the Combichrist song, see Everybody Hates You Mark Calaway (born March 24, 1965[2][3]) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name The Undertaker. ...

Sawyer's son Travis is a wrestler for promotions including the United Wrestling Association on the independent circuit of Tennessee. Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ...

Sawyer has another son who works for Target outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This article is about the United States retail company. ... “Pittsburgh” redirects here. ...

Notes

References

• Mick Foley (2000). Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. HarperCollins, 768. ISBN 0061031011. 

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