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Revision as of 14:41, 4 July 2024
| Gary Young | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Harrington[1] |
| Born | August 26, 1959[2] Houston, Texas, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Gary Young Gorgeous Gary Young Super Zodiac Texas Ranger Gary Harrington Gary Starr |
| Billed height | 6"2 |
| Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Trained by | Joe Pizza |
| Debut | 1977 |
| Retired | 1998 |
David Harrington is an American retired professional wrestler under the ring name Gary Young. Best known for his time with World Class Championship Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, UWF Mid-South, United States Wrestling Association, and Global Wrestling Federation.[3] He also worked in other Texas promotions.
Early life
Young went to high school with Gino Hernandez, who later teamed together.[4]
Professional wrestling career
Young made his professional wrestling debut in 1977 in St. Louis. In 1980, Young made his debut for World Class Championship Wrestling and won the NWA American Tag Team Championship with his fellow schoolmate Gino Hernandez.
In 1986, Young made his debut for Bill Watts' UWF Mid-South.
In 1988, he made his debut in Memphis for Continental Wrestling Association as part of the Stud Stable. He won the CWA Tag Team Championship four times. Twice with Maxx Payne, once with Don Bass, and once with Cactus Jack.[5][6]
Also in 1988, Young returned to World Class and won the NWA American Heavyweight Championship in March 1989 defeating Brickhouse Brown. A month later he dropped the title to Eric Embry. Young disguised himself as the Super Zodiac defeating Embry for the title on May 19, 1989, but a week later dropped it back to Embry. World Class would become United States Wrestling Association and move to Memphis. Young would stay with USWA until 1991.
In 1991, a new promotion in Texas called Global Wrestling Federation started up and Young made his debut there. He worked with GWF until the promotion folded in September 1994.
Young wrestled in independent Texas promotions until retiring in 1998.
Personal life
Young manages a Chili's restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas.[7]
Championships and accomplishments
- Continental Wrestling Association
- CWA Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Maxx Payne (2), Don Bass (wrestler) (3), and Cactus Jack (1)[8][9]
- Global Wrestling Federation
- GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steven Dane[10]
- United States Wrestling Association
- Western States Sports
- NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Gino Herandez (1)[13][14]
References
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Gary Young - Facts @ Wrestlingdata.com". wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ "Gary Young". Oklafan.com. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ "Gary Young Profile". Cagematch. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ https://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/gary-young/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Foley, Have A Nice Day!, p. 117
- ^ Milner, John (November 18, 2004). "Mick Foley Profile". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Haymes, Linda (Feburary 16, 2014). "'Gorgeous' ex-wrestler to join hall". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Duncan, R. & Will, G. (1998). "CWA World Tag Team Title History". Solie.org. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (March 7, 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ^ "Gary Young".
- ^ Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title [Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA Texas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7.
- ^ "N.W.A. American Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.