Scott Norton

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Scott Norton
Data
height 191
Fighting weight 163
birth June 15, 1961
Minneapolis , Minnesota
Announced from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trained by Brad Rheingan's
Masa Saito
Verne Gagne
debut April 15, 1989

Scott Norton (born June 15, 1961 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American wrestler . He was best known for his years with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Life

Arm wrestlers

Norton began his athletic career as an arm wrestler . He has won over 30 arm wrestling competitions, including four national titles. His nickname there was "Flash" (Eng. "Blitz"), which is due to the speed with which he won his competitions. Due to his popularity in arm wrestling, he also starred in the film Over the Top with Sylvester Stallone . During an arm wrestling tour of Japan, the NJPW approached him, but Norton initially refused.

In addition to his career as an arm wrestler, he also worked as a bodyguard for Prince on the 1999 Tour (1982–1983) and the Purple Rain Tour (1984–1985).

Beginnings as a wrestler

Ultimately, Norton decided on a wrestling career, he was trained by the Olympic wrestler Brad Rheingans and started at the American Wrestling Association (AWA) led by Verne Gagne . Although his training was not yet over, he had his first professional match on April 15, 1989. Together with John Nord he worked there temporarily in the tag team as Yukon Lumberjacks. In one storyline he challenged Hulk Hogan , Ric Flair and Larry Znyszko to an arm wrestling match. But nothing came of it.

In late 1989 Norton left the AWA and went to Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW). There he appeared as Face under the nickname Flapjack. He became a heel in 1990 and eventually won the Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship from Brian Adams . However, the reign lasted only a few days.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1990-1993)

In 1990 Scott Norton signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He competed as a singles and tag team wrestler. In 1991 and 1992 he was involved as a wrestler in the two Starcade events, which acted as a joint venture between WCW and NJPW.

The collaboration between the two leagues led to Norton taking on alternating partners against the Steiner Brothers ( Scott and Rick Steiner ). On November 5, 1991, however, he stood together with Rick Steiner for the injured Scott. They lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh . A year later he was allowed to win the belt together with Tony Halme against the Steiner Brothers. Three weeks later they lost the title to The Road Warriors ( Road Warrior Hawk and Power Warrior ).

Then Norton appeared together with Hercules as "Jurassic Powers". The two also won the IWGP Tag Team titles. They also reached the 1993 Super Grade Tag League final , where they lost to Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase .

The remainder of his career at NJPW was neither a tag team nor a single wrestler.

World Championship Wrestling (1993–1999)

Norton returned to the United States, where he signed to World Championship Wrestling. Initially used as a heel against Sting , his first run was not very successful and before Slamboree in 1993 he left the WCW for the World Wrestling Federation , where he only had one match at a house show against Bob Holly .

He returned to WCW in 1995, where he initially had a feud with John Tenta ("Shark" at the time). Tenta won the feud on the first edition of WCW Monday Nitro when he intervened on Randy Savage's behalf.

In 1996 he formed the Fire & Ice tag team with Ice Train . The tag team competed against the Steiner Brothers, among others. The team split after WCW Hog Wild in 1996.

Norton eventually began competing for both WCW and NJPW.

In 1996 he joined the New World Order (nWo). Together with Buff Bagwell he founded the tag team Vicious & Delicious, but they never managed to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship . At the same time he was also a member of nWo Japan, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship . He was one of a total of nine foreigners who were allowed to win the prestigious main title of the NJPW.

While his role in Japan grew, he stagnated at WCW, where he was used in the B-Team of the nWo and was hardly allowed to win. Finally he left the WCW after a match against Goldberg in 1999 towards the NJPW.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1999-2006)

On March 17, 2001 he won the IWGP World Heavyweight title for the second time. He was allowed to defeat Kensuke Sasaki , but lost the title in his first defense against Kazuyuki Fujita . Together with Rick Steiner he formed a tag team on his Japan tours, otherwise he was mostly used as a midcarder.

In 2004 he briefly resigned from wrestling, but returned to the NJPW a year later. In 2006 he left NJPW after 16 years together and became a freelancer.

Independent wrestler

In 2006 he tried his own league in the southwestern United States with Wild West Championship Wrestling, which only lasted a year. He then wrestled for Hustle until mid-2007 . After a year and a half break, he returned in 2008 for two matches at the Pro Wrestling Expo.

Scott Norton is still active as an independent wrestler today, but only appears irregularly.

Titles and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Cagematch profile .
  2. ↑ Where Are They Now ?: Scott Norton, page 2 .
  3. ^ A b c d e Scott Norton profile . Online World of Wrestling.
  4. ^ A b Greg Oliver: Scott Norton gives promoting a try . October 26, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
  5. ^ Over the top . Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Where Are They Now ?: Scott Norton, page 1 .
  7. ^ A b c d Royal Duncan & Gary Will: Wrestling Title Histories , 4th. Edition, Archeus Communications, 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 .
  8. ↑ prowrestlinghistory.com: NJPW Tokyo Dome shows Results (Starrcade in Tokyo Dome 1991) . Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2007: "Scott Norton pinned The Equalizer (2:23)"
  9. ↑ prowrestlinghistory.com: NJPW Tokyo Dome shows Results (Starrcade in Tokyo Dome 1992) . Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2007: "Tony Halme pinned Scott Norton (8:41)"
  10. ↑ Strong Style Spirit: NJPW G1 Climax Tag League Results (1993) . Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2007: "Final: Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase beat Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez (13:46)"
  11. ^ Graham Cawthon: WCW Match Results 1996 . Retrieved April 9, 2007: “Scott Norton and the Ice-Train went to a double count out. The two shook hands after the match "
  12. ↑ prowrestlinghistory.com: WCW Fall Brawl Results (1996) . Retrieved April 9, 2007.
  13. ↑ Strong Style Spirit: NJPW G1 Climax Tag League Results (1996) . Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2007: "Final: Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton beat Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner (21:54)"
  14. ↑ Where Are They Now ?: Scott Norton, page 3 .
  15. ↑ cage match match listings, page 1 .
  16. ^ IWGP Heavyweight Championship history .
  17. ↑ IWGP Tag Team Championship history . Archived from the original on August 21, 2009.
  18. ↑ G1 Climax Tag League results .
  19. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: Japan: New Japan G-1 (Grade-1) Climax Tag Tournament Champions . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 2000, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 374.
  20. ↑ Strong Style Spirit .
  21. ^ NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship history .
  22. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1993 . Retrieved June 7, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Norton, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota