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.
| 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 |
Early life
editYoung went to high school with Gino Hernandez, who later teamed together.[4]
Professional wrestling career
editYoung 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] He and Jack lost in a loser leaves town match to Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller.
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
editYoung manages a Chili's restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas.[7]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- 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
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 81 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991
- PWI ranked him # 89 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992
- PWI ranked him # 169 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993[16]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gary Young | Online World of Wrestling".
- ^ 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 (February 16, 2014). "'Gorgeous' ex-wrestler to join hall". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Amarillo". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Internet Wrestling Database - Gary Young: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ratings".