Galton W. Young, better known as Skip Young and Sweet Brown Sugar (July 24, 1951 – December 3, 2010)[1] was an American professional wrestler who competed on the Southeastern regional promotions during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s in Florida Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance.
| Skip Young | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Galton W. Young |
| Born | July 24, 1951 Houston, Texas, United States |
| Died | December 3, 2010 (aged 59) Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Skip Young Super Bad Sweet Brown Sugar |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Debut | 1975 |
| Retired | 1997 |
Professional wrestling career
editAfter making his debut in Florida Championship Wrestling, Skip Young originally wrestled as the masked "Sweet Brown Sugar" winning the NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship three times between 1979 and 1982.[2] He also formed a successful tag team with Butch Reed in the Florida region winning the NWA North American Tag Team titles in April 1982.[2]
During the early 1980s, he also toured Japan most notably facing Genichiro Tenryu and Ashura Hara in a tag team match with The Destroyer in Tokyo, Japan, on January 3, 1982.
Skip Young had a couple of runs in Puerto Rico with the World Wrestling Council, he went to the ring wearing a hat of a Puerto Rican flag. On many interviews Skip Young said he loved the Puerto Rican culture.
After leaving the Florida region in 1984, Young began wrestling unmasked in the Texas-area where he began teaming with "Pistol" Pez Whatley and feuded with the PYT Express[3] although he would later win the WCWA Tag Team titles with "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas in 1987.[2]
Young retired from wrestling in 1997.
Death
editYoung died on December 3, 2010, at 59.
Championships and accomplishments
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- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #252 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
- PWI Rookie of the Year (1979)
- World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kerry Von Erich (1)
- WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Atlas[4][5]
- World Wrestling Council
References
edit- ^ Oliver, Greg (December 8, 2010). "Skip Young, master of the dropkick dead at 59". SLAM! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Koko Ware and Norvell Austin, Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. (pg. 85) ISBN 1-58261-991-3
- ^ Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: NWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. pp. 275–276. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved December 27, 2019.