Scott Casey (born March 19, 1947) is an American retired

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

, best known for his stint in the

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between 1987 and 1990.

Career

Southwest Championship Wrestling (1970-1985)

Scott Casey began his wrestling career around 1970 and in his early career spent nine years in Joe Blanchard's

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(SWCW) promotion. On August 30, 1983, he defeated Adrian Adonis to win the SWCW World Heavyweight Championship. A month later, on September 11 he defeated

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to win the SWCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship. In September, he also held the SWCW Southwest Tag Team Championship with Buddy Mareno, replacing the 'injured' Bobby Jaggers.

World Class Championship Wrestling (1985-1987)

Casey next went to

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(WCCW), where he was managed by

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. They introduced The Great Kabuki in a feud with

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and Midnight Express, and later Kabuki after he turned on them. They also worked against John Tatum and

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. He left WCCW in the middle of the program and Sunshine kept it going with other wrestlers involved.

World Wrestling Federation (1987-1991)

On the June 13, 1987 episode of ''

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, ''Casey made his debut, teaming with Lanny Poffo in a loss to

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. He immediately began wrestling full-time for the

and was programmed into a short

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series against heel cowboy wrestler Ron Bass. Casey was slotted as an upper-level opening card jobber, losing that summer to stars like

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and The Honky Tonk Man, but also defeated other jobbers like Jose Estrada, Iron Mike Sharpe and Steve Lombardi. On WWF television he was used strictly as a jobber, and earned his first televised victory on the September 24 episode of '' Prime Time Wrestling'', teaming with S. D. Jones to defeat

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. His first televised singles win aired on the October 15 episode, a pinfall over Sharpe. The winter and spring of 1988 found Casey continuing as a jobber in the opening cards of WWF house shows, facing Danny Spivey,

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, Steve Lombardi, and a returning

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. He did defeat fellow jobber

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on the March 7, 1988, edition of ''Prime Time Wrestling'', and then Sharpe in the May 2 episode. This status continued throughout most of 1988 as he lost to upper-level competition, but defeated other jobbers like

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and

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on house shows and on television. His most high-profile appearance came at the 1988 Survivor Series (substituting for an injured B. Brian Blair) where he teamed with

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and

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in a losing effort against

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, Mr. Perfect,

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and

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. Casey's appearances became more sporadic in 1989, and he only wrestled on 11 occasions after appearing in well over five times as many matches the previous year. His final match of the year was against Barry Horowitz on March 24 in Salt Lake City, Utah, after which he departed the company. Casey made a one match return to the WWF when he appeared on March 26, 1991, at a taping of ''WWF Superstars''. He teamed with Rob Allen against The Orient Express. Casey retired from professional wrestling after this appearance.

Wrestling Around the World (1993)

Following a two-year absence, Casey returned and appeared in the Wrestling Around the World promotion on September 14, 1993, in Las Vegas, Nevada, facing the Captain of Hussars and High Tech Knights.

Retirement

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wrestling promotion. He is credited as the trainer who broke

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into the business. He later worked for many years as a security officer at the

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hotel/casino in

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. In 2006 Casey was honored by the Cauliflower Alley Club and he published his biography ''One Last Ride'' in April 2019.

Championships and accomplishments

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**Other inductee (

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) * Centra States Wrestling ** NWA Central States Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Mike George * NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling ** NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) *''

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'' **Ranked No. 278 of the top 500 wrestlers in the

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in 1991 *

** SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ** SCW World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) * Western States Sports **

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( 1 time) - with Don FargoNWA Western States Tag Team Title history
At wrestling-titles.com ** NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times) **

( 1 time) - with Reggie Parks

References

External links

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