Wolfgang (wrestler)

Wolfgang
Wolfgang in April 2018
Birth name Barry Young
Born (1986-12-03) December 3, 1986
Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom
Residence Ayr, Scotland
Spouse(s) Louise Marshall
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Wolfgang
Billed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight 255 lb (116 kg)
Trained by British Championship Wrestling
WWE Performance Center
Debut 2003

Barry Young (born December 3, 1986) is a Scottish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE performing for their UK division, using the name Wolfgang. He resides in Ayr, Scotland and wrestles for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit, most notably Insane Championship Wrestling where he is a former member of the New Age Kliq (NAK) stable and is a former ICW World Heavyweight Champion and ICW Zero-G Champion. Wolfgang is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum.

Professional wrestling career

On 15 December 2016 it was revealed that Young would be one of 16 men competing in a two-night tournament to crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champion on 14 and 15 January 2017.[1] Young defeated Tyson T-Bone in the first round, advancing to the quarter finals.[2] In the quarter-finals, he went on to defeat Trent Seven before losing to Seven's tag team partner Tyler Bate in the semi finals.[3]

On the 13 September 2017 episode of NXT, Wolfgang faced Pete Dunne for the WWE United Kingdom Championship in a losing effort. After the match, Wolfgang was brutally attacked by The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly). This attack ended when Trent Seven and Tyler Bate came out to help Wolfgang.[4]

On June 18, 2018, it was announced that Young would fight Adam Cole on the 2nd night of the UK Championship Tournament, for the NXT North American Championship. [5] He would go on to lose the match.

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ "First-ever United Kingdom Champion to be crowned in January". www.wwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. ↑ Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/14: Ongoing coverage of night one of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/15: Ongoing coverage of night two of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2017-09-13
  5. ↑ https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-united-kingdom-championship-tournament/nxt-uk-championship/article/adam-cole-vs-wolfgang
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Titles « Wolfgang « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. ↑ "ICW: Wolfgang". Insanewrestling.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  9. ↑ "PBW Breaking Limits « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  10. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  11. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=166140
  12. ↑ "SPW British Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  13. ↑ "SWA Laird Of The Ring « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  14. ↑ "W3L Seven Deadly Sins « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 2017-01-03.

Wolfgang on WWE.com

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