Scott Casey (born January 11th, 1954) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation between 1987 and 1991.
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 Southwest Championship Wrestling (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
Tully Blanchard 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 World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where he was managed by Sunshine. They introduced The Great Kabuki in a feud with
Jim Cornette and Midnight Express, and later Kabuki after he turned on them. They also worked against John Tatum and
Missy Hyatt. 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
WWF Superstars, Casey made his debut, teaming with
Lanny Poffo in a loss to
Demolition. He immediately began wrestling full-time for the
WWE and was programmed into a short
house show series against heel cowboy wrestler Ron Bass. Casey was slotted as an upper-level opening card jobber, losing that summer to stars like
Rick Rude 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 The Shadows.
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, Terry Gibbs,
Steve Lombardi, and a returning The Iron Sheik. He did defeat fellow jobber
Barry Horowitz 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
Richard Charland and Pete Doherty 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
Jake Roberts,
Tito Santana,
Ken Patera and
Jim Duggan in a losing effort against André the Giant,
Rick Rude,
Curt Hennig,
Harley Race and
Dino Bravo.
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.
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
Casey, after leaving the World Wrestling Federation, largely retired from active wrestling. He then worked at a car dealership and in construction, and began working as a trainer for
Nick Bockwinkel's UWF International wrestling promotion. He is credited as the trainer who broke
Booker Huffman into the business.
He later worked for many years as a security officer at the
Luxor hotel/casino in Las Vegas.
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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Cauliflower Alley Club
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Centra States Wrestling
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NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike George
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NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling
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NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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WCCW Television Championship (1 time)
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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Ranked No. 278 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
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Southwest Championship Wrestling
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SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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SCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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Western States Sports
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NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Don Fargo
[ NWA Western States Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com]
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NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Reggie Parks
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