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Scott Norton
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Ring name(s) Scott Norton
Billed height 6 ft 3 in (1. 91 m)
Billed weight 360 lb (160 kg/26 st)
Born June 15, 1961 (1961-06-15) (age 46)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Resides Hartford, Connecticut
Trained by Verne Gagne
Debut 1989

Scott Michael Norton (born June 15, 1961[1]) is an American professional wrestler who is best known for working for New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff is a major Professional wrestling federation in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972

Contents

Career

Starting

Scott Norton started out as a professional arm wrestler. He won over 30 championships during his days as an arm wrestler including four U. S. National championships. [2] His status in the arm wrestling world earned him a role in Sylvester Stallone's arm wrestling movie, Over the Top. Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Over the Top is a 1987 Dramatic action film starring Sylvester Stallone, produced and directed by Menahem Golan about [3] While touring the arm wrestling circuit in Japan Norton was approached by New Japan Pro Wrestling about becoming a professional wrestler but he turned it down initially. is a major Professional wrestling federation in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 [2]

After finally deciding to go the pro-wrestling route Norton was trained to wrestle by former Olympic wrestler Brad Rheingans. Brad Rheingans is a former Greco-Roman and professional wrestler Verne Gagne decided to debut Norton before he was totally finished with his training, putting him on TV as a regular performer for the American Wrestling Association in 1989. Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 [2] He sometimes teamed with John Nord as the "Yukon Lumberjacks". John Nord (born October 18 1959) is a retired American professional wrestler. [1] Norton soon earned the nickname “Flash" for the way he would quickly dispatch some of the low card wrestlers. By the end of 1989 Norton left the AWA and went to the Pacific Northwest territory to further his career. Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW also known as Portland Wrestling (PW is the common name used to refer to different Portland Oregon based Professional In PNW, he started out as a face lumberjack known as “Flapjack" Scott Norton, he would team up with John Nord once more to reprise their Lumberjacks gimmick from the AWA. In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains [1] Norton turned Heel in 1990 as a singles competitor. In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. He won the Pacific Northwest Title from Brian Adams on May 12, 1990,[4] but he was stripped of the title two weeks later after attacking several wrestlers. The NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was a Professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended Brian Keith Adams (January 31 1963 - August 13 2007 was an American actor and professional wrestler. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) [4]

New Japan Pro Wrestling

In 1990, Scott Norton finally signed with the company that first approached him about becoming a pro-wrestler, New Japan Pro Wrestling. Norton’s size and speed helped him establish himself as one of the premiere Gaijins in NJPW. is a Japanese word meaning "foreigner" or "non-Japanese" Norton alternated between tagging and working mid card singles matches, not really settling on any permanent tag-team partners early on. Norton appeared at both the joint NJPW/WCW Starrcade in Egg Dome shows giving him exposure to WCW executives. The January 4th Tokyo Dome Show, held by New Japan Pro Wrestling, has become an annual event kicking off the new year since 1992 [5][6]

The working agreement between NJPW and WCW mean that The Steiner Brothers would tour Japan on a regular basis, often fighting against Scott Norton alongside a variety of partners. The Steiner Brothers are the Professional wrestling Tag team of American brothers Robert "Rick Steiner" Rechsteiner and Scott On November 5, 1991 Norton acted as a substitute for the injured Scott Steiner in an IWGP Tag-Team title match. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29 1962 better known by his Ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling Tag team title in Japanese promotion [7] Norton and Rick Steiner were unsuccessful on the night and lost the tag-team titles to Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh. Robert Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961 in Bay City Michigan) better known by his Ring name Rick Steiner, is an American is a retired Japanese Professional wrestler who worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, prior to transitioning to a position in the is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. [4] About a year after losing a the title he never technically held, Norton won the tag-team titles properly when he and Tony Halme beat the Steiner Brothers for the gold. Tony Christian Halme (born January 6, 1963) is a former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party [4] The power house team only held on to the titles for a little over three weeks before losing them to the Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior & Power Warrior). The Road Warriors were a Professional wrestling Tag team famously composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis Michael James Hegstrand ( September 12 1957 – October 19 2003) was an American professional wrestler. is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency Kensuke Office [4]

After splitting up with Halme, Norton started to team with “Hercules" Hernandez on a regular basis. Raymond Fernandez ( May 7, 1956 - March 6, 2004) was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Hercules was a fellow power house wrestler and the two formed The Jurassic Powers,[8] a team that won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from back from the Hell Raisers. The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling Tag team title in Japanese promotion [4] The Powers held the titles for about 4 months before losing them back to the Hell Raisers at NJPW’s January 4 Dome Show (NJPW’s biggest annual event). The January 4th Tokyo Dome Show, held by New Japan Pro Wrestling, has become an annual event kicking off the new year since 1992 [4] While holding the titles, the Jurassic Powers successfully defended against teams such as Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase[8] and The Nasty Boys[8] and also beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami,[9] Jake "The Snake" & Brutus Beefcake,[10] Masa Saito & Manabu Nakanishi and the Barbarian & Haku in non-title competition. is a retired Japanese Professional wrestler who worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, prior to transitioning to a position in the The Nasty Boys were a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, active in the mid to late 1980s and throughout Akira Nogami is a Japanese Professional wrestler and Actor who has wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW promotion Aurelian Smith Jr (born May 30 1955 in Gainesville, Texas) is a second-generation American professional wrestler and Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21 1957) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr is a Japanese professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain. Sione Havea Vailahi (born September 6, 1958) is a professional wrestler best known under the name of The Barbarian. Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita (born February 3 1959 in Nuku'alofa Tonga) is a Professional wrestler and Actor, for both World The team also and made it to the finals of the 1993 Super Grade Tag League where they lost to Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase. The G1 Climax Tag League is a Professional wrestling round-robin Tag team tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a spin-off is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. is a retired Japanese Professional wrestler who worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, prior to transitioning to a position in the [11]

After breaking up with “Hercules" Hernandez, Norton floundered a bit, failing to achieve much notoriety in the singles ranks nor in the tag-team division where he’d team with a variety of partners such as Mike Enos,[12] Ron Simmons,[13] Masa Chono,[14] and Road Warrior Hawk. Mike Enos (born June 11, 1963) is a retired Professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling Ron Simmons at Florida State University, and played for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Masahiro Chono ((born September 17, 1963) is a Japanese professional wrestler. [15]

World Championship Wrestling

Norton returned to the U. S. and signed with WCW in 1995. The promoters first tried to get Norton over as a heel with the fans by feuding with Sting but the feud never captivated the fans and was scrapped without much fanfare.

Fire and Ice

During a WCW Saturday taping, Norton squared off against the mammoth Ice Train. Harold Hoag is an American former Professional wrestler. He is best known for his ring names Ice Train and M The bout ended in a double count out when both men clotheslined the other knocking each out. After the match the two shook hands and Norton explained to announcer Tony Schiavone that he felt that they would make a formidable tag team because of their similar powerful approach to the business. Noah Anthony "Tony" Schiavone (born on November 7 1957) (pronounced "sha- VAHN -ee" is a sports radio host and former Professional [16] The team was quickly named Fire and Ice. The finisher was seen as Norton power bombed his opponent followed by Train's leaping "Train Wreck" splash. The face team easily overpowered a series of low ranking tag-teams as they tried establish themselves as a legitimate team. At Slamboree 1996: Lethal Lottery, Norton and Ice Train were “Randomly Drawn" to be on the same team and easily defeated the makeshift team of "Big" Bubba Rogers and Stevie Ray. Slamboree was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling held from 1993 through 2000 that was held in the month of May Raymond W Traylor Jr (May 2 1963 – September 22 2004 was an American professional wrestler. Lane Steven Huffman, (born August 22 1958 in Houston Texas) is a retired American professional wrestler who is better known [17] The team advanced to the “Lord of The Ring" Battle royal but neither of them won it. In Professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type [17]

At the 1996 Great American Bash, Fire and Ice came head to head with Norton’s long time rivals the Steiner Brothers. The Great American Bash was an annual summer Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance 's Jim Crockett The two teams was engaged in a mini-feud of sorts, two teams of powerhouses trying to show who was best. On that night the Steiner Brothers won,[18] but Fire & Ice were not deterred. After a pre-PPV loss to The Rock 'n' Roll Express at Bash at the Beach 1996,[19] dissension started to appear between the two, a dissension that turned into battle as Norton attacked Ice Train after another team loss. The Rock 'n' Roll Express was a Professional wrestling tag team comprised of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson that was popular in the 1980s Bash at the Beach (1996 was the third annual Bash at the Beach Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling Norton defeated the Ice Train at Hog Wild in a submission match,[20] but lost to Ice Train in their return match only a month later. [21]

After Fire & Ice ended, Norton split his time between WCW and NJPW, achieving more success in NJPW than WCW most notably in the tag-team division. Scott Norton and Shinya Hashimoto teamed up and won the Super Grade Tag League VI in 1996 after beating Keiji Mutoh and Rick Steiner in the finals. Shinya Hashimoto (Japanese name 橋本真也)( July 3 1965 - July 11 2005) was a Japanese Professional wrestler. [22]

Vicious & Delicious

In late 1996, Norton joined the New World Order (nWo), which gave his WCW career some direction after the break up of Fire and Ice. The New World Order (commonly known as the nWo, the official typeset in the Logo) was a Professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled In the nWo, Norton teamed with Buff Bagwell, creating a team called Vicious & Delicious. Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Buff They feuded with the Steiner Brothers,[23][24] but were never able to win the tag team titles, always destined to be the #2 tag-team in the nWo behind the Outsiders. The Outsiders are a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

During his nWo days, Norton traveled back and forth to NJPW, where he was a member of nWo Japan, and became New Japan's gaijin ace becoming one of the few wrestlers to be a regular member of both factions. The New World Order (commonly known as the nWo, the official typeset in the Logo) was a Professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled On September 23, 1998 Scott Norton won the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship by defeating Yuji Nagata. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP Heavyweight Championship is the top Professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion New Yuji Nagata (永田裕志 Nagata Yūji, born April 24 1968 is a Japanese professional wrestler. [4] Norton’s title win was mentioned only once in America on a broadcast of WCW Monday Nitro while he was seen holding the belt, but Norton’s standing in the WCW version of the nWo never changed from this fact. WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. Norton held the title for 3 months. [25] before losing the title on Keiji Mutoh. [4] Scott Norton was only the second American to hold the IWGP title at this point (the other being "Big" Van Vader). [26]

Soon Norton began playing a smaller and smaller role in WCW, becoming part of the (unofficial) nWo B-Team which wrestled in low card matches. While in NJPW he was seen as a main eventer and constant threat to world champions. Norton left WCW completely in 1999, focusing all his efforts on NJPW where he was part of Masahiro Chono's "Team 2000". Masahiro Chono ((born September 17, 1963) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

On March 17, 2001, Norton defeated Kensuke Sasaki in Nagoya, Japan to capture the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship a second time. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency Kensuke Office [4] His second reign was shorter than his first, and he lost to Kazuyuki Fujita on his first defense. born October 16 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler, a Mixed martial arts fighter and a former amateur wrestler. [4] After the loss Norton started to team with former WCW foe Rick Steiner whenever Steiner toured Japan, but otherwise be planted solidly in the mid-card as a test any hopeful world title challenger would have to pass. Norton temporarily retired in 2004, but didn't stay away long. When he returned, he once again teamed with Rick Steiner. In 2006, following that year's New Japan Cup,[27] he left NJPW after 16 years, becoming a "freelancer". The New Japan Cup (often abbreviated NJC) is an annual single-elimination Professional wrestling tournament held

Independent circuit

Later that year, he started his own independent promotion, Wild West Championship Wrestling,[28] based in the southwest of United States, where he acts as a booker as well as an in ring talent. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [2]

Currently, Norton is wrestling in the Japanese Promotion HUSTLE, where he is a part of the heel group led by “Generalissimo” Takada. HUSTLE is a Japanese Professional wrestling promotion managed by Nobuhiko Takada.

Wrestling facts

  • "Flash"
  • "Fire"
  • "Flapjack"
  • "Crusher"

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Greg Oliver (2006-26-10). Scott Norton gives promoting a try. Retrieved on 13 February, 2007.
  3. ^ Cast List. Over the Top [Video]. USA: Cannon Group.
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  5. ^ prowrestlinghistory. com. NJPW Tokyo Dome Shows Results (Starrcade in Tokyo Dome 1991). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Scott Norton pinned The Equalizer (2:23)”
  6. ^ prowrestlinghistory. com. NJPW Tokyo Dome Shows Results (Starrcade in Tokyo Dome 1992). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Tony Halme pinned Scott Norton (8:41)”
  7. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1991. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase beat Scott Norton & Rick Steiner (17:53)”
  8. ^ a b c Strong Style Spirit. The Jurassic Powers (Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  9. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1993. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami (9:26)”
  10. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1993. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez beat Brutus Beefcake & Jake Roberts (12:32”
  11. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW G1 Climax Tag League Results (1993). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Final: Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase beat Scott Norton & Hercules Hernandez (13:46)”
  12. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1994. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)  “Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono beat Scott Norton & Mike Enos (11:17)”
  13. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1995. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)  “Shinya Hashimoto, Masa Saito & Kensuke Sasaki beat Scott Norton, Ron Simmons & Mike Enos (13:27)”
  14. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1995. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)  “Masahiro Chono & Scott Norton beat Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami (8:40)”
  15. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW Show Results 1995. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)  “Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner beat Scott Norton & Hawk Warrior (18:52)”
  16. ^ Graham Cawthon. WCW Match Results 1996. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Scott Norton and the Ice-Train went to a double count out. The two shook hands after the match”
  17. ^ a b prowrestlinghistory. com. WCW Slamboree Results (1996). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  18. ^ prowrestlinghistory. com. WCW Great American Bash Results (1996). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
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  20. ^ prowrestlinghistory. com. WCW Hog Wild Results (1996). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  21. ^ prowrestlinghistory. com. WCW Fall Brawl Results (1996). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  22. ^ Strong Style Spirit. NJPW G1 Climax Tag League Results (1996). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “Final: Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton beat Keiji Muto & Rick Steiner (21:54)”
  23. ^ Graham Cawthon. WCW Show results 1997. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “September 26, 1997: Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell & Scott Norton”
  24. ^ Graham Cawthon. WCW Show results 1997. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.  “December 15, 1997: Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Konnan & Scott Norton via disqualification”
  25. ^ Strong Style Spirit. Scott Norton (first reign as IWGP Heavyweight Champion - 9/23/98 to 1/4/99 - 2 defenses). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  26. ^ Strong Style Spirit. IWGP Heavyweight Championship History. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  27. ^ Strong Style Spirit. IWGP New Japan Cup History (2006). Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  28. ^ The official website of Wild West Championship Wrestling. Retrieved on 9 April, 2007.
  29. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 1993. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
  30. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João

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