13 Facts About Buzz Sawyer

Buzz Sawyer stayed there with some stints in Georgia Championship Wrestling until 1984.

Buzz Sawyer had a feud with The Road Warriors after he left their manager Paul Ellering's Legion of Doom.

Buzz Sawyer had an epic feud with Tommy Rich that led to many bloody matches, the greatest of which occurred on was billed as the "Last Battle of Atlanta" and for the first time featured a completely enclosed cage; Rich won the match.

Buzz Sawyer's gimmicks included a dog chain, a lot of barking, and a new bulldog finisher.

Buzz Sawyer feuded with Mike Graham, Dusty Rhodes, and Adrian Street.

In 1986, Buzz Sawyer left the UWF for World Class Championship Wrestling.

Buzz Sawyer formed a team with Matt Borne and they won the WCWA Tag Team Championship.

Buzz Sawyer won the WCWA Television Championship and the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship and feuded with Brian Adias while there.

Buzz Sawyer got into a feud with Dingo Warrior and he lost his tag team titles, with Master Gee substituting for him, to Warrior and Lance Von Erich before reportedly being fired after failing a drug test.

Buzz Sawyer returned to WCW in 1989 as part of Gary Hart's J-Tex Corporation that was feuding with the Four Horsemen, and he had several matches against Arn Anderson.

Buzz Sawyer then joined Kevin Sullivan's "Slaughterhouse" stable in 1990.

Buzz Sawyer was known for his antics both in and out of the ring, including his drug abuse and fighting with police outside a bar.

Buzz Sawyer died at his Sacramento, California apartment from heart failure due to a drug overdose on February 7,1992.