Bruce Alan Woyan (June 14, 1951 â€" February 7, 1992) was an American
professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buzz
Sawyer.Sawyer started wrestling in 1978 in the National Wrestling
Alliance (NWA) affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions. He stayed there with
some stints in Georgia Championship Wrestling until 1984. He mainly
teamed with his brother, Brett Sawyer. He had a feud with The Road
Warriors after he left their manager Paul Ellering's Legion of
Doom.Buzz also had an epic feud with Tommy Rich that led to many
bloody matches, the greatest of which was billed as the "Last Battle
of Atlanta" and for the first time featured a completely enclosed
cage. It also saw manager Paul Ellering suspended 20 feet above the
ring in a smaller cage. This is the match that Shawn Michaels credits
for inspiring the Hell in the Cell concept used by WWE. The
stipulation for this match was that Sawyer and Rich would never
wrestle one another again. Tommy Rich lost a match to Ted Dibiase and
the stipulation was a loser leaves town match. Rich appeared the next
week on TV under a mask and calling himself the mysterious Mr.R. WWE
released the entire match on the WWE Network on September 5,
2016.Sawyer had a short World Wrestling Federation (WWF) run in 1984.
He was called "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer because Mad Dog was being used by
Maurice Vachon. During Sawyer's few TV appearances, he was managed by
Captain Lou Albano. Sawyer's gimmicks included a dog chain, a lot of
barking and a new bulldog finisher. After his WWF stint he surfaced in
the NWA territory CWF in Florida, under the mind control of Kevin
Sullivan. He feuded with Mike Graham, Dusty Rhodes, and Adrian Street.
professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buzz
Sawyer.Sawyer started wrestling in 1978 in the National Wrestling
Alliance (NWA) affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions. He stayed there with
some stints in Georgia Championship Wrestling until 1984. He mainly
teamed with his brother, Brett Sawyer. He had a feud with The Road
Warriors after he left their manager Paul Ellering's Legion of
Doom.Buzz also had an epic feud with Tommy Rich that led to many
bloody matches, the greatest of which was billed as the "Last Battle
of Atlanta" and for the first time featured a completely enclosed
cage. It also saw manager Paul Ellering suspended 20 feet above the
ring in a smaller cage. This is the match that Shawn Michaels credits
for inspiring the Hell in the Cell concept used by WWE. The
stipulation for this match was that Sawyer and Rich would never
wrestle one another again. Tommy Rich lost a match to Ted Dibiase and
the stipulation was a loser leaves town match. Rich appeared the next
week on TV under a mask and calling himself the mysterious Mr.R. WWE
released the entire match on the WWE Network on September 5,
2016.Sawyer had a short World Wrestling Federation (WWF) run in 1984.
He was called "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer because Mad Dog was being used by
Maurice Vachon. During Sawyer's few TV appearances, he was managed by
Captain Lou Albano. Sawyer's gimmicks included a dog chain, a lot of
barking and a new bulldog finisher. After his WWF stint he surfaced in
the NWA territory CWF in Florida, under the mind control of Kevin
Sullivan. He feuded with Mike Graham, Dusty Rhodes, and Adrian Street.
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