Scott Schnurr, best known by his ring name Scotty Mac, is a Canadian

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. He is best known for working for Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling/Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, as well as several

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promotions in Canada and the United States. Scotty Mac is one of ECCW's most decorated wrestlers, having won multiple titles on many occasions. He is currently an owner of ECCW.

Professional wrestling career

Training

Scotty Mac started training in professional wrestling in 1999 when he trained with Steve Gillespie in Can-Am Wrestling which is based in Alberta. Scotty did not wrestle while training in Can-Am. He would move on to Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling's House of Pain where he trained under the tutelage of Chance Beckett and Michelle Starr.

Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling

Scotty debuted in professional wrestling for NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling on December 26, 2000 against Chance Beckett. Not only was Beckett his trainer, but Scotty's cast for a broken wrist was removed just two days prior to the match. Less than two years after his debut, a three-month feud with Black Dragon culminated with Scotty winning the ECCW Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match. Scotty Mac is now part owner of ECCW

Pacific Cup

Scotty won the 2003 Pacific Cup tournament, winning matches against Beckett,

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, and Black Dragon before defeating

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in the finals. Scotty returned to the finals in 2007, but lost the three-way match to

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. Kozina was the third participant.

Portland Wrestling

Scotty made appearances for

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between 2004-2005. His appearances include defeating Moondog Moretti in a chain match, and winning the tag titles with

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as the team of New Attitude.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2005, after only four years in wrestling, Scotty got a three-day tryout with

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. A contract was not signed as a result.

All Star Wrestling

Scotty Mac wrestled for ASW on September 15, 2007 in

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in a "No Holds Barred match" handicapped match alongside Ice and Antwong, losing to the team of The Cremator and Sgt. Kaos.

Other media

After a year of being followed by cameras in 2009, Scotty was one of the main stars of the acclaimed documentary ''This Wrestling Life'', which follows him and trainees K. C. Spinelli, Travis Sparx, and Bill Taylor through their beginnings in the wrestling business. The film also shows Scotty's dreams to wrestle at the highest levels.

Personal life

Mac married fellow professional wrestler

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in July 2017.

Championships and accomplishments

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ECCW Hardcore Championship The ECCW Hardcore Championship is a hardcore wrestling championship in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in Vancouver, British Columbia. The title was first awarded 29 November. 1999. The title is curre ...

(2 time) **The Michael Sweetser Excellence Award **

NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship The NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1978 until 1984, when it was abandoned after the Toronto promotion partnered with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Its national scope was in nam ...

(2 times) ** NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship ( 5 times) ** ECCW Pacific Cup Tournament (2003) **

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( 8 times) - with Havoc (1), DK Roc (2), Dropkick Murphy (2), Michael Sweetser (1), Jamie Diaz (1),

(1) *Prairie Wrestling Alliance **PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Portland Wrestling **PW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **PW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

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**PWI ranked him #289 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the

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in 2005 *Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling **Island Rumble (2022) *Other Championships **BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

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