Galton W. Young, better known as Skip Young and Sweet Brown Sugar (July 24, 1951 – December 3, 2010) was an American professional wrestler who competed on the Southeastern regional promotions during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s in

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and the

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Professional wrestling career

After making his debut in Florida Championship Wrestling, Skip Young originally wrestled as the masked "Sweet Brown Sugar" winning the

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three times between 1979 and 1982. He also formed a successful tag team with

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in the Florida region winning the NWA North American Tag Team titles in April 1982. During the early 1980s, he also toured Japan most notably facing

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and Ashura Hara in a tag team match with The Destroyer in

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on January 3, 1982. Skip Young had a couple of runs in Puerto Rico with the

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, he went to the ring wearing a hat of a Puerto Rican flag. On many interviews Skip Young said he loved the Puerto Rican culture. After leaving the Florida region in 1984, Young began wrestling unmasked in the Texas-area where he began teaming with

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and feuded with the PYT Express Koko Ware and

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, Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. (pg. 85) although he would later win the WCWA Tag Team titles with "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas in 1987. Young retired from wrestling in 1997.

Death

Young died on December 3, 2010 at 59.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) ** NWA North American Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) - with

** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 3 times) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him #252 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 1991 **

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(1979) * World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association **

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( 1 time) - with

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(1) **

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( 1 time) - with

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( 1 time)

References

External links

OklaFan.com - Skip Young

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