Barry Young (born 3 December 1986) is a Scottish

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. He is signed to

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on the NXT brand, under the ring name Wolfgang. He resides in

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, Scotland and wrestles for numerous promotions in the British Independent circuit, most notably

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where he is a former member of the New Age Kliq (NAK) stable and is a former ICW World Heavyweight Champion and ICW Zero-G Champion. Wolfgang is a Wrestling Coach at GPWA Glasgow Asylum. He is also a former NXT UK Tag Team Champion.

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2016–present)

On 15 December 2016 it was revealed that Young would be one of 16 men competing in a two-night

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to crown the first ever

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on 14 and 15 January 2017. Young defeated Tyson T-Bone in the first round, advancing to the quarter finals. In the quarter-finals, he went on to defeat

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before losing to Seven's tag team partner

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in the semi finals. On 13 September 2017 episode of

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, Wolfgang faced

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for the

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in a losing effort. After the match, Wolfgang was brutally attacked by

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(

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, and

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). This attack ended when

and

came out to help Wolfgang. On 18 June 2018, it was announced that Young would fight

on the 2nd night of the UK Championship Tournament, for the

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. He would go on to lose the match. Young turned heel on the 31 October edition of

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after a losing match against Mark Andrews, allying himself with brothers

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and Joe Coffey against Andrews,

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, and

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. On the first 5 December episode of NXT UK, the trio of Wolfgang and the Coffey brothers was officially dubbed Gallus (Scottish slang for daring or confident) during a segment calling out

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, as well as the returning Travis Banks.

Championships and accomplishments

*British Championship Wrestling **BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **BCW Openweight Championship (2 times) **BCW Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Darkside (3), Red Lightning (1), and James Scott (1) *

** ICW World Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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(1 time) **ICW "Match of the Year" Bammy Award – for Legion (

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& Michael Dante) vs New Age Kliq (

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, Chris Renfrew & Wolfgang) at Fear & Loathing VIII (2015) ** Square Go! (2016) *Premier British Wrestling **PBW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **PBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lionheart **PBW Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2006) *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 203 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 *Rock N Wrestling **Highland Rumble (2016) *Showcase Pro Wrestling **SPW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Scottish Wrestling Alliance ** NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **SWA Laird of the Ring Championship (1 time) **SWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Falcon (1) and Darkside (1) **Laird Of The Ring Tournament (2007) * World Wide Wrestling League ** W3L Heavyweight Champion (1 time) ** W3L Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Darkside ** Seven Deadly Sins Tournament (2010) *Wrestle Zone Wrestling **wZw Interpromotional Championship (1 time) *

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(1 time) - with

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References

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