
Bruce Woyan
Bruce Alan Woyan was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buzz Sawyer. Sawyer started wrestling in 1978 (other sources state 1979) 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. Buzz had a feud with The Road Warriors after he left their manager Paul Ellering's Legion of Doom. Pez Whatley was the first wrestler to pin Sawyer on live television. He also 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. It also featured 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 in which the stipulation was a loser leaves town match. Rich appeared the next week on TV under a mask and cal…
Acting
- 1988Clash of the Champions"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer1 ep.
- 1985Mid-South Arena Shows"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer2 ep.
- 1983WCW Arena ShowsBuzz Sawyer3 ep.
- 1982World Class Championship WrestlingBuzz Sawyer9 ep.
- 1981Mid-South Wrestling'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer12 ep.
- 1981Mid-Atlantic Championship WrestlingBuzz Sawyer4 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1990Clash of the Champions"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer1 ep.
- 1986World Class Championship WrestlingBuzz Sawyer, Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer9 ep.
- 1985Mid-South Arena Shows"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer2 ep.
- 1983Mid-South Wrestling'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer12 ep.
- 1984Mid-Atlantic Championship WrestlingBuzz Sawyer4 ep.
- 1983WCW Arena ShowsBuzz Sawyer3 ep.
Also known as: Buzz Sawyer · Mad Dog · "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer · "Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer