Buzz Sawyer
Sawyer in 1982 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bruce Alan Woyan June 14, 1959 Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1992 (aged 32) Carmichael, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Drug overdose |
| Family | Brett Sawyer (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Billed from | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Debut | 1977 |
Bruce Allen Woyan (June 14, 1959 – February 7, 1992) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer.
An amateur wrestler at Dixie M. Hollins High School, he made his professional wrestling debut in 1977 and wrestled for several National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories. Throughout his career, Sawyer wrestled for Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), where he won the NWA National Heavyweight Championship and NWA National Tag Team Championship with his brother Brett, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), where he won the UWF Television Championship, World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), where he won the WCWA Television Championship, WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship and WCWA World Tag Team Championship with Matt Borne, and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He also toured Japan with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).