Yukon Lumberjacks: Difference between revisions

| article_name =The Yukon Lumberjacks

|names caption = The Yukon Lumberjacks, Eric (top) and Pierre (bottom), as WWWF Tag Team Champions, circa 1978

|years_active debut = 1978<ref name=wwftag/><ref name=WWWFTagBook/>

|promotions disbanded =[[WWE|WWWF]] 1978<ref name=wwftag/><ref name=WWWFTagBook/>

The '''The Yukon Lumberjacks''' was the name of a [[professional wrestling]] [[tag team]] thatwho worked in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF) in 1978, consisting of [[Scott Irwin|Eric]] and [[Lumberjack Pierre|Pierre]]. The team was managed by [[Lou Albano|"Captain" Lou Albano]] and worked as [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heelheels]] (wrestling term for those who portray the "bad guy"). The team held the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWWF Tag Team Championship]] for 148 days in 1978.

In May 1978, long time [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wide Wrestling Federation]] (WWWF) [[manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] "Captain" Lou Albano introduced a new team, the "Yukon Lumberjacks", composed of [[Scott Irwin|Lumberjack Eric]] and [[Lumberjack Pierre]]. Eric had previously worked as the [[wrestling mask|masked]] character Super Destroyer as well as under his real name, Scott Irwin. Pierre had previously worked as "Thethe "Russian Stomper", but neither had worked for the WWWF before their introduction. The ring characters of Eric and Pierre were that of Canadian Lumberjackslumberjacks, complete with flannel shirts, bushy beards and wild hair.<ref name=TagBook>{{cite book | author=Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson | title= The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams | publisher=ECW Press | chapter= The Territorial Era (Mid-1960s to mid-1980s) | year=2005| isbn=978-1-5502-2683-6}}</ref> The Lumberjacks worked their way up the tag team ranks quickly starting a storyline with the then reigning [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWWF Tag Team Champions]] [[Dino Bravo]] and [[Dominic De Nucci]], including several inconclusive championship matches. On June 26, 1978, the Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Bravo and De Nucci to win the championship.<ref name=wwftag/><ref name=WWWFTagBook/> As a team they successfully defended the championship against teams such as Bravo and De Nucci, [[Gorilla Monsoon]] and [[S. D. Jones]], [[Haystacks Calhoun]] and [[Tony Garea]], and [[Chief Jay Strongbow]] and [[Larry Zybszko]], as their reign lasted 148 days. The Lumberjacks lost the championship to Tony Garea and Larry Zybszko on November 21, 1978.<ref name=wwftag/><ref name=WWWFTagBook/> After losing a rematch the following day Eric left the WWWF, ending the Yukon Lumberjacks. Lumberjack Pierre remained in the WWWF until early 1979 before he moved to Canada, briefly working as Igor Volkoff before retiring.

:*[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWWF Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)|1 time]])<ref name=wwftag>{{cite web|title=World Tag Team Title History|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/|accessdateaccess-date=2008-02-09|work=WWE}}</ref><ref name=WWWFTagBook>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | chapter= World Wide Wrestling Federation Tag Team Titles | year= 2000 | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref>

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