Scott Antol

Scott Antol (born March 1, 1967) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Scott Riggs and Scott Anton, respectively.

Career

Antol debuted in 1992 using the ring name Scott Stud. In the early 1990s, he worked for various independent promotions, including the North Georgia Wrestling Association (a World Championship Wrestling developmental territory), Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and the United States Wrestling Association.

World Championship Wrestling

Antol was signed to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1995 and renamed Scotty Riggs. He was immediately placed in to a tag team with Marcus Bagwell known as The American Males. Together they captured the WCW World Tag Team Championship once, but only held it for eight days before losing it back to Harlem Heat, the team they won it from in the first place.^[2][3] The team broke up in November 1996 when Bagwell turned heel, attacking Riggs and joining the New World Order.^[4] After the breakup, the former partners feuded for a short while, with Bagwell usually coming out on top.^[5][6][7]

After bouncing around the mid-card for most of 1997, Raven became kayfabe interested in him. During an October 25 (No Disqualification) match on Nitro Raven caught Riggs in a drop toe-hold, sending him face first into a steel chair and injuring his eye.^[8] To this date Riggs claims the eye injury was legitimate.^[9] At first, Riggs resisted joining The Flock,^[10] but eventually joined after the Flock kidnapped him following a match at the World War 3 pay-per-view.^[11][12] Raven explained that his "ocular disability" had alienated him from society, and he was seeking acceptance within The Flock. Riggs remained within The Flock until Perry Saturn defeated Raven at Fall Brawl: War Games in a match that forced the Flock to disband.

For the rest of 1998, Riggs again bounced around the mid-card before starting a a narcissistic gimmick, constantly admiring his own physique.^[13] The gimmick was not particularly successful, and he was eventually released.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 2000, he debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Scotty Anton, aligning with his real-life friend Rob Van Dam. At Hardcore Heaven, Anton betrayed Van Dam, knocking him off the top rope to the floor, allowing Jerry Lynn to pin him, thus ending a lengthy undefeated streak. From there, he joined The Network as a "hired gun". Van Dam gained revenge at Heat Wave, defeating Anton by debuting his Van Terminator.^[14] After ECW declared bankruptcy in April 2001, Antol returned to the independent circuit, where he found his greatest success in Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, becoming a three time TCW Heavyweight Champion.^[15]

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Riggs-Plex / American-Plex^[16] (Leg hook suplex pin)
• Clap Trap / Clapper Clutch (Grapevined Boston crab) - ECW
• Flying forearm smash
• No Remorse (Chickenwing submission)

• Managers

• Daffney ^{[citation needed]}
• Monopoly Man ^{[citation needed]}

• Nicknames

• The American Male (WCW)
• The U.S. Male (ECW)
• The Dangerous One
• Pretty Boy
• The Clap (ECW)

Championships and accomplishments

• North Georgia Wrestling Association
  • NGWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Lee Thomas
• Peach State Wrestling
  • PSW United States Championship
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked #461 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
• Smoky Mountain Wrestling
  • SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship (1 time)^[17]
• Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling
  • TCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[15]
  • TCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Erik Watts^[15]
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buff Bagwell^[3]

See also

• The American Males - for more on the tag team
• The Flock - for more on the stable

References

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