Brett Woyan

Brett Eugene Woyan is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Brett Sawyer. Woyan grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended Dixie M. Hollins High School, where he took part in amateur wrestling. Woyan was trained to wrestle by Ricky Steamboat and his elder brother Bruce Woyan, who wrestled as Buzz Sawyer. He debuted in 1976 at the age of 16. Woyan eventually adopted the ring name "Hacksaw" Brett Sawyer and formed a tag team with his brother. In the early-1980s, Sawyer competed for the Portland, Oregon-based Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion. Between 1982 and 1984, he held the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship four times and the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship five times. In 1983 and 1984, the Sawyers competed for the Atlanta, Georgia-based Georgia Championship Wrestling promotion, where they feuded with The Road Warriors, defeating them for the NWA National Tag Team Championship in 1983. Sawyer also won the NWA National Heavyweight Championship in 1983. In 1984, Sawyer wrestled for the San Antonio, Texas-based Southwest Championship Wrestling promotion, winning the SCW Southwest Tag Team Championship with Chicky Starr. In early 1985, Sawyer began wrestling for the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Jim Crockett Promotions, with he and his brother losing a "loser leaves town" cage match to The Midnight Express in September 1985. In late 1985, he wrestled for the Kansas City, Mis…