Brian Wickens
1/8/1947
Biography
Brian Wickens is a semi-retired New Zealand professional wrestler best known as Luke Williams, one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as The Bushwhackers in the WWF. After leaving Stampede Wrestling, the Kiwis began doing double duty in NWA Pacific Northwest as well as the Canadian-based International All-Star Wrestling around 1979-1980 as "The Kiwi Sheepherders". In 1979, the team won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship on three occasions between 21 July and 5 August 1980, before they left the territory. On 22 September, the Sheepherders lost the gold to Dutch Savage and Stan Stasiak, only to regain them a week later. On 11 February 1980, the Sheepherders became double champions when they downed Dutch Savage & Stan Stasiak, this time for the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. Top faces Rick Martel & "Rowdy" Roddy Piper teamed up in May, to take the NWA Canadian tag title from The Sheepherders and, in effect, run the duo out of the Northwest region by August, gaining the NWA Pacific Northwest tag titles when the Sheepherders left the promotion. The next stop for The Sheepherders was a brief stay in the Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling territory run by Jim Crockett. In MACW, the two won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship by beating Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer for the gold. The Sheepherders held onto the gold for close to three months before dropping it to Dewey Robertson and Rocky Johnson on 12 December. After losing the titles, Luke and Butch headed for warmer weather as they traveled to Puerto Rico and began working for the World Wrestling Council as Los Pastores. While in Puerto Rico, the team won the WWC North American Tag Team Championship twice while touring the island
Brian Wickens
Appeared In:
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WWE Action Zone!
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2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
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WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
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Battle of the WWE Superstars
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3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
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WWE WrestleFest '92
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German Fan Favorites 2
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WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em
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WWF SuperTape
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WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
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WWE Mega Matches
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Guest Booker with Sheepherder Luke
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WWE Survivor Series 1990
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WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
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Catch of the Day 2: You Die at Dawn!
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
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WWF European Rampage 1993
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The True Story of WrestleMania
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350 Days
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NWA Battle of the Belts III
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The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
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NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
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NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
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Heroes of Wrestling
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WWE Royal Rumble 1989
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WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
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WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
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WWE WrestleMania V
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WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
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WWE Survivor Series 1989
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WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
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The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
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WWE Royal Rumble 1991
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WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
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WWE SummerSlam 1992
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WWE SummerSlam 1991
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WWE Survivor Series 1991
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WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
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WWE March to WrestleMania IX
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WWE Royal Rumble 1992
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WWE WrestleMania VIII
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WWE Survivor Series 1993
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WWE Royal Rumble 1990
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WWE WrestleMania X
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WWE Royal Rumble 1995
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ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
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Biography: D-Generation X