George Scott was a name many might not immediately recognised but he had a profound impact upon WWE. Scott's career as a wrestler lasted an impressive thirty seven years. In that time he competed for NWA, Mid-Atlantic, Maple Leaf Wrestling and Stu Hart's Stampede promotion among several others. He was a big babyface star in the Calgary outfit during the 1970's before retiring from in-ring competition later in the decade. After retiring, Scott gained a reputation as one of the best bookers in the business. He joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1983 and he was directly involved in the planning and execution of WrestleMania I and II and Saturday Night's Main Event. Scott left the WWF in 1986, unhappy with the cartoonish direction the promotion was going in and returned to book for other territories, including the WCCW in Puerto Rico, before retiring for good in 1994. In 2001 Vince McMahon publicly thanked Scott for his contributions to the WWF in the 1980s. 'The Great Scott' was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2011 and eventually succumbed to the disease in January this year. He was 84 years old.
