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Barry Orton was an American professional wrestler.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Heir to professional wrestler Bob Orton, Barry threw away a career as a musician after a potential record deal turned sour and turned to wrestling in 1976. While his career saw him performing for notable promotions like the WWF, the IFW, and NJPW; he never reached the fame of company-approved champions and was more or less doomed to his role as the perpetual jobber.
Orton's other, more unpleasant claims to fame were a drunk driving accident that got a female passenger killed and him being a key part of the sexual harassment lawsuit against WWF booker Terry Gavin (who repeatedly asked to suck his dick while on a ride with Orton). That the former only resulted in a temporary suspension of Orton from WWF while the latter got him blacklisted by the company is pretty telling.
Orton died under unspecified circumstances at the age of 62.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Barry O was one of the wrestlers invited for 8chanmania III, but nothing beyond him not winning a belt is known.