Art Barr
| Art Barr | |
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Barr as "Beetlejuice" (or The Juicer) in World Championship Wrestling during 1990.
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| Birth name | Arthur Leon Barr |
| Born |
October 8, 1966 Portland, Oregon |
| Died | November 23, 1994 (aged 28) Springfield, Oregon |
| Family |
Sandy Barr (father) Ferrin Barr, Jr. (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Art Barr Beetlejuice The Intruder Love Machine The Juicer The Witcher |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Trained by |
Sandy Barr Roddy Piper |
| Debut | April 2, 1987 |
Arthur Leon "Art" Barr (October 8, 1966 – November 23, 1994) was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion.
While growing up, Barr became friends with Roddy Piper during Piper's stint in the Oregonian independent circuit. While attending Oregon State University, Barr became an accomplished amateur wrestler, having become a four-time district champion and a two-time state champion. However, he later dropped out of college to tend to his first wife when she became pregnant.
After leaving college, Barr began working in a steel mill during the day while he began receiving training to become a wrestler from his father Sandy, his older brother Jesse Barr, and Matt Osborne. at night. On April 2, 1987, Barr debuted in the Pacific Northwest Wrestling territory. About a year and a half later, at the suggestion of Roddy Piper, he began wrestling as "Beetlejuice", based on the title character of the 1988 movie. The character, wearing face paint and flour in his hair, was a cartoonish fan favorite.
On July 16, 1989, Barr had a sexual encounter with a 19-year-old girl after a PNW card in Pendelton, Oregon; the girl later filed rape charges. Barr continued to wrestle as Beetlejuice, despite the charges and the attention brought to him and PNW by the Portland Oregonian. A year later, Barr was polygraphed as part of the police investigation, during which he admitted the girl did not consent, but he believed she would have been willing to have sex someplace else. Barr worked a plea-bargain, and was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse. He was fined $1,000, placed on two years probation, and sentenced to 180 hours of community service, but served no jail time. Barr always maintained that he would have beaten the case in court, but was advised to take the plea since it involved no jail time. Also if he lost, the bad publicity would harm the local wrestling business, driving away customers.
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