Scotty Too Hotty

Real name: Scott Ronald Garland
Height: 5’9″
Weight: 209 lbs.
Date of birth: July 2, 1970
From: Westbrook, ME
Pro debut: 1989
Trained by:
Finishing move: The Worm

Audio: Scott 2 Hotty plugs GERWECK.NET

Biography

– Garland began his career under the name ‘Scott Taylor’, working for independent promotions in Maine
– On August 19, 1989, Taylor & Steve Ramsey defeated The Blue & Black Connection to win the NEWA Tag Team Titles
– On October 13, 1990, Taylor defeated The Bladerunner to win the NEWA Title and, whilst specific records are scarce, would hold it three more times before the end of 1993
– In August 1991, Phil Apollo (then working as Doink The Clown) introduced Garland to the WWF and he would begin a 5+ year long stint as an enhancement talent with the company
– Taylor wrestled his first WWF match on September 9, 1991, losing to The Berzerker by countout
– Taylor made a pair of appearances for ECW in February 1997 and had planned to work full-time for ECW, but was ‘poached’ by the WWF in the spring of that year
– Taylor formed a tag team with Brian Christopher at WrestleMania XIV, the pair competing in a battle royal. The duo would later be dubbed ‘Too Much’
– At King Of The Ring 1998, Too Much defeated Al Snow & Head with Jerry Lawler as guest referee
– In a dark match prior to Survivor Series 1998, Too Much defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff)
– In a dark match prior to In Your House: St Valentine’s Day Massacre, Too Much again defeated The Hardy Boyz
– Too Much were repackaged into ‘Too Cool’ in mid-1999, with Taylor becoming known as ‘Scotty 2 Hotty’ and Christopher becoming ‘Grandmaster Sexay’
– At Survivor Series 1999, Too Cool & The Hollys (Crash & Hardcore) defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff), Edge & Christian in an Elimination Match
– At No Way Out 2000, Too Cool & Rikishi defeated The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko)
– At WrestleMania 2000, Too Cool & Chyna defeated The Radicalz (Perry Saturn, Eddie Guerrero & Dean Malenko)
– On the April 17 episode of Raw, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Dean Malenko to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
– On the WXW Gary Albright Memorial Show, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Stevie Richards to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
– On the April 23 episode of Heat, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Taka Michinoku & Dean Malenko to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight Title
– At Insurrextion 2000, Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty & Grandmaster Sexay) defeated The Radicalz (Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko)
– At Judgment Day 2000, Too Cool & Rikishi defeated Edge, Christian & Kurt Angle
– On the May 29 episode of Raw, Too Cool defeated Edge & Christian to win the WWF Tag Team Titles and retained them against The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff) on the following Smackdown
– On the June 8 Smackdown, Too Cool defeated Dean Malenko & The Godfather to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the June 12 Raw, Too Cool defeated T&A (Test & Albert) by DQ to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On June 16, Too Cool defeated Edge & Christian at an IWA Puerto Rico event to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Following their title loss at King Of The Ring 2000, Too Cool largely stayed out of the title picture, feuding with the likes of Right To Censor and Lo Down
– Scotty 2 Hotty picked up a neck injury in early 2001 and would be out of action until the summer. During his recovery, Grandmaster Sexay was fired by the WWF for trafficking drugs across the US-Canadian border, thereby separating the team
– At Rebellion 2001, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated The Hurricane. Soon after this event, he formed a regular tag team with Albert
– At Vengeance 2001, Scotty & Albert defeated Test & Christian
– In May 2002, Garland underwent neck surgery in San Antonio. He would miss a further 19 months of action, returning to the ring in August of 2003
– Too Cool reunited at a Memphis Wrestling event in September 2003, defeating Doug Gilbert & Shock
– Upon his return to Smackdown, Scotty realigned himself with Rikishi
– On the February 5, 2004 Smackdown, Scotty & Rikishi defeated The Basham Brothers (Doug & Danny) to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At No Way Out 2004, Scotty & Rikishi defeated The Basham Brothers & Shaniqua in a Handicap Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the February 21 Velocity, Scotty & Rikishi defeated The FBI (Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– At WrestleMania XX, Scotty & Rikishi defeated The APA (Bradshaw & Faarooq), The Basham Brothers (Doug & Danny) and The World’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– On the following episode of Smackdown, Scotty & Rikishi defeated The APA to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
– By 2005, with Rikishi having been released by WWE, Scotty was largely relegated to appearing on WWE’s B-Shows
– In 2007, Scotty 2 Hotty was moved to the Raw brand. Interestingly, he was the final wrestler to remain on their brand from the original 2002 draft
– Garland was released by WWE on May 18, 2007 without having made an appearance on Raw
– Scotty 2 Hotty returned to Raw for the 15th Anniversary special, competing in a battle royal
– On March 1, 2008, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Bob Evans to win the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On October 17, 2009, Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Dok Rivers to win the CCW Heavyweight Title
– Scotty 2 Hotty made a one-night return to NXT in July 2012, defeating Heath Slater
– In February 2013, Garland began training as a firefighter and EMT
– Too Cool reunited with Rikishi at Old School RAW in January 2014 to defeat 3MB (Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal)
– Scotty 2 Hotty & Dallas Knight won a 6-team Gauntlet Match to win the AAW Tag Team Titles
– In September 2016, WWE hired Scotty 2 Hotty as a full-time Performance Center coach and would therefore retire from active in-ring duties after completing his independent commitments for the year
– On November 23, 2021, Garland requested his release from WWE, which was soon granted
– Scotty 2 Hotty made his first independent appearance in over 5 years at GCW’s Die For This event in January 2022, where he lost to Joey Janela
– On May 15, 2022, Scotty replaced the injured Mosh and teamed with Thrasher, helping the Headbangers retain the FWF Tag Team Titles against The Shook Crew (Bryce Donovan & Bobby Orlando)
– Garland signed with AEW as a producer and coach in January 2024, but would continue competing on the independent circuit as his schedule allowed