Impact Wrestling’s Barry Scott, Puppet The Psycho Dwarf pass away
This story was updated at 9:15 PM Friday.
On Thursday, Impact Wrestling announced the passing of arguably its most recognizable voice as well as a wrestler who worked for them in their earliest days.
Barry Scott, the voice of countless videos for then-TNA and Impact, was 65 years old. His final work for the company was earlier this year in an introduction for Moose. In the tweet announcing his passing, Impact shared several of Scott’s most memorable voiceovers.
The company also announced the passing of Stevie Lee, aka Puppet The Psycho Dwarf who was part of the TNA weekly pay-per-view era. He was also on Half Pint Brawlers, a 2010 TV series that briefly aired on Spike TV. According to a GoFundMe set up for funeral expenses, Lee died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday. After wrestling, he did some acting work including on the popular FX series American Horror Story.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.