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Pro Wrestler Retiring After Two Decade Career While
Battling Cancer – Farewell Show will be Held In Winfield

By Scott Humphrey
It started as a dream of a six-year-old on a farm outside of Albany, Georgia in 1972.
Every Saturday afternoon, Scott Humphrey watched pro wrestling on television. “This was back when you had rabbit ears on the television and if you pointed the outside antenna in the right direction, you could pick up about 1 to 2 channels. One was a station in Dothan, Alabama. They had pro wrestling each Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. I watched legends like Arn Anderson, Bob Armstrong, Mr. Wrestling II, and Tommy Rich to name a few,” said Humphrey.
One Saturday, Scott looked at his grandmother and told her one day he would become a professional wrestler. “She said I could do anything I set my mind to do.” The seed for a dream was planted that day. I would take 30 years to come to reality but for a short time.
A 1985 graduate of Westover High School in Albany, Georgia, Humphrey remained in his hometown until part of the city was flooded in 1994. He then relocated to Tennessee and then to Marietta, Georgia.
Humphrey owned a sign company at the time he bartered with a pro wrestling promotion in North Georgia. He made banners for them and in exchange he received training to be a pro wrestler. “The promoter came up with a bodyguard character called “The Peacekeeper” who watched over this skinny wrestler who was probably 125 pounds soaking wet. I am the time stood 6’3” and weighed 350 pounds. It seemed like a good fit.
Six months into being The Peacekeeper, a rough chair shot to the head gave Humphrey a moderate to severe concussion and ended his run in pro wrestling.
“I still to this day do not remember the drive home from the arena which was about 90 minutes. I remember walking into the house and my daughter, who was a child, looked at me and asked me if I was done. I simply replied yes.
Little did Humphrey realize he was far from done with pro wrestling, but it would restart under difficult circumstances.
A couple of months before turning 40 and living in Crossville, Tennessee, Humphrey noticed dark spots appearing on his back and arms, along with cysts on his hands and legs. He went to an oncologist in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to find out what was going on.
“The doctor pretty much told me I had a rare genetic cancer called Gorlin Syndrome and this type creates cysts that can go rogue. He pretty much told me to get my affairs in order. He added if there was anything I had left undone; it was time to do it.”
One of the things Scott thought of was returning to pro wrestling.
“After the diagnosis, I had several people tell me not to do it, but I needed it. I knew it would keep my mind off the cancer. What was even worse was my grandmother was battling brain cancer at the time. She never knew I had cancer. I didn’t want her to know.”
Humphrey went to the drawing board to create a character he wanted to be in pro wrestling. It did not take long for the character to be created.
“It took about a day and a half to create the concept for Doomsday. The name came from being told I was facing my own doomsday in a way by the cancer doctor. The red and black colors, the character features come from the battle with cancer. There are several colors to signify different types of cancer. The black for me comes from the darkness of cancer and the red signifies the battle with it. I made the character masked to pay respect to one of my favorite wrestlers I watched growing up, Mr. Wrestling II.”
“I relocated to North Georgia from Tennessee and found a promoter, Danny Rose, who ran a show every Saturday outside of Cartersville, Georgia. I talked to him about being retrained to get the ring rust off and the concept of the character. He loved the idea and was all for my return to pro wrestling,” said Humphrey.
On June 3, 2006, Doomsday appeared for the first time to wrestling fans in Calhoun, Georgia. The following week, the character showed up at a show outside of Cartersville, Georgia at GPCW. Four months later, Humphreys grandmother passed away after a courageous battle with brain cancer. “It was on a Saturday, and I was unable to travel home to Albany as a tropical storm was passing over the city. I waited until the next day to go. I was invited to come to GPCW that Saturday night to compete. Danny and I went on to win the GPCW Tag Team Championship and dedicated the win in the memory of my grandmother. It was a dream that truly was fulfilled. She knew I was a pro wrestler before she passed away.”
Doomsday spent 6 months as part of GPCW near Cartersville before getting a call from Georgia Wrestling Federation (GWF) based in Trion, Georgia to be part of their promotion.
“GWF was a well-known promotion in Georgia, and I felt it would be a great jump for me, so I agreed to terms with them.”
Doomsday would win the GWF World Heavyweight Championship twice during his nearly two years run at that promotion. It would also be the launching pad to send him to numerous promotions showcasing his talent.
During his near 20 years as Doomsday, he wrestled all over the nation but mainly in the southeastern United States.
In total, he won 104 championships including 6 world titles, inducted into three different independent pro wrestling halls of fame, named the Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year, Most Improved Pro Wrestler of the Year, and ranked 59th in the Top Indy Pro Wrestlers of the Year in his rookie year.
However, during his career, he underwent several surgeries to remove cancerous cells and cysts.
“The surgeries were mainly on my face in different areas. I would barely heal up then get right back into the ring and keep going. I was initially told by my first cancer doctor that in time the cysts would turn more aggressive and show up faster in numbers,” said Humphrey.
From summer 2004 to November 2025, Humphrey noticed something unexpected. He dropped a staggering 130 pounds during that time without trying to.
“At the peak of my career and right before the weight started to fall, I was around 370 pounds. As of December 2, 2025, I weighed in at 245 pounds. I was eating all kinds of foods to try to put it back on but could not. I felt like the main character in the Stephen King book “Thinner”.
The cancer was now taking a large toll on Humphrey.
“After talking to my cancer doctor in May 2025, I had to come to the realization that my pro wrestling career was about to end. After 20 years of being in pro wrestling and battling cancer, my body was telling me no more.”
Having the nickname “The Red and Black Knight” Doomsday, he announced the Knightsend Tour. It would be a series of appearances and wrestling shows leading up to his final match set for late December 2025.
“The tour started in June 2025. It was the best tour I have been on and has taken me to cities I have never been to wrestle. After this tour is finished, the Doomsday character will be put away for good and there will be at least two surgeries I am looking at,” said Humphrey.
The final match will be part of OWA’s annual Christmas show on December 27, 2025, called “Mistletoe Mayhem”. It will be held at Boo’s Roadhouse in Winfield, Tennessee. Admission will start at 3:15 p.m. Eastern time and the show will start at 4 p.m.
“We are expecting a sellout crowd for this show so anyone coming should get there a little early to get their tickets for a night of great professional wrestling.”
Although the final chapter for Doomsday will be written that day, it is the start of a story for his trainee who is also his daughter.
“My 18-year-old daughter now came to me a year and a half ago wanting to be a pro wrestler. She also wanted to carry on my legacy in it. She goes by Lady Doomsday, and she has a God given gift as a pro wrestler. In December 2024, we held the TPW Tag Team Championship and she already is lining up some great matches to be part of. On December 27, 2025, as part of the final farewell show there in Winfield, Tennessee, she is in the opening match in a mixed tag team match teaming up with Hano taking on Caveman and Michelle Myers. Michelle is a legendary women’s pro wrestler in Kentucky and Tennessee, and she is making her return to the ring. Then in the main event of the night, it will be Legend vs Legacy as she will face me in my retirement match:” said Humphrey.
“It seems like time has flown by. I just can’t believe 20 years have passed. The only reason I have been doing this as long as I have been doing this is solely by the grace of God. So many fans over the years know my story and supported me by coming to shows I appeared at. It has been a ride of a lifetime, and I am so thankful for it,” said Humphrey.