Luke Joseph "Joe" Mark Scarpa Jr. (April 23, 1967 – February 25, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Mark Young, who competed in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s and early 1990s, World Championship Wrestling, and many independent promotions. He was the adopted son of Chief Jay Strongbow. Early life Scarpa was a second generation wrestler; his adopted father was Chief Jay Strongbow who wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s. Career Early years (1986–1989) He was trained by Stu Hart and made his professional wrestling debut in 1986 for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, wrestling as Mark Scarpa. He left the promotion in January 1987. Scarpa signed with the World Wrestling Federation as a wrestler in star spangled banner trunks to represent his country. In his debut he lost to Steve Lombardi on November 11, 1986, in Spokane, Washington. He wrestled intermittently for the next few months on house shows, facing opponents such as Barry O and Jimmy Jack Funk. His last match was against Funk in Calgary, Alberta Canada on February 14, 1987. Scarpa made a brief return to the World Wrestling Federation in March 1988, when he teamed with David Stoudemire to face The Islanders on the March 20th episode of Wrestling Challenge. Young would also appear on Prime Time Wrestling in a tag match against Demolition, and later faced Greg Valentine on the April 17th edition of Prime Time. In April 1988, Scarpa joined Continental Championship Wrestling. By this time, they were transitioning away from the National Wrestling Alliance and became the Continental Wrestling Federation. While there, he was forced into D.I. Bob Carter's Honor Guard after losing a match to Tony Anthony. He also changed his name to Mark Pyle. He would assist Carter and Detroit Demolition to win the NWA Southeast Continental Tag Team Championship from The Nightmares, who would also implode as Nightmare Ken Wayne turned on Nightmare Danny Davis, on May 29. In February 1989, Scarpa, as Vince Young, would join World Championship Wrestling as part of a wave of fresh talent brought in under the new ownership of the company. Now given a breakdancing gimmick, Young defeated Trent Knight in his debut on the February 18, 1989, issue of WCW's Saturday Night show. While well received in his first match, his second encounter was met by a fan during a February