The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a British professional wrestling stable and a faction in World Championship Wrestling that existed from 1995 to 1997 This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Dungeon of Doom (UK)

The Dungeon of Doom is a British tag team. It was the best tag team in wrestling history according to WrestleFest Magazine. Throughout its existence, the team featured members as disparate as Giant Haystacks (the heaviest wrestler ever to be born in the United Kingdom) and Tiny Sam (the smallest wrestler ever in the Dungeon). Another member of the Dungeon was the little known Bubonic Timmy, who later formed the tag team 'Tropical Diseases' with Typhoid Mary (formerly Klondike Kate). A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks (October 10, 1947 - November 29, 1998) was an British wrestler. ...

Although they never won any titles (wrestling politics were considered to have conspired against them on many occasions), they captured the hearts of British wrestling fans across the world, including Paul McCartney who is a big fan of professional wrestling and who once appeared in a film with Haystacks. WWE Womens Champion Mickie James In professional wrestling kayfabe, a championship or title is a recognition of a wrestler being the best in his or her promotion, or for lesser championships (such as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship), his or her division. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

WCW's Dungeon of Doom

The Dungeon of Doom was a stable of wrestlers born from Kevin Sullivan's hatred of Hulk Hogan and was dedicated to ridding WCW of Hulkamania. The stable was direct continuation of Sullivan’s previous stable The 3 Faces of Fear stable that had a similar goal. In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kevin Francis Sullivan (born October 26, 1949) is a professional wrestler known mostly for his feuds with the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, Mike Graham in the NWAs Florida promotion, and Chris Benoit in WCW. // Sullivan started wrestling in 1972 for Florida Championship Wrestling. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 3 Faces of Fear was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling. ...

The Origin

After Kevin Sullivan defeated The Man with No Name at Slamboree 1995 Sullivan started to hear a voice calling for him, urging him to come and find him. After Sullivan searched high and low he came to a cave in “Parts Unknown” where he found a mysterious figure covered in dust and cobwebs. Sullivan immediately threw himself down in front of The Master who proceeded to tell Kevin Sullivan that from now on he was “The Taskmaster” of the Dungeon of Doom and that the task was to destroy Hulkamania. Edward Harrison Leslie Jr. ... Slamboree was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Championship Wrestling held from 1993 through 2000 that was held in the month of May. ... Curtis Iaukea was a professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. ...

The Group initially consisted of a group of people with rather bizarre & “horrifying” Gimmicks such as The Shark (who had teamed with Sullivan before as “The Avalanche”), Kamala “The Ugandan Giant”, Zodiac (Who had also teamed with Sullivan before as “The Butcher”), The Barbarian & Meng In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ... John Anthony Tenta (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. ... James Harris (born May 28, 1950 in Senatobia, Mississippi) is an American professional wrestler, better known as Kamala. ... Edward Harrison Leslie Jr. ... Sionne Valahi Sionne Valahi is a professional wrestler best known under the name of The Barbarian. ... Tonga Uliuli Fifita (b. ...

Fighting Hulkamania

The group was quickly joined by a young man known then as The Giant who claimed to be the son of Andre “The Giant” out for revenge on Hogan for killing his father (This was of course false, he was not related to Andre nor did Andre even have a son, only a daughter). Paul Randall Wight Jr. ... André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ...

The feud between the Dungeon of Doom and Hulk Hogan and his friends led to a WarGames match at the 1995 Fall Brawl where Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Sting took on Kamala, Zodiac, The Shark, and Meng inside the double ring cage. As a result of winning the match Hulk Hogan was given 5 minutes alone in the cage with Kevin Sullivan, but once the 5 minutes began the Giant made his way to ringside, tore the cage open and attacked Hogan laying the champion out. Shortly after the PPV Kamala left WCW and was never associated with the Dungeon after that. The WarGames Match was a gimmick match used originally in the old National Wrestling Alliance and later held annually in World Championship Wrestling, usually at their Fall Brawl pay per view event in September. ... Fall Brawl was an annual pay per view in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held in the month of September from 1993 through 2000. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lawrence (Larry) Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), is an American former professional wrestler, bodybuilder and football player better known by his ring name, Lex Luger. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

After the brutal attack on Hogan at Fall Brawl a world title match was signed between the two and the plans were set for their infamous clash at the 1995 Halloween Havoc. On this night Hulk Hogan and his “Mortal Enemy” the giant decided that before they got in the ring and wrestled they would face off in a Sumo Monster truck competition on the roof of the Joe Louis Arena. Hogan won the Sumo match and then the two started fighting on the roof. The fight go so out of control that the Giant fell off the roof, supposedly down into the river. Hogan was distraught over apparently killing the Giant, but when it was time for the main event the Giant just strolled down the aisle with Kevin Sullivan behind him, no explanation given as to how he could still be alive. Hogan and the Giant proceeded to have a match, a match with the Giant won by disqualification when Hulk Hogan’s manager Jimmy Hart hit the referee with his mega phone. The next night Jimmy Hart revealed that he put a clause in the contract that stated that the championship could change hands on a disqualification, thus making the Giant the new champion (in his second professional match ever). Jimmy Hart had betrayed Hulk Hogan and joined the Dungeon of Doom. Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 2000. ... A Sumo match (Ozeki Kaio vs. ... 2005 Bigfoot monster truck racing in Arizona A monster truck is an automobile, typically a pickup truck, which has been modified or purpose built with extremely large wheels and suspension. ... Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed Hockeytown, The Joe, and JLA, is the home of the National Hockey League franchise the Detroit Red Wings. ...

Due to the unconventional nature of the Giant’s title victory the World Title was vacated and a new champion to be crowned in a Three Ring, 60 man battle royal at an event called World War III . The Hulk Hogan / Dungeon of Doom feud was the focus of the Battle Royal but it would be Randy Savage who won the title. The feud between Hulk Hogan and the Dungeon of Doom simmered along from World War 3 until SuperBrawl VI during this time period the Dungeon had been joined by Loch Ness, the Yeti, Hugh Morrus, Konnan, Big Bubba Rogers , One Man Gang. At SuperBrawl VI Hulk Hogan defeated the Giant inside a Steel cage ending their feud. In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal) is a multi-competitor match in which wrestlers are eliminated from the match upon being thrown over the top rope and out of the ring, with both feet touching the floor of the venue. ... The World War 3 match was World Championship Wrestlings answer to the World Wrestling Federations Royal Rumble. ... This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. ... Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks (October 10, 1947 - November 29, 1998) was an British wrestler. ... Ron Reis is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s as The Yeti and Reese. ... William DeMott William DeMott aka Bill DeMott born November 10, 1966 in Titusville, Florida is an American former professional wrestler who worked under the stage names Man of Question, Hugh Morrus, and General Hugh G. Rection for promotions like World Championship Wrestling. ... Charles Ashenoff (sometimes seen Hispanicized as Carlos Ashenoff), better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a semi-retired Cuban American professional wrestler and rapper of Puerto Rican descent. ... Raymond (Ray) Traylor (May 2, 1962 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler. ... George Gray was an American professional wrestler best known as One Man Gang and Akeem. ...

At some point during the spring of 1996 Hulk Hogan revealed that the man known as “the Zodiac” was actually a spy sent to join the group by Hulk Hogan, his old friend had been spying for Hulk all this time. The revelation transformed the Zodiac into the Booty Man, an ally of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage as they faced the Alliance to End Hulkamania (which consisted of several Dungeon members as well as Ric Flair and Arn Anderson. At this point the “Alliance” became the focal point while the Dungeon of Doom itself became less prominent. Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand. ... Martin Marty Lunde, better known by his ring name of Arn Anderson (born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler, regarded by some professional wrestling experts as the greatest professional wrestler never to have won a world title. ...

Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage faced off against the “Alliance to end Hulkamania” at Uncensored in 1996 inside the Tower of Doom Steel Cage. The two overcame the 8 on 2 odds and won, effectively ending the short lived alliance. After the loss the Dungeon members returned to the group and started to feud with other people than Hulk Hogan and his friends. Uncensored was an annual PPV in World Championship Wrestling held in the month of March from 1995 through 2000. ... Many types of matches can be found in professional wrestling. ...

The Dungeon slowly fades

After falling to Hulk Hogan once again the Dungeon was soon pushed out of the spotlight in favor of the New World Order and engaged in mid card feuds with the 4 Horsemen and fighting off internal dissention as The Shark shed his gimmick to become John Tenta (His real name) and feuded with the Dungeon, especially “Big” Bubba. The New World Order (nWo) was a heel stable of wrestlers, originally in World Championship Wrestling and later in the then-World Wrestling Federation. ... The Four Horsemen were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ...

When the nWo began to take off the Giant, Konnan and “Big” Bubba all joined the faction, coupled with the One Man Gang and Maxx Muscle leaving WCW all together, thus the stable ended by quietly disbanding and the various members going their separate ways. Some of the former Dungeon members (Hugh Morrus, Meng & the Barbarian) joined Jimmy Hart’s short lived First Family but once the nWo showed up the Dungeon of Doom was not a factor in WCW.

Members

The following people were members of the Dungeon of Doom at some point in their 2 year span.

• Kevin Sullivan
• The Giant
• Zodiac
• Shark
• Kamala
• The Barbarian
• Meng
• The Leprechaun
• Hugh Morrus
• Konnan
• Big Bubba Rogers
• Loch Ness
• Yeti
• Maxx Muscle
• One Man Gang.

Kevin Francis Sullivan (born October 26, 1949) is a professional wrestler known mostly for his feuds with the American Dream Dusty Rhodes, Mike Graham in the NWAs Florida promotion, and Chris Benoit in WCW. // Sullivan started wrestling in 1972 for Florida Championship Wrestling. ... Paul Randall Wight Jr. ... Edward Harrison Leslie Jr. ... John Anthony Tenta (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. ... James Harris (born May 28, 1950 in Senatobia, Mississippi) is an American professional wrestler, better known as Kamala. ... Sionne Valahi Sionne Valahi is a professional wrestler best known under the name of The Barbarian. ... Tonga Uliuli Fifita (b. ... Rick Cornell Rick Cornell was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling better known as Reno. ... William DeMott William DeMott aka Bill DeMott born November 10, 1966 in Titusville, Florida is an American former professional wrestler who worked under the stage names Man of Question, Hugh Morrus, and General Hugh G. Rection for promotions like World Championship Wrestling. ... Charles Ashenoff (sometimes seen Hispanicized as Carlos Ashenoff), better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a semi-retired Cuban American professional wrestler and rapper of Puerto Rican descent. ... Raymond (Ray) Traylor (May 2, 1962 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler. ... Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks (October 10, 1947 - November 29, 1998) was an British wrestler. ... Ron Reis is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s as The Yeti and Reese. ... Warner as Maxx Muscle Jeff Warner is a professional wrestler best known as Maxx Muscle in World Championship Wrestling. ... George Gray was an American professional wrestler best known as One Man Gang and Akeem. ...

In Wrestling

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW World Heavyweight Championship (The Giant)

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Managers and valets.

• Jimmy Hart (Manager)
• Jacqueline (Valet)

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External Links

• OWW Profile: Dungeon of Doom