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Another professional wrestler with the real name Steve Williams is better known as Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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Career

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1981 after a stellar football career that saw him named an All-American. He also competed as an amateur wrestler losing in the finals of an NCAA tournament to future Olympic medalist Bruce Baumgartner. FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman) Alexander Karelin throws Olympian Jeff Blatnick with his Karelin Lift Womens wrestling Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... Bruce Baumgartner (born August 31, 1962, in Haledon, New Jersey) is a retired American amateur wrestler and current Director of Athletics for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. ...

Already interested in professional wrestling, Williams had a ready-made nickname which dated back to an incident in Junior High where he had to wrestle in a hockey goalie's mask and was jokingly labeled "Dr. Death" by one of his school's coaches.

Williams was trained for professional wrestling by Bill Watts and started wrestling in 1982 in Watts' Mid-South Wrestling. In 1985, he formed a successful team with Ted DiBiase and feuded with Eddie Gilbert and The Nightmare. In 1986, Mid-South was renamed the Universal Wrestling Federation and Williams went on to win the UWF Heavyweight Title from Big Bubba Rogers. When Jim Crockett Promotions bought the UWF in late 1987, he was one of the few UWF wrestlers to receive an initial push in the NWA. Bill Watts, (born May 5, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Thomas Edward (Eddie) Gilbert, Jr. ... The Universal Wrestling Federation was a regional professional wrestling federation founded by Leroy McGuirk, and later owned by Bill Watts. ... The UWF Heavyweight Title was the premier title in the Universal Wrestling Federation. ... Raymond (Ray) Traylor (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) [1], was an American professional wrestler. ... Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ...

Williams helped Jimmy Garvin in his feud with Kevin Sullivan's Varsity Club and then joined them in late 1988 to team with Mike Rotunda. They feuded with the Road Warriors and won the NWA World Tag Team Championship in the process. Jimmy Garvin (born James Williams on September 25, 1952 in Tampa, Florida) is a former professional wrestler. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Varsity Club was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Lawrence Michael (Mike) Rotunda (born March 30, 1958), also known as Captain Mike Rotundo and Irwin R. Schyster, is a former American professional wrestler. ... This article is about the professional wrestling team, for otheruses see Road warrior The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael Hawk Hegstrand and Joseph Animal Laurinaitis, though other members were added later. ... The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the NWA. There have been several versions of this title, but the title recognized by the NWA is the version that was recently defended primarily in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). ...

In May 1989, they were stripped of the titles and the Varsity Club disbanded. Williams went to All Japan Pro Wrestling where he formed a tag team with Terry Gordy called the "Miracle Violence Connection". They dominated the tag team scene there through 1993 with a brief stop in WCW in 1992, where they won the WCW World Tag Team Titles and feuded with the Steiner Brothers. One week after winning the WCW World Tag Team titles, Williams and Gordy won the vacant NWA World Tag Team titles, defeating Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in the tournament final. They held onto both titles until September 1992, when they lost them to Rhodes and Windham. At Starrcade '92, Williams substituted for the injured Rick Rude to challenge Ron Simmons for the WCW World Heavyweight title, but lost by disqualification. He left WCW shortly thereafter. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ... Terry Gordy (April 23, 1961 - July 16, 2001) was a professional wrestler who was most famous for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds. ... WCW logo until 1999 World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. ... The WCW World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2001, when the promotion closed. ... Virgil Riley Dustin Runnels III (born April 11, 1966) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Black Reign. ... Barry Windham (born July 4, 1960, Sweetwater, Texas) is a professional wrestler and the son of the infamous heel wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. ... Richard Erwin Rood, better known by his stage name of Ravishing Rick Rude ( December 7, 1958 - April 20, 1999) was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, but is most remembered for his work in WWF/WWE and WCW in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Ron Simmons[1] (born May 15, 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. ...

In 1998, Williams was signed by the WWF prior to the "Brawl For All" competition which was set up in "shoot fights". Williams was expected to roll through the competition, but after beating Pierre Carl Ouellet in the first round, he was knocked out in the quarterfinals by Bart Gunn. Following the event, the WWF did a brief angle where he was managed by Jim Ross before granting Williams his release. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet (born December 30, 1967 in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec) is a Canadian professional wrestler. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ...

In 1999, Williams appeared briefly in WCW again with Oklahoma as his manager in a feud with Vampiro, as a result of this feud, he wrestled against Jerry Only from The Misfits on an 1999 episode of WCW Monday Night Nitro on a steel cage match. He went back to All Japan in 2002 and wrestled a couple of matches for WWE in 2003 against Lance Storm. In late 2003, he was a major face in Major League Wrestling and also wrestled for the new NWA Mid-Atlantic, where he won their title in one of the first professional wrestling events in the People's Republic of China. Edward Ferrara (sometimes incorrectly spelled Ferrera) is a writer, most notably for storyline work for WWF and WCW, often alongside Vince Russo. ... Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Vampiro. ... Jerry Only (born Gerald Caiafa on April 21, 1959 in Lodi, New Jersey) is the bassist and current vocalist for the horror punk band, The Misfits. ... For the movie of the same name, see The Misfits (film). ... Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler. ... Major League Wrestling (MLW) was a professional wrestling promotion that based its presentation around hybrid wrestling, which encompasses and showcases many different forms of wrestling. ...

In 2004, Williams had surgery on his throat to battle throat cancer. He was declared cancer free in 2005. On March 11, 2006, Williams returned to the ring for a WWE Smackdown house show in Alexandria, Louisiana. He currently helps train WWE wrestlers that are under a Development contract. Recently he appeared on OVW television helping out fellow Oklahoma wrestler Jake Hagar by becoming his tag partner. Alexandria is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Rapides Parish. ...

Wrestling facts

Finishing and signature moves

• Backdrop Driver (High angle belly to back suplex)
• Doctor Bomb (Gutwrench powerbomb)
• Oklahoma Stampede
• Scoop powerslam drop
• Three-point stance shoulder block
• Elevated powerbomb
• Release German suplex
• Release tiger suplex
• Release dragon suplex

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Managers

• Jim Ross
• Oklahoma
• Kevin Sullivan
• Skandor Akbar

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Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling

• AJPW Triple Crown Championship (1 time)
• AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (8 times) - with Terry Gordy (5), Gary Albright (1), and Johnny Ace (1)

• International Wrestling Association of Japan

• IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ryo Miyake

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling²

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling

• Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase
• UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• UWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams)

• UWF SportsChannel Television Championship (1 time)
• UWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Championship Wrestling

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kevin Sullivan
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Gordy¹
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) - with Mike Rotunda
• WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Gordy (1)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year award in 1985.
• PWI ranked him # 8 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1991
• PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1992 - with Terry Gordy.
• PWI ranked him # 78 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 16 with of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Terry Gordy in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 20 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Ted DiBiase in 2003.

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Rookie of the Year award in 1982
• Most Improved Wrestler award in 1985
• Tag Team of the Year award in 1992 - with Terry Gordy
• Match of the Year award in 1996 - with Johnny Ace vs. Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama

¹Gordy and Williams unifies the WCW World Tag Team Championship with the NWA World Tag Team Champinship after winning the NWA title in a tag team tournament. This happens nearly four years after Ted Turner's purchase of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from Jim Crockett, Jr. He renamed the promotion World Championship Wrestling but it remained an NWA affiliate until September of 1993. As a result, the two titles were separated once more and Gordy and Williams' are now recognized as having two separate title reigns with two different titles rather than one unified reign.
²This promotion, while operating out of the same area and using some of the same regional championships, is not the same promotion once owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. and didn't begin operating until the mid 1990s.
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External links

• The Official Website of "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
• TRIBUTE PAGES for "Dr. Death" Steve Williams

• How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life by Steve Williams with Tom Caiazzo. Foreword by Jim Ross. Special foreword by Barry Switzer. Published by Sports Publishing L.L.C., 2007
• Steve Williams's MMA Record by Sherdog