The Varsity Club was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling. The stable was formed in 1987 and lasted until 1989. The stable was briefly resurrected in 1999 Р2000. 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 R̩sistance, The Cabinet... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The Varsity Club was formed in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions by Kevin Sullivan when he recruited the University of Michigan's Rick Steiner and Syracuse University's Mike Rotunda in late 1987. The group would wear the letterman jackets of their respective alma matters and brag about their superiority to everyone else due to their amateur wrestling background. In Rotunda and Steiner’s case their clams were legitimate, they both wrestled in college while Sullivan’s claims were more a matter of Kayfabe. Rotunda was the Florida Champion when the group was formed but when Rotunda defeated Nikita Koloff (with Kevin Sullivan’s help) to win the NWA World Television Championship he gave the Florida title to Rick Steiner. In the beginning everything seemed to be great, everyone were on the same page under Sullivan’s leadership, but slowly dissention began to build as Rotunda and Steiner would start to bicker with each other over their alma maters. Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... 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. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or Umich) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Robert Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961), better known by his ring name, Rick Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. ... Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. ... Lawrence Michael (Mike) Rotunda (born March 30, 1958), also known as Captain Mike Rotundo and Irwin R. Schyster, is a former American professional wrestler. ... In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KEI-feib; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ... The NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship was a major title in Championship Wrestling Florida and is now the major title in NWA Florida. ... Nikita Koloff is a former American professional wrestler who wrestled throughout the 1980s and early 1990s as The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff, which was a play off of the nickname of fan favorite The American Dream Dusty Rhodes (in fact, it was Rhodes that gave him the nickname). ... The NWA World Television Championship was a National Wrestling Alliance-sanctioned mid-card level title defended in Jim Crockett Promotions. ...

In February 1988, the Varsity Club started a feud with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin’s valet Precious. Sullivan would stalk Precious and taunt her with papers in his robe, but it was never revealed why he was stalking her or what the papers were about. Garvin got help from his "brother" ”Rugged” Ron Garvin and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in his fight with the Club. At the first Clash of the Champions Rotunda defeated Jimmy Garvin in a “College Rules” match. Three months later Garvin got revenge as he and Ron defeated Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner at Clash of the Champions II. The fact that it was Rick Steiner who lost the match was further cause for friction between in the Club. Sullivan and Rotunda started to punish the “slow witted” Steiner (in character) and making fun of him. At The Great American Bash 1988 the Garvins/Varsity Club feud came to a violent clash as the Garvins teamed with the Road Warriors and Steve Williams to beat Sullivan, Rotunda, Al Perez, The Russian Assassin and Ivan Koloff in a Tower of Doom Match. In September 1988 the Varsity Club attacks Jimmy Garvin and Kevin Sullivan uses a cinder block to “break” Garvin’s leg, ending the feud once and for all. Jimmy Garvin (born James Williams on September 25, 1952 in Tampa, Florida) is a former professional wrestler. ... Precious & Jimmy Garvin Patti Williams was a professional wrestling valet in the 1980s best known as Precious. ... Ron Garvin Roger Barnes (better known as Ron Garvin) was a professional wrestler and referee. ... Dr. Death Steve Williams is a professional wrestler and former collegiate American football star at the University of Oklahoma. ... The Clash of the Champions logo The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. ... The Clash of the Champions logo The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. ... The Great American Bash was an annual summer PPV in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and then in WCW. After WCW was sold to WWE, WWE took over the promotion of the event. ... The Legion Of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ... Al Perez Al Perez was a professional wrestler. ... Ken Rinehurst aka Jack Victory is a professional wrestler/manager for ECW, NWA & 3PW. Profile Height: 6 ft 4 in (1. ... Ivan Koloff is a professional wrestler. ... Many types of matches can be found in professional wrestling. ...

Rick Steiner finally had enough of Rotunda and Sullivan’s constant abuse near the end of 1988, one night he attacks Mike Rotunda, turning face as a sympathetic underdog that’s finally had enough. At Starrcade 1988 Rick Steiner finally got a chance to get revenge as he got a shot at Rotunda and the TV title. Despite being locked up in a little cage at ringside Sullivan has an ace up his sleeve, that ace is former opponent Steve Williams who had just joined the Varsity Club. Williams is unable to prevent Rick Steiner from winning the TV title though. Earlier in the night Sullivan and Williams beat the Fantastics to win the [NWA United States Tag Team Champions|United States Tag-Team titles]]. Steiner’s run with the TV title ended a few short months later as Rotundo beat Steiner at the Chi-Town Rumble on February 20, 1989. Rick got back up in the form of his brother Scott, a rookie pro-wrestler who was eager to help watch his brother’s back. At first Scott offered moral support as Rick and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert won the US Tag-Team titles from Williams and Sullivan on February 28. In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ... Starrcade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983-2000. ... Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton The Fantastics The Fantastics are a professional wrestling tag team comprised of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers. ... Chi-Town Rumble was a PPV in World Championship Wrestling that was under the banner of the NWA of Jim Crockett Promotions. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Scott Carl Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by his ring name, Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the tag team The Steiner Brothers and his involvement with the New World Order faction. ... Thomas Edward (Eddie) Gilbert, Jr. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early parts of 1989 the Varsity Club added University of Georgia alumni Dan Spivey to their ranks in an effort to dominate the federation when the Four Horsemen are disbanded. On March 31, 1989 Mike Rotunda lost the Television Title to Sting. The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. ... Dan Spivey (born October 14, 1956) was a professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... The Four Horsemen (also spelled IV Horsemen) were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

During the early parts of 1989 the Varsity Club launch several attempts at dethroning the reigning NWA World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors. Sullivan and Williams are unsuccessful at the Chi-Town Rumble. On April 2, 1989 at Clash of the Champions VI the combination of Steve Williams and Mike Rotunda beat the Road Warriors through an extremely fast count by crooked referee Teddy Long. The duo managed to keep the titles at they were disqualified in their title defense at Wrestle War 1989. Due to the controversial way the Club won and then defended the tag-team titles they were stripped of the gold that night. The NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... The Clash of the Champions was started in 1988 by the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions as a free PPV type broadcast in an effort to gain more viewers. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WrestleWar was a World Championship Wrestling PPV held in the month of May in 1989 and 1992 and the month of February in 1990 and 1991. ...

The Varsity Club are unable to regain the US Tag-Team titles from Rick Steiner and Eddie Gilbert despite several attempts although they do force Eddie Gilbert to leave the promotion for a short while. When Gilbert leaves Rick Steiner starts to team with his brother Scott in the fight with the Varsity Club. Not long after Wrestle War 1989 Steve Williams leaves the Varsity Club and during the summer of 1980 Dan Spivey starts to work with Sid Vicious as one of the Skyscrapers leaving Sullivan and Rotunda as the sole Varsity Club members. the Steiner Brothers made their team debut at the Great American Bash 1989 beating Sullivan and Rotunda in a Texas Tornado Match. The last “appearance” of the Varsity Club is when Steve Williams defeats Mike Rotunda at Clash of the Champions VIII after which the concept was laid to rest Sidney Ray Eudy (born July 4, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, most commonly known as Sid Vicious, but is also well-known as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid. ... The Original Skyscrapers with Teddy Long (Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey) The Skyscrapers were a professional wrestling tag team in World Championship Wrestling in 1989 and 1990. ... The Steiner Brothers is the tag team of real-life brothers Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner. ... The Great American Bash was an annual summer PPV in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and then in WCW. After WCW was sold to WWE, WWE took over the promotion of the event. ... Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. ... The Clash of the Champions logo The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. ...

Reunion

The Varsity Club had a brief reformation in WCW in 1999 when Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner reformed at Starrcade on December 19, 1999. The three men were ”Hacksaw” Jim Duggan’s surprise partners, showing up in their old letterman jackets and accompanied by a a cheerleader, Leia Meow, whom they made do pushups and to bounce on a trampoline at ringside. The Varsity Club turned on Jim Duggan at the end of the match leaving him easy prey for The Revolution. The Varsity Club disbanded in late January 2000 after a brief freud with Don and Ron Harris. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Starrcade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983-2000. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... James (Jim) Duggan (born January 14, 1954), better known by his ring name Hacksaw Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. ... Cheerleading is recreational activity and sometimes competitive sport involving organised routines including elements of dance and gymnastics to encourage crowds to cheer on sports teams. ... Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea), currently residing in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, was a professional wrestling valet and manager in ECW and WCW. She used the names Kimona Wanalaya (sometimes spelled Kimona Wanaleia) and Leia Meow. ... The Revolution The Revolution was a professional wrestling heel stable in World Championship Wrestling. ... Donald Don Harris and Ronald Ron Harris (born October 23, 1961) are American twin brothers who achieved fame as professional wrestlers. ...

In September 2000, Williams and Rotunda reformed their team, under the name Varsity Club 2000, in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Williams had been a regular in AJPW since the original stable's break up and Rotunda started touring after leaving WCW. Despite winning the promotion's annual World's Strongest Tag League tournament in December, they were never able to enjoy much success afterwards due to Rotundo's injuries and the phasing out of foreign talent left from the All Japan promotional system before the Pro Wrestling NOAH split. All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ... Pro Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000. ...

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling

• 2000 AJPW World's Strongest Tag Team League Winners - Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams

• National Wrestling Alliance

• World

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams
• NWA World Television Championship (2 times) - Mike Rotunda

• National

• NWA United States Tag Team Champions (1 time) - Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams

• Regional

• NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Rick Steiner