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"Dr. Death" Steve Williams is a professional wrestler and former collegiate American football and wrestling star at the University of Oklahoma.

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, losing in the finals of an NCAA tournament to future Olympic medalist Bruce Baumgartner.

He was trained for the pro game by Bill Watts and started wrestling in 1982 in Watt's Mid-South Wrestling. In 1985, he formed a successful team with Ted DiBiase and they feuded with Eddie Gilbert and The Nightmare. In 1986, Mid-South was renamed the Universal Wrestling Federation and he 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.

He 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.

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 Combination". They dominated the tag team scene there through 1993 with a brief stop in WCW where they won the WCW World Tag Team Titles and feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner.

In 1998, Williams was signed by the WWF. They were about to have the "Brawl For All" which was set up in "shoot fights" to see who the real tough guys were. Williams was expected to roll through the competition. After beating Pierre in the first round, he was knocked out in the quarterfinals by Bart Gunn. They did a brief angle where he was managed by Jim Ross and then he left.

In 1999, he was briefly in WCW again with Oklahoma as his manager in a weird feud with Vampiro. 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 NWA Mid-Atlantic, where he won their title.

In 2004, Williams had surgery on his throat to battle throat cancer. He was declared cancer free in 2005 and plans to return to the ring.

On March 25, 2006, Williams returned to the ring for a WWE Smackdown house show in Tulsa, OK. During an interview with Ken Anderson (Mr. Ken Kennedy).

Profile

Managers

Jim Ross
Oklahoma
Kevin Sullivan
Skandor Akbar

Finishing and signature moves

Backdrop Driver (High angle belly to back suplex)
Doctor Bomb (Gutwrench powerbomb)
Oklahoma Stampede
Scoop powerslam drop
Shoulder block
Elevated Powerbomb

Championships and accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling

:*1-Time AJPW Triple Crown World Heavyweight Champion :*7-Time AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champion with Terry Gordy 5 times, Gary Albright once and Johnny Ace once

World Championship Wrestling

:*1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Terry Gordy

National Wrestling Alliance

:*2-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion with Terry Gordy and Mike Rotunda :*1-Time NWA United States Tag Team Champion with Kevin Sullivan :*1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion

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