History Wrestling / KevinSullivan

* {{Expy}}[=/=]LegacyCharacter: Wrestling/TheUndertaker (particularly his Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness run), Mick Foley, Raven, and, through Raven, Wrestling/CMPunk have all drawn on Sullivan.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Golden Spike, fireball

As usual, the basics about his career can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sullivan_(wrestler) That Other Wiki]].

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: What he argued Bruce Santee's efforts to "clean up" pro wrestling amounted to. (Santee though, was only "politically correct" [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero by comparison]])

* AxCrazy: As the Master, sent mysterious threats to Brian Lee in late 1992 SMW. Made his debut at the November 8 show which was held at, of all places, the Sand Lick Elementary School in Hayski, KY. He came to the ring in a [[InTheHood hooded]] robe with [[OminousLatinChanting Gregorian chants]] as entrance music. Right when the match was about to start, he [[PlayingWithFire threw a fireball]] at Lee and removed the robe. Sullivan pulled out a metal spike (with announcer Bob Caudle saying, "Well, he's criminally insane, anyway") and proceeded to repeatedly stab Lee with the spike, leaving him a bloody mess. Sullivan's associates, [[Wrestling/BryanClarke the Nightstalker (Bryan "Adam Bomb"/"Wrath" Clarke)]] and Malachi (Peter "The Mongolian Mauler" Flowers) joined in on the beating. Raised to Crosses The Line Twice by the fact that this show took place at an ''elementary school.''

** He slammed [=Kamala=] during their match at ''W*ING Desire for Blood'', April 5, 1992.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: On Caged Heat Radio's ''Reality Check'', he said politically correctness was what was ruining pro wrestling, and to a lesser extent, the United States Of America, citing the fact that he was being interviewed by a "woman and a minority" in Amber Rodriguez.

** TheBusCameBack: After Wrestling/VinceRusso's first run as booker in late 1999-early 2000 failed, was brought back with J.J. Dillon and Terry Taylor to try to salvage his mess. Sent away again when Russo and Wrestling/EricBischoff were brought back in April 2000.

** Dungeon Of Doom (WCW 1995-1997): with Kamala, the Zodiac (Brutus Beefcake), the Shark (John Tenta), [[Wrestling/TheBigShow The Giant]], Meng, [[Wrestling/RonReis the Yeti]], Wrestling/JimmyHart, Wrestling/LexLuger, [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus], Wrestling/{{Konnan}}, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Loch Ness]] and others.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the Comic book character villain ''ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}}'', or the completely unrelated task-setting UK comedy series ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}''. Or the unrelated, but very similarly named, video game ''VideoGame/{{Taskmaker}}''.


!! Works Associated with Kevin Sullivan that have pages on TV Tropes:
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* Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom
* Wrestling/TheVarsityClub
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* {{Expy}}: Wrestling/TheUndertaker (particularly his Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness run), Mick Foley, Raven, and, through Raven, Wrestling/CMPunk have all drawn on Sullivan.

** He slammed [=Kamala=] during their match at W*ING Desire for Blood, April 5, 1992.

** Crossed with ArtisticLicenseGeography: After Davis' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZibUcEGNe0 first match]] in this role, Sullivan cut a promo about how "The Dream" had spent time with Abudadein[[note]]Sullivan's Army of Darkness featured a manager named [[http://www.snakemaster.com Abudadein]], who should not be confused with Curtis Iaukea's RealLife son Rocky Iaukea, who competed in [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico]] as Abbuda Dein[[/note]] on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugis_Street Bugis Street]] in [=Singapore=]. Davis apparently hadn't been briefed on Southeast Asian geography, since he mentioned that he had been to [[UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} Bangkok]].

* HatesEveryoneEqually: During the Varsity Club's run, he cut a promo where he said, "We don't like ANYONE!"

** [[JerkJock The Varsity Club (NWA/WCW 1988-1989, 2000)]]: with Rick Steiner and Wrestling/MikeRotunda (both versions), "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Wrestling/DanSpivey (80's version), and Leia Meow (real name Kristina Laum, aka Kimona Wanalaya) (2000 version).

* TheCameo: Refereed the Wrestling/{{Raven}}-[[Wrestling/JimFullington Sandman]] [[GimmickMatches Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match]] at ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} NWA TNA]] #35,'' March 5, 2003.

* NoSell: Often in squashes, otherwise it would vary depending on who his opponent was at the time. For example, he no-sold some of Benoit's punches early on in their Falls Count Anywhere match at ''WCW The Great American Bash 96'', though he did sell Benoit slamming the men's room stall door on his head, for obvious reasons.

** [[Characters/WCWInvasion Lodi]] (real name Brad Cain) of Raven's Flock was so named because he looked like Music/BillyIdol.

** Dungeon Of Doom (WCW 1995-1997): with Kamala, the Zodiac (Brutus Beefcake), the Shark (John Tenta), [[Wrestling/TheBigShow The Giant]], Meng, [[Wrestling/RonReis the Yeti]], Wrestling/JimmyHart, Wrestling/LexLuger, Wrestling/HughMorrus, Wrestling/{{Konnan}}, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Loch Ness]] and others.

** Received one in ECW in 1995. After Luna Vachon made her surprise ECW debut at the end of ''ECW Enter Sandman,'' May 13, 1995, aligning herself with Wrestling/TommyDreamer, Raven, Wrestling/StevieRichards and Wrestling/{{Beulah McGillicutty}} cut a promo on a beach where Richards imitated the Purple Haze and talked about how Luna joining Sullivan's Army of Darkness "ruined Stevie Richards' childhood."
** In OVW, the vignette where the Disciples of Synn summoned [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Leviathan (Batista)]] from the deep was a direct {{Homage}} to the Florida vignette where Sullivan {{Summon|ingRitual}}ed the Purple Haze.

* AxCrazy: As the Master, sent mysterious threats to Brian Lee in late 1992 SMW. Made his debut at the November 8 show which was held at, of all places, the Sand Lick Elementary School in Hayski, KY. He came to the ring in a [[InTheHood hooded]] robe with [[OminousLatinChanting Gregorian chants]] as entrance music. Right when the match was about to start, he [[PlayingWithFire threw a fireball]] at Lee and removed the robe. Sullivan pulled out a metal spike (with announcer Bob Caudle saying, "Well, he's criminally insane, anyway") and proceeded to repeatedly stab Lee with the spike, leaving him a bloody mess. Sullivan's associates, [[Wrestling/BryanClarke the Nightstalker (Bryan "Adam Bomb"/"Wrath" Clarke)]] and Malachi (Peter "The Mongolian Mauler" Flowers) joined in on the beating. Raised to CrossesTheLineTwice by the fact that this show took place at an ''elementary school.''

* RealSongThemeTune:
** (in Florida): Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller"
*** Marius Constant's "''Series/TheTwilightZone'' (Main Title)"
** (in [=ECW=]): Music/BlackSabbath's "Black Sabbath"

** Back in late 1992-early 1993 in Wrestling/SmokeyMountainWrestling, he cut a promo against wrestling being aimed at kids. If Sullivan wasn't so hated by online fans, this would qualify as HilariousInHindsight since much of what Sullivan said in the promo sounds like the complaints of online fans about [=WWE=]'s current "[[LighterAndSofter PG Era]]" today.

'''Kevin Francis Sullivan''' (b. 1949) is a retired body builder turned {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and booker from UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Massachusetts best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WCW}} during the 1980s and 1990s. He has wrestled for the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWWF]], various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, WCW, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, W*ING, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, Wrestling/{{SMW}}, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and many independent promotions. He made his [=PPV=] debut in the [[GimmickMatches Tower of Doom]] match teaming with Mike Rotunda, Wrestling/IvanKoloff, Al Perez and the Russian Assassin in a losing effort against Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, Jimmy and Ronnie Garvin and Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams at ''NWA The Great American Bash 88''. Among his in-ring achievements, he held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html NWA ECW Tag Team Titles]] twice with [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} the Tazmaniac]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] with [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]].

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!!!"These tropes have hung from the Tree of Woe and seen the lady with the Third Eye":

Not to be confused with ''ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}}''.

* FiveBadBand: The original lineup of the Dungeon Of Doom was this.
** [[BigBad The Big Bad]][=/=][[EvilGenius The Evil Genius]]: Kevin Sullivan
** CoDragons: [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Meng "The Face of Terror"]] and [[Wrestling/JohnTenta The Shark]]
** TheBrute: Wrestling/{{Kamala}}
** The DarkChick: [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake The Zodiac (Brutus Beefcake)]]
** EvilMentor: The Master (played by Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea)

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Described as being this in the {{Documentary}} ''Film/CardSubjectToChange.''