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Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable Wrestling/TheVarsityClub in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

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Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO Colorado, best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, Oklahoma, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable Wrestling/TheVarsityClub in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x five times with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x once with Wrestling/{{Vader}}, once with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis once with [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

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* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: 2007's ''How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life''.



* BashBrothers: [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]], [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]], Wrestling/MikeRotunda, Wrestling/KevinSullivan, Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy, Gary Albright, Richard Slinger, Ryo Miyake, [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace]].

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* BashBrothers: [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]], [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]], Wrestling/TedDiBiase, Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan, Wrestling/MikeRotunda, Wrestling/KevinSullivan, Terry "Bamm Bamm" "Bam Bam" Gordy, Gary Albright, Richard Slinger, Ryo Miyake, [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace]].Ace]].
* {{Biography}}: His 2007 autobiography ''How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life''.



* DownerEnding: His death of cancer at 49.

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* DownerEnding: {{Determinator}}: He was a standard-bearer for toughness in professional wrestling. His death of cancer at 49.RedBaron "Dr. Death" came from his days as a champion high school wrestler in Norman, OK. He had been busted open in a match, but came back the next night wearing a hockey mask, which prompted a local sportswriter to call him "Dr. Death." The "Stitch me up doc, I got a match tonight!" quote is something he himself said after he got busted open during an afternoon show.
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* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He went from 1987 to 1997 without ''ever'' getting pinned in the U.S., until [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/{{Raven}} pinned him following Wrestling/StevieRichards' interference at ''ECW Crossing the Line Again,'' February 1, 1997.

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* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He went from 1987 to 1997 without ''ever'' getting pinned or submitted in the U.S., until [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/{{Raven}} pinned him following Wrestling/StevieRichards' interference at ''ECW Crossing the Line Again,'' February 1, 1997.

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->''"Cause I love it loud\\
I wanna hear it loud\\
Right between the eyes\\
Cause I love it loud\\
I wanna hear it loud\\
Don't want no compromise"''
-->--'''Music/{{KISS}}''', "I Love It Loud"

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->''"Cause I love it loud\\
I wanna hear it loud\\
Right between the eyes\\
Cause I love it loud\\
I wanna hear it loud\\
Don't want no compromise"''
-->--'''Music/{{KISS}}''', "I Love It Loud"



Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable Wrestling/TheVarsityClub in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/StevieRichards "Doctor" Stevie Richards.]] Or Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, whose given name when he started wrestling was Steven Williams.

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Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable Wrestling/TheVarsityClub in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/StevieRichards "Doctor" Stevie Richards.]] Richards]]. Or Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, whose given name when he started wrestling was Steven Williams.



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Dr._Death%22_Steve_Williams The Other Wiki]].
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* TheDreaded: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Wrestling/TommyDreamer during his feud with "Prime Time" Brian Lee. Lee had enlisted the help of [[Wrestling/{{Tazz}} Taz]], who was hoping Tommy would choose Wrestling/{{Sabu}} as a tag partner against them. An angry Tommy instead called in some favors and got Williams to come to ECW specifically because he knew [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Taz was afraid of him]].
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* HammyHerald: He faced Wrestling/BamBamBigelow at the UWF (Herb Abrams)'s only [=PPV=], ''Beach Brawl'', in the tournament final for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams)_championships#UWF_SportsChannel_Television_Championship UWF [=SportsChannel=] Television Championship]]. Bigelow got a normal introduction (weight, hometown, name.) Doc, on the other hand, got this, which presumably crushed the dreams of any Bigelow fans watching that night.

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* HammyHerald: He faced Wrestling/BamBamBigelow at the [[Wrestling/HerbAbramsUWF UWF (Herb Abrams)'s Abrams)'s]] only [=PPV=], ''Beach Brawl'', in the tournament final for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams)_championships#UWF_SportsChannel_Television_Championship [[https://www.cagematch.net//?id=5&nr=3152 UWF [=SportsChannel=] Television Championship]]. Bigelow got a normal introduction (weight, hometown, name.) Doc, on the other hand, got this, which presumably crushed the dreams of any Bigelow fans watching that night.
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Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable the Varsity Club in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

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Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable the Varsity Club Wrestling/TheVarsityClub in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2011.
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* RealSongThemeTune: Music/{{KISS}}'s "I Love It Loud," which he used in All Japan, ECW and MLW in 2003.
** (in UWF): George Thorogood and the Destroyers' "Bad to the Bone".
** (in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling): Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Born in the USA".
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!!! "Stitch me up, doc, I got a trope tonight":

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"Stitch me up, doc, I got a trope tonight":
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'''Steve Williams''' (1960-2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable the Varsity Club in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

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'''Steve Williams''' (1960-2009) Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was an American amateur and {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Lakewood, CO best known for his work in Mid-South, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and, especially, for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling from the 1980s into the 21st Century. He debuted in 1982 for Mid-South, being billed from Norman, OK, and teamed with [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] against Wrestling/EddieGilbert and the Nightmare (Randy Culley, aka [[Wrestling/TheMoondogs Moondog Rex]][=/=][[Wrestling/{{Demolition}} the first Demolition Smash]]). Williams won the renamed UWF's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-h.html World Heavyweight Title]]. He was included when Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance promoter Jim Crockett bought out the UWF in 1987. He turned {{Heel}} and joined Wrestling/KevinSullivan's JerkJock PowerStable the Varsity Club in late 1988. After the group disbanded, he went over to Japan, where he would achieve his greatest success. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/tc-h.html All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Title]] once and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/aj-t.html All Japan World Tag Team Title]] 8 times, 5x with Terry Gordy, 1 w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Vader}}, 1x with Gary Albright and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]. In America, he and Gordy would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] in 1992. He also competed for Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He died of esophageal cancer in 2009. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 2011.

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