History Wrestling / DrDeathSteveWilliams

** So he legitimately was a Doctor.

* [[AwesomeMcCoolName Awesome [=McCool=] Name]][=/=]NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

** (in UWF): George Thorogood and the Destroyers' "Bad to the Bone"
** (in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling): Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Born in the USA"

* FinishingMove: Oklahoma Stampede (Running Powerslam), Doctor Bomb (Gutwrench lifted into a Sit-out Powerbomb), & Backdrop Driver (A very high Backdrop Suplex).

Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/StevieRichards "Doctor" Stevie Richards.]]

* {{Badass}}[=/=]{{Determinator}}: He was a standard-bearer for toughness in professional wrestling. His 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 quote above is something he himself said after he got busted open during an afternoon show.
** BadassBeard[=/=]BadassMustache
*** BeardOfEvil: As a heel.

* FinishingMove: Oklahoma Stampede (Running Powerslam), Doctor Bomb

* FanNickname: "Doc"

* LightningBruiser: Nearly 300 pounds and strong enough to catch a 200 pound guy from a suicide dive and ram him into the ring corner, he could also pull off dropkicks, cartwheels and suicide dives himself.

->"''Cause I love it loud\\

Don't want no compromise''"

-->"''Cause I love it loud\\

-->--'''Music/{{KISS}}''', "''I Love It Loud''"

-->"Stitch me up doc, I got a match 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.

* LightningBruiser: Nearly 300 pounds and strong enough to catch a 200 pound guy from a suicide dive and ram him into the ring corner, he could also pull off dropkicks, cartwheels and throw himself off the ropes to crossbody opponents outside the ring.

* TheWorfEffect: His match with Bart Gunn in the Brawl For All and his MMA match with Alexey Ignashov. The day of his MMA match was the day he was told he had cancer possibly making this WolfHadTheFlu.

* TheWorfEffect: His match with Bart Gunn in the Brawl For All and his MMA match with Alexey Ignashov. The day of his MMA match was the day he was told he had cancer.

* TagTeam: The Miracle-Violence Connection, with Gordy

* 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 John "Ace" Laurinaitis]]

* 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/JohnnyLaurinaitis Johnny "Ace" Laurinaitis]]

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

* LightningBruiser: Nearly 300 pounds and strong enough to catch a 200 pound guy from a suicide dive and ram he into the ring corner, he could also pull off dropkicks, cartwheels and throw himself off the ropes to crossbody opponents outside the ring.

* LightingBruiser: Nearly 300 pounds and strong enough to catch a 200 pound guy from a suicide dive and ram he into the ring corner, he could also pull off dropkicks, cartwheels and throw himself off the ropes to crossbody opponents outside the ring.

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

* CaptainErsatz: His likeness but not his name was lent to ''Videogame/FireProWrestling''.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate

* TheMentor: To "Fear Factor" PJ Friedman[[note]]AKA J. Bronson of ''WWE NXT'' until he was released in 2012.[[/note]] in Wrestling/{{MLW}} in 2003, until the Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) injured Friedman and put him out of action. This led to Doc enlisting the help of D-Lo Brown and [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]] in attempting to take the Extreme Horsemen's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mlw/mlw-t.html MLW Global Tag Team Crown Championships]], without success.

* OneSteveLimit: Williams was an established star working the Mid-South territory when it merged with the Von Eric Owned World Class Championship Wrestling, who had their own Steve Williams. Since Dr. Death was more famous, Dutch Mantell forced the other man to change his name to...[[StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]].