Everything about Kevin Sullivan Wrestler totally explained
Kevin Francis Sullivan (born
October 26 1949), is an
American professional wrestler and
booker. He is perhaps best known for his
feuds with the
"American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and
Mike Graham in the
NWA's
Championship Wrestling from Florida, and against
Hulk Hogan and the
Four Horsemen (specifically
Chris Benoit) in
World Championship Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
WWWF (Mid 1970's)
Mid-card face.
Florida Championship Wrestling (Late 1970's)
Heel. This is where the devil worshiping started. associated with Maniac Mark Lewin (Purple Haze), Bob Roop and Luna amongst others.
Jim Crockett Promotions (1987-1992)
Sullivan formed The
Varsity Club upon arrival in the NWA with
Mike Rotunda and
Rick Steiner. They immediately started feuding with
Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted his wife
Precious for himself. This feud lasted a while with Sullivan "breaking" Garvin's leg at one point.
Steiner left the group and was replaced by "Dr. Death"
Steve Williams and
Dan Spivey. They feuded with Dusty Rhodes, the
Road Warriors, Rick Steiner and
Eddie Gilbert. Sullivan even attacked Gilbert's wife
Missy Hyatt. By late 1989, the Varsity Club was gone, and Sullivan formed
Slaughterhouse with
Cactus Jack and
Buzz Sawyer to feud with Rotunda.
Sullivan took time off in late 1990 and returned in early 1991 as the manager of
One Man Gang,
Black Blood, and the Angel of Death. They cut
El Gigante's hair and had a brief feud. Sullivan also was the masked Merlin the Wizard briefly to manage
Oz.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993-1994)
In early 1993, Sullivan and
Nancy, now known as Woman, went to
Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he teamed with
Tasmaniac. The two won the Tag Team Title and feuded with
The Public Enemy. Sullivan also had a bloody feud with
Abdullah The Butcher. Sullivan left Woman behind and headed to
World Championship Wrestling in spring 1994.
World Championship Wrestling (1994-2001)
He formed a tag team with his "brother"
Dave Sullivan, a
dyslexic character who referred to himself as "Evad" who was being picked on by
The Nasty Boys (
Jerry Sags and
Brian Knobbs). He enlisted Cactus Jack's help and beat them for the Tag Team Title. Dave was injured and out of action for a while and Sullivan split with Cactus after losing the titles. Sullivan defeated Cactus in a Loser Leaves WCW match at
Fall Brawl on
September 18 1994. Dave came back and dressed like his idol,
Hulk Hogan. This infuriated Sullivan, who hated Hogan, and they started feuding. Sullivan brought in Hogan's best friend,
Ed Leslie, as The Butcher, to feud with him. He also brought in
Avalanche and called the trio the
3 Faces of Fear. They feuded with Hogan,
Randy Savage and
Sting.
In early 1995, after not being able to end Hogan's career, Avalanche left the group and Sullivan turned on Butcher. Sullivan immediately started putting together a new group with the help of his mentor,
The Master. They called it the
Dungeon of Doom, which included
Kamala,
The Barbarian,
Meng, Manager
Jimmy Hart,
Shark (formerly Avalanche),
Zodiac (formerly Butcher, formerly Brutus Beefcake),
Yeti,
Hugh Morrus,
One Man Gang and for a very short time,
Vader and
Big Bubba Rogers.
Managed by Sullivan's new
gimmick, The Taskmaster, four Dungeon of Doom members lost to The Hulkamaniacs in a
WarGames match at September's
Fall Brawl. As a result of Hogan's win over Zodiac, he got to spend five minutes alone with The Taskmaster. The Dungeon then feuded with the
Four Horsemen, and Sullivan acquired a certain disliking for
Brian Pillman.
Once Sullivan sent Pillman packing, the Dungeon and the Horsemen rejoined forces to get rid of Hulk Hogan and his friends. They brought in
The Giant,
Maxx Muscle and
Big Bubba Rogers to help. They even formed the
Alliance To End Hulkamania with the Horsemen in a failed attempt to do so. When they couldn't get the job done, Sullivan and
Chris Benoit of the Horsemen picked up where Pillman left off and started a feud. This was a brutal feud and lasted over a year, with Benoit "stealing" Woman from Sullivan in the course of the feud. Sullivan brought in
Jacquelyn to help him and also added
Konnan to the Dungeon.
Sullivan lost a
retirement match to Benoit at
Bash at the Beach on
July 13 1997. He was already the booker so it gave him more time to do that job. Sullivan stayed on as the booker or a member of the WCW booking committee and made a brief on-screen appearance with the reformed Varsity Club of Rotunda and Rick Steiner with their cheerleader,
Leia Meow. After a couple of months, he was back off TV.
Sullivan is among those blamed for the 2000 departure of Chris Benoit,
Dean Malenko,
Eddie Guerrero and
Perry Saturn from WCW, though by no direct action of his own. After the departure of Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo, the resulting chaos led to Sullivan's promotion to head booker. This move infuriated a number of WCW wrestlers, given Sullivan's history of professional rivalries (notably Benoit) and poor decisions. Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero and Saturn would quit the night after, immediately signing with the
WWF. Sullivan was fired before WCW's sale in 2001.
Recent years
In 2003, Sullivan made one surprise appearance in
Total Nonstop Action wrestling, as the officiator in the first
Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. As the match was largely rules-free, and had little need of a
referee, he said he was there primarily to facilitate the violence between the two contestants.
Sullivan still makes occasional appearances on the independent circuit, mainly in
Florida.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Managers
Wrestlers managed
Entrance Themes
Championships and accomplishments
Central States Wrestling » *NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version) (1 time) - with Ken Lucas
Century Wrestling Alliance » *CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (Last)
Championship Wrestling from Florida » *NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (4 times) » *NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Mike Graham
Eastern Championship Wrestling » *ECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tasmaniac1
Georgia Championship Wrestling » *NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tony Atlas » *NWA National Television Championship (2 times)
Jim Crockett Promotions | World Championship Wrestling » *NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
*WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cactus Jack
NWA Mid-America | Continental Wrestling Association » *NWA Mid-America Television Championship (1 time) (Last)
*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) - with Len Rossi » *NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (2 times) - with Robert Fuller (1) and Mike Graham (1)
Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling | Southeastern Championship Wrestling » *NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Ken Lucas » *NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (1 time) - with Ken Lucas
Southern Championship Wrestling » *NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Tennessee version) (1 time)
Southwest Championship Wrestling » *SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated » *PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1981)
*PWI ranked him # 106 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
1Though Sullivan and Taz won the title twice, only their first reign is recognized officially by World Wrestling Entertainment. The reign also occurred prior to ECW's withdrawal from the NWA and prior to ECW declaring their tag title a "World" title.
Personal life
During the mid-1990s, Sullivan, the then World Championship Wrestling booker, scripted a storyline in which Nancy Daus (his wife) left him in favor of his on-screen rival, Chris Benoit. During the execution of the storyline, Daus legitimately left Sullivan in favor of Benoit, divorcing Sullivan in 1997 and marrying Benoit in 2000.
Kevin and his current wife Samantha have a son named James Foley, who was born in December 2006. Sullivan owns a gym in the Florida Keys called Froggy's Fitness.
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