Re: "Dr. Death" Steve Williams dead at 49
Rob Cypher aka "The Anti-Bob"
>Pwinsider.com has reported that 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams has passed
>away at the age of 49 after a lengthy bout with throat cancer.
>
>Williams, a football and wrestling star at the University of Oklahoma,
>began wrestling for Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling in 1979. Williams
>remained with Watts until the renamed promotion then known as the
>Universal Wrestling Federation was purchased by Jim Crockett
>Promotions in 1987.
>
>Once in Crockett's organization, Williams and Mike Rotunda won the NWA
>World Tag Team Championship. Williams also held the WCW Tag
>Championship with Terry Gordy and also challenged then-WCW World
>Champion Ron Simmons for the title prior to leaving the organization
>in 1992.
>
>A big star in Japan, tagging with Terry Gordy overseas for the better
>part of a decade, Williams saw the biggest stage in America by
>wrestling for the then-WWF in 1998, but quickly left after being
>embarrassed by Bart Gunn in the 'Brawl for it All', WWF's tournament
>style tough-man competition.
>
>From 1999 to 2004, Williams appeared a few times for World
>Championship Wrestling in the failed 'Oklahoma' angle that proved to
>be a very unpopular spoof of WWE announcer Jim Ross. He tried his
>hand in MMA, went back to Japan and wrestled for a few independent
>promotions.
>
>Williams officially retired from the ring in 2009, last wrestling in
>Japan in October, 2009. With the onset of his throat cancer in 2004,
>he found remission and became a born-again Christian. 2009, however,
>saw reports of the return of the cancer.
>
>Williams was known for both his toughness inside the ring and
>outside. He was an inspiration for all and will sorely be missed.
I heard Steve Austin and Good Ol' JR did it.
Didn't RSPW say that this guy could beat all of the UFC roster in
his prime?
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"Rob Cypher aka "The Anti-Bob"" <bal...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:06:02 -0800 (PST), Peck <thedanp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Pwinsider.com has reported that 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams has passed
>>away at the age of 49 after a lengthy bout with throat cancer.
49? Too young. Too damn young.
>>
>>Williams, a football and wrestling star at the University of Oklahoma,
>>began wrestling for Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling in 1979. Williams
>>remained with Watts until the renamed promotion then known as the
>>Universal Wrestling Federation was purchased by Jim Crockett
>>Promotions in 1987.
>>
>>Once in Crockett's organization, Williams and Mike Rotunda won the NWA
>>World Tag Team Championship. Williams also held the WCW Tag
>>Championship with Terry Gordy and also challenged then-WCW World
>>Champion Ron Simmons for the title prior to leaving the organization
>>in 1992.
>>
>>A big star in Japan, tagging with Terry Gordy overseas for the better
>>part of a decade, Williams saw the biggest stage in America by
>>wrestling for the then-WWF in 1998, but quickly left after being
>>embarrassed by Bart Gunn in the 'Brawl for it All', WWF's tournament
>>style tough-man competition.
Their little 'shoot' style fight. Poorly done.
>>
>>From 1999 to 2004, Williams appeared a few times for World
>>Championship Wrestling in the failed 'Oklahoma' angle that proved to
>>be a very unpopular spoof of WWE announcer Jim Ross. He tried his
>>hand in MMA, went back to Japan and wrestled for a few independent
>>promotions.
>>
>>Williams officially retired from the ring in 2009, last wrestling in
>>Japan in October, 2009. With the onset of his throat cancer in 2004,
>>he found remission and became a born-again Christian. 2009, however,
>>saw reports of the return of the cancer.
>>
>>Williams was known for both his toughness inside the ring and
>>outside. He was an inspiration for all and will sorely be missed.
Early in his career, he got 100 stitches in his face on a matinee show only
to wrestling again that same night.
I could never see either John Cena or Triple H do that shit!
>
> I heard Steve Austin and Good Ol' JR did it.
>
> Didn't RSPW say that this guy could beat all of the UFC roster in
> his prime?
I'll believe it.
Lotto
> his prime?
Don't know about that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWBno30fB2k
And him earlier last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7c3985blvs