Steve Williams

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009
From: Lakewood, Colorado, USA

Biography

was an American professional wrestler, author, former collegiate football player, and amateur wrestler at the University of Oklahoma. Williams was known as "Dr. Death", a nickname he acquired in junior high school. Williams was a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion, having won the UWF World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship once. In addition to his singles success, Williams achieved notoriety in Japan in tag team competition, winning the World Tag Team Championship eight times with notable tag team partners Terry Gordy, and Vader. He also achieved great tag team success in North America, winning tag team titles in the Mid-South(UWF), World Championship Wrestling, and NWA United States Tag Team Championship as well as winning the World's Strongest Tag Determination League twice with Gordy and Mike Rotunda In 2004, Williams underwent surgery for throat cancer and was declared cancer-free the next year. His return match was against King Kaluha, who he defeated on August 27, 2005 at WrestleReunion 2.[6] According to promoter Sal Corrente, Williams was initially hesitant to work with King Kaluha but was ultimately appreciative about the choice of opponent. Williams made an appearance at a SmackDown! brand house show on March 11, 2006, in Alexandria, Louisiana, after which he was signed to help train up-and-coming WWE wrestlers in its Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) developmental territory. While acting in that capacity, he made a few appearances on OVW television, where he helped fellow Oklahoma wrestler Jake Hager and briefly working as his tag team partner. He also made an appearance at an August 30 Raw house show, during which he addressed the crowd and announced how happy he was to be cancer free for four years. Later, he made appearances for Oklahoma-based independent federation Sooner World Class Wrestling (SWCW).He also worked for Southwest Airlines in Colorado. After the death of longtime rival and friend Mitsuharu Misawa in June 2009, Williams made the decision to retire from wrestling after 27 years. Williams's final match took place August 15 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Asylum Championship Wrestling. He defeated Franco D'Angelo for the ACW Heavyweight Championship, which he vacated after the match. Death The throat cancer eventually returned and Williams's health gradually worsened. His last public appearance was at the K&S Wrestlefest Wrestling Convention on December 12, 2009, in Carteret, New Jersey. On December 29, 2009, Williams died at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver from throat cancer. He was 49 years old.

Works

56 films

ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3

20159.2

NWA Live: March 18, 1989

1989

WCW The Great American Bash 1992

1992

WCW Starrcade 1999

199910.0

ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997

19973.3

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

199410.0

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

198610.0

NWA Chi-Town Rumble

19898.0

WCW WrestleWar 1989

19897.0

NWA The Great American Bash 1989

19898.1

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

20139.3

UWF Blackjack Brawl

1994

NWA Starrcade 1987

19875.9

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989

19896.8

WCW Mayhem 1999

19999.0

WCW Starrcade 1992

19926.7

NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre

19894.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1992

19929.5

NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem

19888.5

Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1

2007

AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular

2001

ECW: Extreme Evolution

2000

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

19897.0

WCW Beach Blast

19928.0

ECW The Doctor Is In 1996

199610.0

Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II

2008

NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88

19887.0

MLW Rise of The Renegades

2003

Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen

20075.9

NWA Starrcade 1988

19887.0

NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings

1988

NWA The Great American Bash 1988: Greensboro

1988

ECW High Incident

1996

NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory

1989

WCW Clash of The Champions XIX

1992

NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout

19904.0

MLW King of Kings

2002

MLW Reloaded

2002

The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

19887.0

Wrestling with Satan

2009

MLW War Games

2003

WCCW Christmas Star Wars '85

1985

MLW Hybrid Hell

2003

Raven vs Sandman Feud

2026

MLW Revolutions

2003

ECW When Worlds Collide 1996

1996

NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

1989

NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun

1989

The Best of The Eliminators

1998

WCCW Parade of Champions '85

19857.0

AJPW October Giant Series 1997 - Day 18

1997

UWF Beach Brawl

19919.0

AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17

1992

AJPW Summer Action Series 1993 - Day 22

1993

AWA Monsters of the Mat: volume 1

1986

Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985

1985