Steve Williams

Another professional wrestler with the real name Steve Williams is better known as Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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Steve WilliamsClass of 2020
Information
Ring names	Steve Williams
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	265 lbs (120 kg)
Born	May 14, 1960(1960-05-14)
Birth Place	Lakewood, Colorado
Died	December 29, 2009 (aged 49)
Death Place	Denver, Colorado
Trainer	Bill Watts
Debut	1982

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009) was a professional wrestler and former collegiate American football and wrestling star at the University of Oklahoma.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Doctor Bomb (Sitout gutwrench powerbomb)
  • High angle belly to back suplex
  • Oklahoma Stampede; Innovated
• Signature moves
  • Belly to belly suplex
  • Diving shoulder block
  • Dropkick
  • Gorilla press
  • Lariat
  • Scoop powerslam
  • Spinning spinebuster
  • Three point stance tackle
  • Tiger suplex
• Nicknames
  • "Dr. Death"

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling

• AJPW Triple Crown Championship (1 time)
• AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (8 times) - with Terry Gordy (5), Gary Albright (1), and Johnny Ace (1)

• George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2007)

• International Wrestling Association of Japan

• IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ryo Miyake

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Terry Gordy (1) and Mike Rotunda (1)

• National

• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kevin Sullivan

• Regional

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 78 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 16 with of the best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Terry Gordy.
• PWI ranked him # 20 of the best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Ted DiBiase.
• PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year award in 1985.
• PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1992 with Terry Gordy.

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling

• Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase
• UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• UWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams)

• UWF SportsChannel Television Championship (1 time)

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Terry Gordy

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Rookie of the Year in 1982
• Most Improved Wrestler in 1985
• Tag Team of the Year in 1992 with Terry Gordy
• Match of the Year in 1996 with Johnny Ace against Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Hall of Fame class of 2020

External links

• Profile