 Doll as Steven Dunn in 1994 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Lyle Doll[3] (1960-12-09)December 9, 1960[1] Dallas, Texas, U.S.[4] |
| Died | March 22, 2009(2009-03-22) (aged 48)[3] Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[3] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Steve Doll Steven Dunn |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Portland, Oregon |
| Trained by | Rick and John Davidson[2] |
| Debut | May 1985 |
| Retired | 2003 |
Steven Lyle Doll (December 9, 1960 – March 22, 2009) was an Americanprofessional wrestler, best known for his tenure in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) asSteven Dunn in the tag teamWell Dunn.
After training in 1984 with retired wrestlers Rick and John Davidson, Doll debuted in May 1985 forMid South Wrestling againstDick Slater inShreveport, Louisiana.[2] He wrestled forPacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) from 1987 to 1992, and formed The Southern Rockers with Scott Peterson, a team inspired by theRock 'n' Roll Express.[5] Doll won a total of three Pacific Northwest Heavyweight titles and eighteen Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles in teams with Peterson,Jimmy Jack Funk,Crush,The Grappler, andRex King.[6][7] King would join Doll in the Southern Rockers after Peterson left wrestling.[5] The two would sometimes wrestle as Simply Divine.[1]
Steve Doll joined theWorld Wrestling Federation in the summer of 1993 alongside his Southern Rocker teammate Rex King, and they became known as Well Dunn (Steven Dunn and Timothy Well), managed byHarvey Wippleman.[8] They were used primarily as anundercard tag team butfeuded with many teams, includingThe Bushwhackers,Smoking Gunns,Men on a Mission andAllied Powers.[8] On January 22, 1995, at theRoyal Rumblepay-per-view, Dunn competed in thenamesake match, but was eliminated byAldo Montoya.[9] Doll and King left the WWF in the spring of 1995.[8]
Doll made a handful of appearances for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on theWCW Saturday Night programme, in early 1996. Most notably on May 27, 1996, Steve Doll wrestledThe Mauler to a no contest onWCW Monday Nitro, whenScott Hall interrupted the match and made his return to WCW. This would be the start of theNew World Orderangle.[10]
Doll went to theUnited States Wrestling Association as Steven Dunn, defeatingDoomsday on September 6, 1997, for theUSWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. He was the last wrestler to hold that distinction until the USWA folded in 1997.[11]
Post USWA, Doll formed a tag team withReno Riggins, known as The Volz.[3] He and Riggins primarily competed in Music City Wrestling, which was syndicated throughout the United States.[4] They would also operate a wrestling school out of Nashville.[2]
In 2007, Doll was hospitalized after having aseizure related to anintestinal blockage, and five feet of his intestines were removed during surgery.[4]
On March 22, 2009, Doll died in his sleep at the age of 48.[3] His former tag team partner Reno Riggins attributed his death to heart and kidney failure.[4] However, Doll's family later revealed that he had died of ablood clot from his lung that reached his heart.[12]
New Age Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Championship: with Al Ros
The Mauler (w/ Col. Rob Parker) fought Steve Doll to a no contest at around the 5-minute mark when Scott Hall appeared in the crowd, jumped the rail, grabbed a mic and cut an in-ring promo on "Billionaire Ted," "the Nacho Man," and "Scheme Gene" before saying he had a challenge for "that Ken Doll lookalike" (Eric Bischoff) and then said "You want to go to war? You want a war? You're gonna get one;" moments later, Hall left ringside (the Mauler's debut)
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