David Sullivan
David Sullivan
Information
Ring names
The Equalizer
Dave Sullivan
The Barbarian Height
Weight
Born
Birth Place
Trainer(s)
Debut
Retired
Early life[]
Bill Danenhauer started out in college football as the Offensive Coordinator at Washburn University. He metHarley Race and decided to become aprofessional wrestler.
Professional wrestling career[]
Early career (1990-1993)[]
Danenhauer started wrestling in 1990 asThe Equalizer in theNational Wrestling Alliance's (NWA)Pacific Northwest Wrestling territory. He teamed withThe Grappler as "The Wrecking Crew" and feuded withJohn Nord andScott Norton. They then won the Pacific Northwest Tag Team title twice before he and Grappler split and feuded, with Equalizer assuming the babyface role as PNW fans rooted for him against Grappler.
In 1991, he briefly wrestled inNew Japan Pro Wrestling, most notably losing a match toScott Norton on March 21 at theTokyo Dome.
He left PNW for theGlobal Wrestling Federation where he wrestled asCaptain Ron in 1992.
World Championship Wrestling (1993-1996)[]
In 1993 he joinedWorld Championship Wrestling, and teamed briefly withRick Rude as his tag team partner/bodyguard. They feuded withDustin Rhodes andRoad Warrior Hawk. He also teamed withPaul Orndorff.
His biggest push started in the summer of 1994 when he becameDave "Evad" Sullivan the dyslexic brother ofKevin Sullivan. He was being picked on byThe Nasty Boys and brought Kevin in to help him against them. He was injured by them, so Sullivan brought inCactus Jack to help them out. After Kevin and Jack took care of The Nasty Boys, they split up, and Jack left.Hulk Hogan made his WCW debut that summer, and Dave became his biggest fan. Kevin hated Hogan, and problems started brewing.
Dave started teaming with Hogan andSting againstRic Flair and his henchmen, and Kevin soon turned on Dave, which started a feud that went into 1995. After his feud with Kevin ended, Dave fell in love withKimberly, the valet forDiamond Dallas Page (This was before it was known that DDP & Kimberly were married in real life.). DDP took offense to this and started a feud with Dave that lasted all summer. During this feud, Dave gave Kimberly presents, which infuriated DDP even more. Dave eventually lost the feud and moved on.
His next feud was withBig Bubba Rogers. Dave had a pet rabbit that he brought to ringside with him, and Bubba was allergic to rabbits. Bubba started wearing a surgical mask to keep from inhaling the germs, but Dave would always pull it off and get the victory. Danenhauer left WCW in early 1996 after participating in the firstWCW World War 3 event.
Independent circuit (1996-2003)[]
Danenhauer wrestled on theindependent circuit under his original ring name, The Equalizer, until retiring in 2003 to become a football coach at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Bunny Hop (Canadian backbreaker rack)
- Leg drop – adopted fromHulk Hogan
- Managers
- Kevin Casey
- Joe Don Smith
- Madd Maxine
- Rip Oliver
- Evan Steigerwalt
- Lance Wright
- Nicknames
- "Evad" Sullivan
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Empire Wrestling Association
- EWA North American Championship (1 time)
- Professional Wrestling Federation
- PWF Eastern States Championship (1 time)
- PWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Baby Huey (1) andGeorge South (1)
- Southern States Wrestling
- SSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- United States Wrestling Federation
- USWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withJohn Bradshaw
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Gimmick (1994)
- Worst Wrestler (1993, 1994)
