Steven Lyle Doll (December 9, 1960 – March 22, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Steven Dunn in the tag team Well Dunn.
Steve Doll | |
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Birth name | Steven Lyle Doll[1] |
Born | [2] Dallas, Texas, U.S.[3] | December 9, 1960
Died | March 22, 2009[1] Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | (aged 48)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Steve Doll Steven Dunn |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2] |
Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Portland, Oregon |
Trained by | Rick and John Davidson[4] |
Debut | May 1985 |
Retired | 2003 |
After training in 1984 with retired wrestlers Rick and John Davidson, Doll debuted in May 1985 for Mid South Wrestling against Dick Slater in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] He wrestled for Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) from 1987 to 1992, and formed The Southern Rockers with Scott Peterson, a team inspired by the Rock '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, and Rex King.[6][7] King would join Doll in the Southern Rockers after Peterson left wrestling.[5] The two would sometimes wrestle as Simply Divine.[2]
Steve Doll joined the World 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 by Harvey Wippleman.[8] They were used primarily as an undercard tag team but feuded with many teams, including The Bushwhackers, Smoking Gunns, Men on a Mission and Allied Powers.[8] On January 22, 1995, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Dunn competed in the namesake match, but was eliminated by Aldo Montoya.[9] Doll and King left the WWF in the spring of 1995.[8]
On May 27, 1996, Steve Doll was wrestling The Mauler on WCW Monday Nitro when Scott Hall made his return to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to start the nWo angle.[10]
Doll went to the United States Wrestling Association as Steven Dunn, defeating Doomsday on September 6, 1997, for the USWA 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 with Reno Riggins, known as The Volz.[1] He and Riggins primarily competed in Music City Wrestling, which was syndicated throughout the United States.[3] They would also operate a wrestling school out of Nashville.[4]
In 2007, Doll was hospitalized after having a seizure related to an intestinal blockage, and five feet of his intestines were removed during surgery.[3]
On March 22, 2009, Doll died in his sleep at the age of 48.[1] His former tag team partner Reno Riggins attributed his death to heart and kidney failure.[3] However, Doll's family later revealed that he had died of a blood clot from his lung that reached his heart.[12]
New Age Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Championship: with Al Ros
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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)