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99. Steve Williams
As a kid I was a gigantic fan of The Steiner Brothers. There were only two wrestlers I liked better than Rick and Scott, one of them is 1 on my list and the other is number 6. I loved the Steiner Brothers. Then, in the summer of 1992, a tag team I hadn’t heard of before (thought I guess I should have) known as Steve Williams and Terry Gordy won the tag team championship from my beloved Steiner Brothers.
Williams and Gordy weren’t your typical heel tag team, they took the Steiners to the limit and even beat them without heel tactics. They were just ass kickers that were great wrestlers, and they were just able to defeat the great team of the Steiners. But as a 9 year-old going on to 10 I couldn’t stand seeing this team win. For the longest time I hated “Dr. Death” and “Bam Bam.” Then I grew up…
In recent years I’ve seen some of Steve Williams’ and Terry Gordy’s matches in Japan as well as some of Steve Williams’ stuff alone in the NWA, and I became a fan. He was just a tough rugged individual that was that very cool old school style of ass kicker. He didn’t have the most amazing physique or the flashiest moves but he just kicked ass, and I came to really like his style match. He was one of the first wrestlers to introduce me to “Smash Mouth Wrestling.”
Favorite Moment:
Dr. Death Steve Williams coming out with Jim Ross to open up JR’s very own announce table, the predecessor to the Cole Mine. Sure, Steve Williams didn’t really say or do much but I loved the gimmick of having your own announce table and it was nice to see Dr. Death on TV. When I saw it I thought that was the start of a mini-push for Dr. Death, unfortunately I was wrong.
Favorite Match:
The Steiner Brothers [c] v. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, WCW Beach Blast 1992)
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