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Bill Dundee 
Ring name(s) Bill Dundee[1]
William Dundee[1]
Sir William Dundee[1]
Squire William[1]Billed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] Billed weight 214 lb (97 kg; 15.3 st)[1] Born 24 October 1943 [1]
Dundee, Scotland[1]Resides McKenzie, Tennessee, United States[1] Billed from Australia Debut 1962 Website www.superstardundee.com William "Bill" Cruickshanks (born 24 October 1943 in Dundee,Scotland)[1] is a Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee.[1] Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.[2]
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Career
Dundee was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and raised in Melbourne. At the age of 16, he joined the circus as a trapeze artist.[1] He started wrestling in Australia in 1962 and finally arrived in the United States as "Superstar" Bill Dundee in 1974 with his tag team partner George Barnes.
Dundee made a name for himself in the Memphis Territory where he regularly teamed and feuded with Jerry Lawler and Jimmy Valiant for years. Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice.[3]
As a singles wrestler, he held the Southern Heavyweight Championship belt several times from roughly 1975-1985 and also had a successful team with "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel that wreaked havoc in Tennessee.
Dundee had a brief run in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, Central States Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling in 1986 where he teamed with Jimmy Garvin and feuded with Sam Houston for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship. He also briefly managed The Barbarian and The MOD Squad while in those territories.
He also had a run in World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s as Sir William, the manager for Lord Steven Regal.
Dundee worked as a booker for Memphis, Louisiana and Georgia.
Dundee is still active as of 2005 in Memphis Wrestling where he has been a heel and a baby-face. He frequently appears on Jackson, Tennessee talk radio station WNWS 101.5 with Dan Reeves and on a talk show on Public-access television cable TV channels in West Tennessee. He still promotes indy cards across Tennessee.
Dundee is involved in promoting wrestling and MMA fighting and working as a Marketing Director for Cole Brothers Circus.
Personal life
Dundee's son Jamie Dundee, also became a wrestler, whereas his daughter married wrestler Bobby Eaton. His grandson, Dylan Eaton, wrestles as well.
In the early 1990s he partnered with Doug Hurt, brother of Jerry Lawler's manager, in the opening of a furniture store in Evansville, Indiana called "Superstar Dundee Furniture". The store collapsed about a year after opening. Thankfully, no one was injured.
In 1998, he was a sales manager for American Cable and promoted satellite sales in the West Tennessee area.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Bombs-Away[1]
- Diving crossbody[4]
- Signature moves
- Managers
- Jimmy Hart
- Ronald Gosset
- Tessa
- "Slick" Rick Joyner
- Wrestlers managed
- Masahiro Chono
- Buddy Landell
- Lord Steven Regal
- Jimmy Garvin
- The Barbarian
- The MOD Squad
Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Federation
- AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5]
- NWA Mid-America / Continental Wrestling Association / Championship Wrestling Association
- AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (9 times)[8]
- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (14 times) - with Norvell Austin (1), Robert Gibson (1), Jerry Lawler (4), Robert Fuller (1), Tommy Rich (2), Dream Machine (2), Steve Keirn (2) and Dutch Mantel (1)[9]
- AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jerry Lawler[10]1
- CWA International Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[11]
- CWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rocky Johnson[12]
- CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
- CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich
- NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[14]
- NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Gibson[15]
- NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time)[8]
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (3 times) - with Big Bad John (2) and Tommy Rich (1)[9]
- NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[16]
- Power Pro Wrestling
- PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Lawler
- United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[20]
- USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[21]
- USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[20]
- USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[22]
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jerry Lawler (2) and Jamie Cruickshanks (1)[23]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #56 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jerry Lawler in 2003
1Dundee's and Lawler's reigns with the AWA World Tag Team Championship began on cards hosted by the CWA through the interpromotional relationship between the AWA and CWA that also allowed the defense of the AWA Southern Heavyweight and Southern Tag Team Championships primarily within the CWA.
2The CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship was promoted in both the CWA and WCWA while the promotions had a working relationship in 1989 and 1990.References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Bill Dundee profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/bill-dundee.html. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "An Exclusive Interview with Bobby Eaton". DDT Digest. May 1999. http://www.ddtdigest.com/features/eaton.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship
- ^ "Finishing Moves List". Other Arena. http://www.otherarena.com/nCo/finish/finish.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ NWA Central States Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ Mid-South Television Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ a b NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ a b NWA Mid-America/AWA Southern Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ AWA World Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ CWA International Heavyweight Title (Memphis) history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ CWA International Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ CWA World Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title (Mid-America) history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ OVW Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title (Northern Division) history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title (Southeastern/Continental) history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ a b USWA Southern Heavyweight/Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ USWA Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ Texas Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ USWA World Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
External links
Categories:- 1943 births
- Australian professional wrestlers
- Living people
- Professional wrestling managers and valets
- Scottish professional wrestlers
- American professional wrestlers
- American people of Scottish descent
- Professional wrestling announcers
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- British emigrants to Australia
- Scottish emigrants
- Scottish emigrants to Australia
- Finishing moves
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