![]() That stable was feared and held championships for the company. In late 1987 Sullivan started scouting two younger up and coming wrestlers: Rick Steiner and Mike Rotunda (real life father of Bray #goingringside episode 27 #mikerotunda talks about his time tagging with #ricksteiner on #varsityclub #wcw #nwa #kevinsullivan #braywyatt #windhamrotunda #irs #syracuse #universityofmichigan #wrestling #foryou ♬ original sound - Going Ringside ![]() Varsity Clubĭuring his time with World Championship Wrestling Sullivan started a new stable. That exposure helped propel Sullivan from a regional talent to a national one. It was where the likes of Ric Flair and Arn Anderson wrestled each week for a national audience. That was the primary national wrestling show opposite the WWF. They put on the World Championship Wrestling program each Saturday on WTBS based in Atlanta. Sullivan also wrestled a lot in Southeast Asia and visited caves and temples to help develop the gimmick further.Įventually Sullivan migrated to the north with Georgia Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic. So I would sit there and watch them and I would write stuff down and incorporate my own stuff.” “Then they were showing old movies of all the horror movies back in the day. The horror genre came full circle,” said Sullivan. He utilized the popularity of that genre to develop a memorable and very scary persona and stable. Sullivan said this corresponded with the start of MTV and an influx of horror movies. This was when Sullivan was wrestling in Florida, prior to his national ascent. It was around 1982 when Sullivan adopted the gimmick “Prince of Darkness”. “He was a very nice guy to me.” Kevin Sullivan starts a cult I had been a power lifter and a body builder,” said Sullivan who would have been more than a foot shorter than Andre. ![]() Much of his wrestling happened in Florida where he feuded the the likes of Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham and Andre The Giant. But before that happened Sullivan wrestled for years starting in 1970. Undertaker did it, Bray Wyatt did it but the cult leader-type gimmick was really perfected by Kevin Sullivan through the 1980′s. When you think of wrestlers who have had some scary gimmicks in decades past, Kevin Sullivan is likely near the top of that list. (Read more about Bobby Fish) The Story of Kevin Sullivan Sullivan was a top star and booker from the 1970′s through the 1990′s while Fish is a top star right now performing in various promotions from NXT to AEW to Ring of Honor. On this episode of “Going Ringside” we talk to two wrestlers from different generations: Kevin Sullivan and Bobby Fish.
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