Bill Dundee

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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 (1943-10-24) (age 66)[1] Melbourne, Australia[1]
Resides	McKenzie, Tennessee, United States[1]
Billed from	Australia
Debut	1962
Website	www.superstardundee.com

William "Bill" Crookshanks (born 24 October 1943 in Melbourne, Australia)^[1] is a professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee.^[1] Crookshanks is the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton and father of Jamie Dundee.^[2]

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

Born in the east of Scotland, Bill grew up in the circus as a trapeze artist before moving to Australia at the age of 16.^{[citation needed]} 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 a booker for Memphis, Louisiana and Georgia.

In the late 1990s Bill Dundee worked as a DJ and manager with some apparent ownership interest in Superstar Bill Dundee's Showgirl Bar and Truck Stop now known as Country Hooters in Holladay Tennessee On I-40 Exit 126 South.

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, TN talk radio station WNWS 101.5 with Dan Reeves and on a talk show on the community-access cable channels in West Tennessee. He still promotes indy cards across Tn.

As of the summer of 2007 Bill Dundee has been providing added entertainment to a local dodgeball tournament brought to fruition by a local radio personality George Bfor the benefit of charities around the Jackson, TN area. The dodgeball games can be viewed at j razz creations. As of 2009, Bill is still involved in promoting wrestling and MMA fighting.

[edit] Personal life

Dundee has a son who wrestles as "JC Ice" and Jamie Dundee. His grandson, Dylan Eaton, wrestles as well.

In the early 90's he partnered with Doug Hurt, brother of Jerry Lawler's manager, in the opening of a furniture store in Evansville, Indiana called "Supertar Dundee Furniture". The store collapsed about a year after opening.

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bombs-Away^[1]
  • Diving crossbody^[4]

• Signature moves
  • Piledriver^[1]
  • Small package^[1]

• Managers
  • Jimmy Hart
  • Ronald Gosset
  • Tessa

• Wrestlers managed
  • Masahiro Chono
  • Buddy Landell
  • Lord Steven Regal
  • Jimmy Garvin
  • The Barbarian
  • The MOD Squad

• Nicknames
  • "Superstar" Bill Dundee^[1]

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Central States Wrestling
  • NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[5]

• Mid-South Wrestling Association
  • Mid-South Television Championship (1 time)^[6]

• NWA Mid-America / Continental Wrestling Association / Championship Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (9 times)^[7]
  • 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)^[8]
  • AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jerry Lawler^[9]1
  • CWA International Heavyweight Championship (4 times)^[10]
  • CWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rocky Johnson^[11]
  • CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • CWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[12]
  • CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich
  • NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
  • NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Gibson^[14]
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time)^[7]
  • NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (3 times) - with Big Bad John (2) and Tommy Rich (1)^[8]
  • NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[15]

• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[16]

• Power Pro Wrestling
  • PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Lawler

• Southeastern Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich^[17]
  • NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Southeastern version) (1 time)^[18]

• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[19]
  • USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[20]
  • USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[19]
  • USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[21]
  • USWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jerry Lawler (2) and Jamie Crookshanks (1)^[22]

• World Class Wrestling Association
  • CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)²

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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Memphis Wrestling History
• Profile at OWW
• 2008 Audio Interview with Superstar Bill Dundee
• 2009 SplatterTribe.TV Interview With Bill 'Superstar' Dundee (Video