Bill Dannenhauser

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Bill Danenhauer was a professional wrestler better known as Dave Sullivan or The Equalizer.

[edit] Career

Bill Danenhauer started out in college football as the Offensive Coordinator at Washburn University. He met Harley Race and decided to become a professional wrestler.

He started wrestling in 1990 as The Equalizer in the NWA's Pacific Northwest territory. He teamed with The Grappler as "The Wrecking Crew" and feuded with John Nord and Scott Norton. They then won the Tag Team Titles twice.

He left for the Global Wrestling Federation where he wrestled as Captain Ron in 1992.

He then joined World Championship Wrestling in 1993 and teamed briefly with Rick Rude as his tag team partner/bodyguard. They feuded with Dustin Rhodes and the Road Warriors. He also teamed with Paul Orndorff.

His biggest push started in the summer of 1994 when he became Dave Sullivan or "Evad" (His gimmick was that he was dyslexic.), the brother of Kevin Sullivan. He was being picked on by The Nasty Boys and brought Kevin in to help him against them. He was injured by them, so Sullivan brought in Cactus Jack to help them out. After Kevin & Jack took care of The Nasty Boys, they split up, and Jack left. Hulk Hogan made his WCW debut that summer, and Dave became his biggest fan. Kevin hated Hogan, and problems started brewing.

Dave started teaming with Hogan and Sting against Ric Flair and his henchmen, and Kevin soon turned on Dave, which started a feud that went into 1995. After his feud with Kevin ended, Dave fell in love with Kimberly, the valet for Diamond Dallas Page (This was before it was known that DDP & Kimberly were married in real life.). DDP took offense to this and started a feud with Dave that lasted all summer. During this feud, Dave gave Kimberly presents, which infuriated DDP even more. Dave eventually lost the feud and moved on.

His next feud was with Big Bubba Rogers. Dave had a pet rabbit that he brought to ringside with him, and Bubba was allergic to rabbits. Bubba started wearing a surgical mask to keep from inhaling the germs, but Dave would always pull it off and get the victory.

Danenhauer left WCW in early 1996 after participating in the first WCW World War 3 event.

He wrestled in the independents as "The Equalizer" until retiring in 2003 to become a football coach at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.

[edit] Profile

  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Weight: 260 lb (118 kg)
  • Birthday: December 1, 1963
  • Hometown: Seattle, Washington
  • Trainer: Len Denton
  • Other Gimmicks: Dave Sullivan, The Equalizer, Captain Ron, Evad Sullivan
  • Managers: Lance Wright, Joe Don Smith, Rip Oliver, Madd Maxine, Kevin Casey
  • Debut: 1990

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • 2-Time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (with The Grappler)
  • 2-Time PWF Tag Team Champion (with Baby Huey and George South)
  • 1-Time PWF Eastern States Champion
  • 1-Time SSW Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-Time EWA North American Champion
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