Bill Dundee
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William Crookshanks is a professional wrestler better known as "Superstar" Bill Dundee.
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[edit] Career
William Crookshanks grew up in the circus as a trapeze artist. He was born in Scotland and move to Australia at the age of 16. He started wrestling in Australia in 1967 and finally arrived in the United States as "Superstar" Bill Dundee in 1974.
Dundee made a name for himself in the Memphis, Tennessee area where he regularly teamed with Jerry Lawler for years. They ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice.
He 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 Championship Wrestling from Florida 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 is still active as of 2005 in Lawler's Memphis Wrestling where he has been a heel and a baby-face. He is the proprietor of "Bill Dundee's Club" a topless entertainment club located at Exit 126 on Interstate 40, near the Tennessee River in West Tennessee. He frequently appears on a talk show on the community-access cable channel in McKenzie, Tennessee.
Dundee has a son who wrestles as "JC Ice", Jamie Crookshanks.
[edit] Profile
- Height: 5 ft 7 in
- Weight: 214 lb.
- Birthday: October 24, 1943
- Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
- Resides in: McKenzie, Tennessee
- Other Gimmicks: Sir William
[edit] Wrestling facts
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Bombs Away
[edit] Managers
- Ronald Gosset
- Tessie
- Samantha Pain
[edit] Wrestlers managed
- Lord Steven Regal
- The Barbarian
- The MOD Squad
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
[edit] Continental Wrestling Association
- 1 time CWA World Heavyweight Champion
- 3 time CWA World Tag Team Champion (with Tommy Rich)
- 3 time NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion
- 8-Time Mid-Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Champion
- 14-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (2-time with Big Bad John, 1-time with Norvell Austin, 4-time with Jerry Lawler, 1-time with Robert Gibson, 1-time with Robert Fuller, 2-time with Tommy Rich, 2-time with Steve Keirn and 1-time with Dutch Mantel)
[edit] National Wrestling Alliance
- 1-Time NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Tommy Rich)
- 1-Time NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion
[edit] American Wrestling Association
- 2-Time AWA World Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Lawler)
[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling
- 1-Time OVW Heavyweight Champion
[edit] United States Wrestling Association
- 1-Time USWA Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 4-Time USWA Tag Team Champion (2-time with Jerry Lawler and 2-time with Jamie Crookshanks)
- 1-Time USWA Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time USWA Texas Heavyweight Champion
[edit] Other titles
- 1-Time Power Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Lawler)
- 1-Time Mid-South Television Champion
[edit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 192 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. PWI also ranked him # 56 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jerry Lawler.
[edit] Trivia
- Wrestler Bobby Eaton is married to Crookshanks' daughter.
[edit] References
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/b/bill-dundee.html
