Dr. Death Steve Williams was given a second chance. In the prime of his life,
Steve was diagnosed with T-4 throat cancer. With God by his side, Steve overcame
all odds and survived this deadly disease. Now, Steve is committed to give his
testimony to the people from the wrestling ring.
As an athlete, Steve has done-it-all.In 1978, he graduated from Lakewood High
(Colorado). He was a star athlete and recruited heavily by many major colleges
and eventually accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma.
Steve is one of the very few legitimate wrestlers to make the transition from
the amateur ranks to the professional wrestling ring. While at the University
of Oklahoma, he was a two-time, Big Eight free-style wrestling champion. As
a collegiate football player, he was also a two-time, Big Eight champion. Under
legendary Coach Barry Switzer, he went to three major Orange Bowls, a Sun Bowl,
and the Fiesta Bowl. He also played professional football as a defensive nose
guard for the New Jersey Generals in the United States Football League (USFL).
In the ring, Steve is a shooter and because of his amateur wrestling background,
he was generally regarded as one of the most dangerous shooter sin the business.
Because of this tough reputation, he earned the nick-name name Dr Death which
he had since high school. For the past twenty-plus years, he has worked for
all the major wrestling promotions throughout the world including the World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Steve has held numerous titles and received a
plethora of accolades throughout his career including: Most Improved Wrestler
(1985) and First Runner-Up, Tag-Team of the Year (w/ Ted Dibiase, 1985); he
defeated the One Man Gang at the 21:43 mark in Houston (TX, 1986), to become
the winner of the $50,000.00 Pro Wrestling Illustrated/UWF Challenge Cup Tournament;
in 1991, with Terry Gordy, they became the first American tag-team to win All-Japans
Annual tag team tournament in consecutive years; and, in 2003, he won the NWA
Heavyweight title from Terry Taylor in China. Steve is also an Asian wrestling
icon, as the only American that has ever worked for two major companies at the
same time in Japan New Japan and All-Japan.
With Steve's faith in God, he continues to be a champion in all aspects of
his life. This book will look at the career of professional wrestler Dr. Death
Steve Williams. With an in-depth analysis of his faith, family, battle with
cancer, and the sport of professional wrestling like never told before, combined
with candid comments about certain wrestlers, steroids and drugs, and never-seen
before wrestling photos from the US and Japan, Dr. Life Steve Williams presents
and inspirational and powerful story that no football, amateur wrestling, professional
wrestling fan, cancer patient or survivor, Christian, or any person can afford
not to read.
Foreword by, Jim Ross
Special Foreword, Barry Switzer
Now you can order autographed
copies online from Oklastamped.com
Or just click the photo of the
book on the left side of this page.
Finally I found the elusive Dr. Death Classic Superstars figure at the store today! I look forward to seeing you in December at the K&S show to get it signed. I hope all is well with you big guy, keep on fighting!
You were my main inspiration growing up...I watched you everyday as a kid! I wanted to be just like you, trained like a madman, and turned into the champion bodybuilder and MMA fighter I am today. Please comment me back cause you still are my hero!
I've read recently about your cancer returning at this time, and sad to hear about it. I will pray for you. Roddy Piper has had Hodgkin's disease return and his prognosis like yours is unfortunately like you, not good. Bobby Heenan is another wrestling legend who is suffering from health problems as well. Cancer putting claw hold on legends! is the URL of an article that briefly describes what you, Roddy and Bobby are going through. I hope all three of you return to full health and a full life.
