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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.812092
EAN num: 9781596701809
Format: Illustrated
ISBN number: 1596701803
Label: Sports Publishing LLC
Manufacturer: Sports Publishing LLC
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 226
Printing Date: March 15, 2007
Publishing house: Sports Publishing LLC
Sale Popularity Level: 735572
Studio: Sports Publishing LLC
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'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 giving his testimony to the people from the wrestling ring.
As an athlete, Steve has 'done it all.' In 1978, he graduated from Lakewood High in Colorado. Recruited heavily by many major colleges, the star athlete eventually accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma. Steve is one of 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, Steve went to three major Orange Bowls, the 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). Because of his amateur wrestling background, Steve was generally regarded as one of the most dangerous 'shooters' in the business. This tough reputation earned him the nickname 'Dr. Death.' For the past 20-plus years, he has worked for all major wrestling promotions throughout the world, including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Steve has held numerous titles and received a plethora of accolades during his career. In 1985, he was named Most Improved Wrestler and First Runner-Up, Tag Team of the Year (with Ted DiBiase). One year later, he defeated the One Man Gang at the 21:43 mark in Houston, Texas, to become the winner of the $50,000 Pro Wrestling Illustrated/UWF Challenge Cup Tournament. In 1991, Steve and his partner, Terry Gordy, became the very first American tag team to win All Japan's annual tag-team tournament in consecutive years. Most recently, in 2003, Steve won the NWA Heavyweight title from Terry Taylour in China. Steve is also an Asian wrestling icon, for he is the only American who 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. How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life is an emotional, inspirational read for any football or wrestling fan, Christian, or cancer survivor.
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This book is extremely well written. I didn't want to put it down. The stories, the matches, and the incredible triumph in faith should catapult this to the bestseller list. TWO THUMBS`UP!
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Japanese & Mid South Wrestling Legend "Dr. Death" Steve Williams brings an inspirational story of his life, career, and battle with throat cancer. He tells of his college football career and how he failed to make the jump to the now-defunct USFL. He vowed to a pro wrestling trainer to never play football professionally again, and he emerged on the Mid-South Wrestling circuit, the UWF - two of them no less, and WCW. He regales the reader with his run in Japan, where he gained most of his fame, and why he preferred promotions there over American promotions. And then he speaks of how all his sports achievements ultimately meant nothing, when he was diagnosed with throat cancer and found hope in religion. A heartwarming story of an imperfect man, highly recommended to wrestling fans and wrestling historians alike.
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Maybe it's my fault I went into this book with high expectations, but I was very disappointed with this book. Not much in the way of inside stories. I've alwas been a fan of Doc, but I think you'd need to be a HUGE fan of Steve Williams to think this book is anything better than OK.
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I am a big fan of Dr Death Steve Williams. He is a true wrestler in my eyes, big and tough with excellent wrestling skills. I was really looking forward to reading this book but I found it so-so.
It is nto a bad read but nothing more than an ok read. I thought Steve could have commented a bit more about some of the wrestlers that he had met over the years and perhaps have been less flattering about some of them as he seemed to have gotten on with most of the wrestlers.
The book is good for Dr Death's fans, but there are better wrestling books out there.
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Steve "Dr. Death" Williams entered the pro wrestling ranks in 1982 after a legendary two-sport career with the Oklahoma Sooners - an All-American in football, two-time Big 8 freestyle wrestling champion - but his biggest match came only a few years ago.
In 2004, Williams had multiple surgeries and radiation treatments for T4 throat cancer. That type of cancer means it was not only found in the oral cavity (classified in degrees of severity from T1 to T3), but it had spread to adjacent areas to the throat.
Dr. Death - a nickname he received in junior-high school - was declared cancer free in 2005, has wrestled for the WWE & independent promotions and currently trains WWE developmental wrestlers. He truly is Dr. Life and the autobiography - with co-writer Tom Caiazzo - focuses heavily on his spiritual journey and the miracle of climbing out of the ring after having his hand raised in victory over cancer.
Williams - whose finishing moves that became a fan favorite included a shoulder block from a football three-point stance - became a wrestling star in singles and tag-team main events for Bill Watts in his Mid-South Wrestling & Universal Wrestling Federation promotions and the NWA. He has worked for other major promotions in the United States and has held a variety of championship belts.
But it was his work in Japan from 1989-1993 with Terry Gordy - as the tag-team, Miracle Violence Connection - that solidified Williams as a superstar. Along with partners Gordy, Gary Albright and Johnny Ace, Williams has held the All-Japan Wrestling tag-team title eight times.
Though it is the strength in faith and defeating the odds in his battle for life that truly makes this book a very powerful testimony in not giving up. "Number one is to do a lot of praying; God has a plan. Number two is to keep laughing and smiling; it's great medicine for everyone," says Williams, about his advice to cancer patients.
And in this world with so much in technological advances, but seemingly many more question marks than answers, Williams provides a perspective that delivers real meaning to the big picture of life.
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