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Kevin Francis Sullivan (October 26, 1949 – August 9, 2024) was an American professional wrestler and booker, best known for his role in World Championship Wrestling.
Aug 12, 2024 · Kevin Sullivan, pro wrestler known as Prince of Darkness and the Taskmaster, died August 9, 2024 of complications from a blood clot in his leg in Concord, Massachusetts at the age of 75.
Aug 12, 2024 · Kevin Francis Sullivan, the Boston-born wrestler and booker who helped usher professional wrestling into its modern era of heightened theatricality, died on August 9, 2024, in Concord,...
Kevin Sullivan, the professional wrestling icon who was once one of Hulk Hogan’s biggest rivals, has died. He was 74.
- Early Career
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling
- Smoky Mountain Wrestling
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
- Independent Circuit
Sullivan wrestled as Johnny West in NWA Gulf Coast in the early '70's, capturing the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship with Ken Lucas, defeating Jack Morrell & Eddie Sullivan on March 11, 1971. Next, he went to Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1972 and captured the tag team championship with Mike Graham. He took three years off from the NW...
Known as the heel "Boston Battler", Sullivan's "devil worshiping" gimmick started during this time. In Championship Wrestling from Florida he became associated with "Maniac" Mark Lewin (Purple Haze), Bob Roop, The Lock and Luna Vachonamongst others as the Army of Darkness. Sullivan split his time with the ICW and brought the devil-worshiping gimmic...
Sullivan formed The Varsity Club upon arrival in the NWA with Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner. They immediately started feuding with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin's wife Precious for himself. This feud lasted a while with Sullivan "breaking" Garvin's leg at one point.Steiner left the group and was replaced by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams ...
Sullivan was in a feud with "Primetime" Brian Lee where after Lee's matches there would be a miniature tombstone brought to ringside. During this feud he was known as The Master and enlisted the help of The Nightstalker and the Mongolian Mauler to soften up Lee. After Lee defeated Nightstalker, he finally came face to face with The Master who was r...
In early 1993, Sullivan and Nancy, went to Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he teamed with The Tazmaniac. The two won the Tag Team Title and feuded with The Public Enemy. Sullivan also had a bloody feud with Abdullah the Butcher. Sullivan left Woman behind and headed to World Championship Wrestlingin spring 1994.
He formed a tag team with his "brother" Dave Sullivan, a dyslexic character who referred to himself as "Evad" who was being picked on by The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs). He enlisted Cactus Jack's help and beat them for the Tag Team Title. Dave was injured and out of action for a while and Sullivan split with Cactus after losing the tit...
In 2003, Sullivan made one surprise appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, as the officiator in the first Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. In late 2003/2004, he worked for the All World Wrestling League/Big Time Wrestling. In 2012 he started wrestling in the Pacific Northwest with his nephew Dash Venture and Ron Von Hess (half-brother to...
Aug 9, 2024 · Kevin Sullivan, a professional wrestler who rose to fame as a twisted villain who locked heads with some of the biggest names in the business, including Hulk Hogan, died on Friday in Concord,...
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From his days as the depraved leader of The Army of Darkness in Championship Wrestling from Florida to his bizarre campaign to bring down Hulkamania in WCW, Sullivan walked with the wicked one wherever he went.
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