Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
| Kevin Sullivan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 26, 1949 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Daus (m. 1985; div. 1997) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Boston Battler The Gamesmaster Johnny West Kevin Caldwell Kevin Sullivan Masked Lucifer The Great Wizard The Taskmaster |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg; 17 st) |
| Billed from |
Boston, Massachusetts Lexington, Massachusetts Singapore (1987–1989) Daytona Beach, Florida (1994) Conch Republic (1994–1995) Eleuthera The Bahamas "The Iron Gates of Fate" (as "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan as the leader of the Dungeon of Doom) |
| Debut | 1971 |
Kevin Francis Sullivan (born October 26, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "The Taskmaster" and his leading of the "Dungeon of Doom".
Sullivan had been an amateur wrestler in the Boston area, and was not trained professionally. His first professional match was in Montreal, beating Fernand Frechette. Sullivan wrestled as "Johnny West" in the National Wrestling Alliance's Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling in the early 1970s, capturing the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Championship with Ken Lucas, defeating Jack Morrell and Eddie Sullivan on March 11, 1971. Next, he went to Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) in 1972 and captured the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship with Mike Graham. He then went north to join the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as a mid-card face from 1974 to 1977. He had a (rare for the time) face versus face battle with Pete Sanchez on a Madison Square Garden undercard. Sullivan also wrestled as a face for promoter Roy Shire's Big Time Wrestling in San Francisco. Wresting for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Sullivan and partner Austin Idol challenged The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship in November 1980. Sullivan also worked in CWF as a face until the early 1980s. His first heel run was in the Memphis territory where alongside Wayne Ferris (The Honky Tonk Man) and manager Jimmy Hart he battled the local faces including Jerry Lawler. He left Memphis for Georgia but again turned heel while in the Georgia territory before returning to Florida again to work for Eddie Graham.
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