The Varsity Club
| The Varsity Club | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members |
Kevin Sullivan Mike Rotunda Rick Steiner Steve Williams Dan Spivey Leia Meow (valet) |
| Debut | 1987, 1999 |
| Disbanded | 1989, 2000 |
| Promotions |
NWA WCW AJPW |
The Varsity Club was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling. The stable was formed in 1987 and lasted until 1989. The stable was briefly resurrected in 1999–2000.
The Varsity Club was formed in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions by Kevin Sullivan when he recruited the University of Michigan's Rick Steiner and Syracuse University's Mike Rotunda in early 1988. The group would wear the letterman jackets of their respective alma maters and brag about their superiority to other wrestlers on the roster because of their amateur wrestling background. In Rotunda and Steiner’s case their claims were legitimate, as they both wrestled in college, while Sullivan’s claims were more a matter of Kayfabe. Rotunda was the Florida Champion the group was formed in GA on WCW ; when he defeated Nikita Koloff (with Kevin Sullivan’s help) to win the NWA World Television Championship, he gave the Florida title to Steiner. The team seemed cohesive initially under Sullivan’s leadership, but began to experience dissension as Rotunda and Steiner bickered over who was the “Captain” of the team. In February 1988, the Club started a feud with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin’s valet Precious. Sullivan would stalk Precious and taunt her with papers in his robe, but it was never revealed why he was stalking her or what the papers were about. Garvin got help from his "brother" ”Rugged” Ron Garvin and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in his fight with the Club. At the first Clash of the Champions Rotunda defeated Jimmy Garvin in a “College Rules” match. Three months later Garvin got revenge as he and Ron defeated Rotunda and Steiner at Clash of the Champions II. The fact that it was Steiner who lost the match was further cause for friction in the Club. Sullivan and Rotunda started to punish the “slow witted” Steiner (in character) and taunted him mercilessly. At The Great American Bash 1988 the Garvins/Varsity Club feud came to a violent clash as the Garvins teamed with the Road Warriors and Steve Williams to beat Sullivan, Rotunda, Al Perez, The Russian Assassin and Ivan Koloff in a Tower of Doom Match. In September 1988 the Club attacked Jimmy Garvin; Sullivan used a cinder block to “break” Garvin’s leg, effectively ending the feud. Steiner began a slow face turn when he tried to save Sting from a beatdown by The Road Warriors, who turned on him after a match against the Club.
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