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William Cruickshanks (born October 24, 1943) is a professional wrestler better known as "Superstar" Bill Dundee. Bill legally changed his last name to Dundee in 1971. He is also the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton, who is married to Dundee's daughter. Born in Scotland, William Cruikshanks grew up in the circus as a trapeze artist before moving to Australia at the age of 16. He started wrestling in Australia in 1967 and finally arrived in the United States as "Superstar" Bill Dundee in 1974. Dundee made a name for himself in the Memphis, Tennessee area where he regularly teamed with Jerry Lawler and Jimmy Valiant for years. Dundee & Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice. As a singles wrestler, he held the Southern Heavyweight Championship belt several times from roughly 1975-1985 and also had a successful team with "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel that wreaked havoc in Tennessee. Dundee had a brief run in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, Central States Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling|Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1986 where he teamed with Jimmy Garvin and feuded with Sam Houston for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship. He also briefly managed The Barbarian and The MOD Squad while in those territories. He also had a run in World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s as Sir William, the manager for Lord Steven Regal. Dundee is still active as of 2007 in Lawler's Memphis Wrestling where he has been a heel and a Good Guy Wrestler. He frequently appears on a talk show on the community-access cable channel in McKenzie, Tennessee. Dundee has a son who wrestles as "JC Ice", Jamie Dundee.
Bill "Superstar" Dundee
Championships and accomplishments
American Wrestling AssociationAWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jerry Lawler
Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (9 times)
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (14 times) - with Norvell Austin (1), Robert Gibson (1), Jerry Lawler (4), Robert Fuller (1), Tommy Rich (2), Dream Machine (2), Steve Keirn (2) and Dutch Mantel (1)
CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich
Mid-South Wrestling
Mid-South Television Championship (1 time)
NWA Mid-America
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Gibson
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time)
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (3 times) - with Big Bad John (2) and Tommy Rich (1)
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Power Pro Wrestling
PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jerry Lawler
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 192 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
PWI ranked him # 56 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Jerry Lawler in 2003.
Southeastern Championship Wrestling
NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich
NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
United States Wrestling Association
USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
USWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jerry Lawler (2) and Jamie Crookshanks (1)
USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
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- Mike_ha Mike_ha Apr 23, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
- Bill Dundee is a class act. Met him several times in Louisville. Let us take a picture of him with our nephew. Jeff Jarret had someone taking pictures with a Polaroid for 10 bucks a pop. No slam on Jarret just shows Dundee is classy.
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- kathysart kathysart Jan 27, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
- Darn interesting! Five stars!
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