Steve Williams: How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life

By Steve Williams

Steve Williams, better known to wrestling fans as "Dr. Death," faced his greatest opponent in 2004 advanced throat cancer. After multiple surgeries and months of radiation treatments, he is now... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596701803
• ISBN13: 9781596701809
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

This is an excellent read. Steve covered the highights and lowlights and did so in an open, honest manner. May he RIP.

Awesome Book

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!

A heartwarming story of an imperfect man, highly recommended to wrestling fans and wrestling histori

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.

Victory In The Match Against A Brutal Opponent

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.

Dr. Death Steve Williams

First I want to say that I've been fortunate enough to meet Dr. Death Steve Williams several times in my life, The most recent being in 2003 when he was working for MLW. The guy is one of the nicest athletes I have ever met, He treats people/fans as if he's known you for 20 years, I'm not talking just posing for a picture with you and "thanks for coming to the show kid", I mean the man will answer any question you have and has no problem talking about anything and everything. The last time I met him he had a crowd of about 20 people young and old around him and he stayed there for about 2 hours! ok enough rambling now on to the book. It is a Great book, The best wrestling bio to come out in a long time. Covers a lot of Dr. Death's personal life as well as his Football days to Wrestling all over the globe. It's one of those books that you wish was a 1000 pages long because you want to hear in depth stories about places like Bill Watts Mid-South/UWF, WWE, WCW, ECW, & Japan. No inflated ego here like most other bios, Just an honest story about a tough hard working man who never gave up and always fought at 110% even when injured. The part of the book that explains being diagnosed with cancer is hard to read and will bring a tear to the eye, It's rough but the way Steve Williams writes about it is almost as if it's just another obstacle to overcome, Sure he was scared but he was confident as all hell that he was going to fight it as long as he could. I don't want to give too much of the book away but I'm just so glad I got it and will refer it to people constantly, If you have read any other wrestling bios and liked most of them then you will definitely like this. I think it's better than the Harley Race, Ric Flair, & Ole Anderson books...and that's saying something! & it's right up there with the Terry Funk & Mick Foley books. God Bless Steve Williams and good riddance to his cancer! This is one motivational story people, enjoy!