DAVE SULLIVAN IS NOT DEAD DESPITE RUMORS, AND MORE
- 02/25/2008 (7:11:42 pm)
- Patrick Kelley
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Show: The Interactive Interview courtesy of www.WrestlingEpicenter.com
Your Guest(s): "Evad" Dave "Equalizer" Sullivan & UFC's Bruce Buffer
Date: 2/25/08
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley & James Walsh
Transcript By: Patrick Kelley
A few months ago, a story circulated around the Internet about the passing of Dave Sullivan. The story discussed his entire wrestling biography but when it came to his non-wrestling life, it sounded like someone completely different to me. So, with the help of my beautiful wife, we went on a man-hunt to find out what we could about the where abouts of this former WCW fan favorite.
Guess what? He's alive and well!
"Evad", real name Bill Danenhauer now coaches college football at Dana College in Nebraska. And, we had the opportunity to talk to the coach to discuss the death rumors, his time in wrestling, and life after wrestling.
This is a rarer one folks. Not someone you'll hear from every day. We hope you'll enjoy!
To listen, visit www.WrestlingEpicenter.com and click the Interviews link. We have it archived for you in glorious digital media.
Dave Sullivan:
- The interview opens up with James explaining that previous reports of Dave Sullivan having passed away were wrong. Right now, he is a Head Football Coach for a college in Nebraska.
- He’s been out of wrestling for a few years. He says he misses it sometimes but then he turns on the show and sees Ric Flair and is glad he got out. He is also glad that he’s been able to rest his body and not take the beatings anymore. He still has some aches and pains from wrestling and doesn’t know how some of the older guys are still able to do it.
- Dave then explains how he first broke into wrestling, got trained, and then wound up in WCW. He credits Harley Race and "The Grappler" Len Denton heavily for helping him get in. He says that he started slow, but things sped up once he got into WCW.
- “The Equalizer” character is brought up. It started with his attitude on the Football field, and they decided to magnify it. Dave has an extensive past in football with several pro teams as a player and a few coaching jobs after that. He says that enjoyed his time in wrestling, but football is his first love.
- When asked about what he thought of the XFL, he felt that Vince tried to mix too much of the wrestling way of doing things into the product and it just didn’t work out.
- The Evad character was fun for him to do. He had a little trouble getting used to having to get into character, but he had fun with it. Every now and then one of his assistant coaches will bring up items from Dave’s wrestling career that they bought on Ebay to joke with him.
- When comparing Evad to the WWE’s Eugene, Dave asks “I wonder where they got that idea” speaking on the obvious similarities between the two gimmicks.
- DDP comes up, and Dave feels that he only got the push because he was Bischoff’s buddy backstage. James had mentioned that some say DDP wasn't as good as he was presented to be while others say he worked his heart out to make up for whatever he lacked in athletic ability. "Do you think DDP was as good as he was pushed to be?," asked James. Sullivan's response was simply, "Did anyone except Bischoff and him?"
- He had a lot of fun working with Hogan and Sting, and has a tremendous amount of respect for Sting. He was a little distant from Hogan because of Hogan's star status, but always got along with him.
- Another one of his favorites to work with was Big Bubba Rogers (Big Bossman) The whole thing with Bubba being allergic to Ralph the Rabbit was fun and he regrets that we lost him a few years ago.
- When asked about why he was dropped off TV despite his popularity, he says he has no idea. Somebody pulled the plug obviously, but he doesn’t know who or why. He says it is possible it was DDP and Bischoff who did but he doesn't know and doesn't lose sleep over it.
- After WCW, he was left with a sour taste in his mouth, but he had fun working the Indy shows at the end of his career. He retired in 1999 and says a lot of the indy shows he did do was because people seemed to want to see the "Evad" character. He didn't have high aspirations of ending up in the WWE or anything.
- Once again comparing football to wrestling, he says it does take a different mindset getting your mind set for football and wrestling, especially since with wrestling the goal is to put on a show.
- The interview concludes with him giving a special message to his fans that thought he had actually passed away, and appreciates the fans that still remember his work in wrestling.
Be sure and check us out on the web at www.WrestlingEpicenter.com to hear our brand new interviews with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Alicia "Ryan Shamrock" Webb, Tatanka, Missy Hyatt, Nick Bockwinkel, and so many others! Over 300 interviews for your listening pleasure!
We hope you enjoy and thank you for reading!
Your Guest(s): "Evad" Dave "Equalizer" Sullivan & UFC's Bruce Buffer
Date: 2/25/08
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley & James Walsh
Transcript By: Patrick Kelley
A few months ago, a story circulated around the Internet about the passing of Dave Sullivan. The story discussed his entire wrestling biography but when it came to his non-wrestling life, it sounded like someone completely different to me. So, with the help of my beautiful wife, we went on a man-hunt to find out what we could about the where abouts of this former WCW fan favorite.
Guess what? He's alive and well!
"Evad", real name Bill Danenhauer now coaches college football at Dana College in Nebraska. And, we had the opportunity to talk to the coach to discuss the death rumors, his time in wrestling, and life after wrestling.
This is a rarer one folks. Not someone you'll hear from every day. We hope you'll enjoy!
To listen, visit www.WrestlingEpicenter.com and click the Interviews link. We have it archived for you in glorious digital media.
Dave Sullivan:
- The interview opens up with James explaining that previous reports of Dave Sullivan having passed away were wrong. Right now, he is a Head Football Coach for a college in Nebraska.
- He’s been out of wrestling for a few years. He says he misses it sometimes but then he turns on the show and sees Ric Flair and is glad he got out. He is also glad that he’s been able to rest his body and not take the beatings anymore. He still has some aches and pains from wrestling and doesn’t know how some of the older guys are still able to do it.
- Dave then explains how he first broke into wrestling, got trained, and then wound up in WCW. He credits Harley Race and "The Grappler" Len Denton heavily for helping him get in. He says that he started slow, but things sped up once he got into WCW.
- “The Equalizer” character is brought up. It started with his attitude on the Football field, and they decided to magnify it. Dave has an extensive past in football with several pro teams as a player and a few coaching jobs after that. He says that enjoyed his time in wrestling, but football is his first love.
- When asked about what he thought of the XFL, he felt that Vince tried to mix too much of the wrestling way of doing things into the product and it just didn’t work out.
- The Evad character was fun for him to do. He had a little trouble getting used to having to get into character, but he had fun with it. Every now and then one of his assistant coaches will bring up items from Dave’s wrestling career that they bought on Ebay to joke with him.
- When comparing Evad to the WWE’s Eugene, Dave asks “I wonder where they got that idea” speaking on the obvious similarities between the two gimmicks.
- DDP comes up, and Dave feels that he only got the push because he was Bischoff’s buddy backstage. James had mentioned that some say DDP wasn't as good as he was presented to be while others say he worked his heart out to make up for whatever he lacked in athletic ability. "Do you think DDP was as good as he was pushed to be?," asked James. Sullivan's response was simply, "Did anyone except Bischoff and him?"
- He had a lot of fun working with Hogan and Sting, and has a tremendous amount of respect for Sting. He was a little distant from Hogan because of Hogan's star status, but always got along with him.
- Another one of his favorites to work with was Big Bubba Rogers (Big Bossman) The whole thing with Bubba being allergic to Ralph the Rabbit was fun and he regrets that we lost him a few years ago.
- When asked about why he was dropped off TV despite his popularity, he says he has no idea. Somebody pulled the plug obviously, but he doesn’t know who or why. He says it is possible it was DDP and Bischoff who did but he doesn't know and doesn't lose sleep over it.
- After WCW, he was left with a sour taste in his mouth, but he had fun working the Indy shows at the end of his career. He retired in 1999 and says a lot of the indy shows he did do was because people seemed to want to see the "Evad" character. He didn't have high aspirations of ending up in the WWE or anything.
- Once again comparing football to wrestling, he says it does take a different mindset getting your mind set for football and wrestling, especially since with wrestling the goal is to put on a show.
- The interview concludes with him giving a special message to his fans that thought he had actually passed away, and appreciates the fans that still remember his work in wrestling.
Be sure and check us out on the web at www.WrestlingEpicenter.com to hear our brand new interviews with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Alicia "Ryan Shamrock" Webb, Tatanka, Missy Hyatt, Nick Bockwinkel, and so many others! Over 300 interviews for your listening pleasure!
We hope you enjoy and thank you for reading!
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