[www.pwnewsnow.com]- Steve Doll, whose ring name was Steven Dunn, passed away Sunday at the age of 44.
His death marks the second in as many weeks among WWE alumni. Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Andrew “Test” Martin was found dead in his Tampa, Florida apartment on March 13 (read more on his death here).
Steve DollFew details are available at this point, but it was known that Doll had been sick since 2006.
In 2007, Doll was hospitalized following a seizure brought on by an intestinal blockage. He had been placed on life support and his family made the difficult decision to take him off the machine Sunday.
Doll was a veteran of Puerto Rico territory WWC, Don Owen’s Pacific Northwest, and USWA in Memphis, Tennessee according to PWInsider.
He was a native of Hendersonville, Tennessee and got his start in the business in sometime in the mid-80’s.
Doll eventually made it to the WWE (then WWF) as a member of the tag team Well Dunn. The team was utilized mainly in a jobber capacity to get over the more established names on the roster. While there his most notable feud was with the Bushwhackers.
He would again find himself on the big stage, but in a minor role, when he was signed to WCW in the middle part of the 90’s.
In the later stages of his career he spent time with Music City Wrestling and opened a wrestling school as well.