Well Dunn Well Dunn , also known as the Southern Rockers , was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in several promotions in the United States . The team was composed of Timothy Smith , who competed under the ring name s Timothy Well and Rex King , and Steve Doll , who wrestled both under his real name and as Steven Dunn . They held championships in Pacific Northwest Wrestling ( PNW ) , the United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) , the World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) , and Music City Wrestling ( MCW ) . They are best known , however , for competing in the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1995 . In the WWF , Well Dunn faced the promotion ' s top tag teams and were contenders for the WWF Tag Team Championship . They had a feud with The Bushwhackers that lasted for most of Well Dunn ' s tenure with the company . The team split up in 1995 but reunited briefly in 1998 . During this reunion , Doll attacked King and the team disbanded permanently . Doll died from complications related to a blood clot in 2009 . History . Early years . Prior to teaming with Smith , Steve Doll competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling with partner Scott Peterson as the Southern Rockers . The team was fashioned after The Rock ' n ' Roll Express , and Doll and Peterson held the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship together seven times . In 1989 , Doll replaced Peterson with Smith , who took on the ring name Rex King . They won the tag team title by defeating Scotty the Body and The Grappler on August 26 . After an inconclusive rematch on September 9 , the title was vacated and another rematch was ordered ; the Southern Rockers regained the belts one week later . They held the title until PNW ordered it vacated again on November 4 after a match against Brian Adams and Jeff Warner ; once again , Doll and King won a rematch the following week to regain the championship . They dropped the title to Adams and The Grappler on December 14 but regained the belts by winning a rematch on January 27 , 1990 . In February 1990 , the Southern Rockers vacated the championship and left PNW . They began competing for the United States Wrestling Association , where they quickly won the USWA World Tag Team Championship . Three days after winning the title belts , King and Doll dropped them to Robert Fuller and Brian Lee . They regained them six days later , however . On April 28 , they lost the title to The Uptown Posse but were able to regain it less than a month later . On June 2 , King competed in a handicap match , in which he faced The Dirty White Boys ( Tony Anthony and Tom Burton ) . Unable to defeat both men , he lost the match and the championship . Doll returned to PNW , where he held the tag team title another seven times with various partners . King remained in Tennessee , winning the USWA World Tag Team Championship with Joey Maggs . He later moved to Puerto Rico , where he wrestled for the World Wrestling Council . With Ricky Santana as his new partner , he held the WWC World Tag Team Championship twice . The team split up in May 1992 when Santana did not appear for a match to determine the winners of the vacant tag team title . Reunion . The following month , Doll and King reunited to win the WWC World Tag Team Championship from Doug Masters and Ron Starr . On August 1 , the title was vacated due to a controversial finish in a match against a tag team known as Solid Gold . King replaced Doll with Ray González to win the vacant title . The team got back together again in the USWA , where they defeated the Moondogs to win the tag team belts for a fourth time together . Due to an interpromotional agreement between the USWA and the World Wrestling Federation , While in Tennessee , the team showed a " blatant disregard for the rules " and were involved in a storyline in which they were suspended indefinitely from the USWA as a result . On June 15 , 1993 , they wrestled in their first official WWF match and defeated the team of Tito Santana and Virgil . It was in the WWF that Well Dunn " first experienced widespread fame " . In the WWF , they continued to wrestle as heels ( rule breakers ) and were described as " among the sneakiest and most cunning " teams in the promotion . WWF ( 1993 ) . The team signed with the WWF and took on the new name Well Dunn , with Doll competing as Steven Dunn and Smith wrestling under the name Timothy Well . They wore bow ties in addition to wrestling singlets with thongs over top . This led wrestling author RD Reynolds to state that the team was " proof positive that bow ties and thongs do not match " . The team made its WWF television debut on the July 18 , 1993 episode of " All - American Wrestling " , teaming with Blake Beverly in a loss to Tatanka and The Steiner Brothers . They continued to face the WWF ' s top face ( fan favorite ) tag teams , including The Smoking Gunns and Men on a Mission . In August , manager Harvey Wippleman began appearing with the team . On the October 10 episode of " All - American Wrestling " , they defeated Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Rock ' n ' Roll Express by countout but did not win the championship . On October 8 , 1993 , Well Dunn wrestled their first match against The Bushwhackers , who became the team ' s longtime rivals . During a match against Men on a Mission , Timothy Well sustained an injury . This forced the team out of action in the WWF for several months , although they did return to competing in Tennessee . WWF ( 1994 ) . Upon their return to the WWF , Well Dunn had a short series of matches against WWF Tag Team Champions The Headshrinkers , including a match televised on " WWF Wrestling Challenge " . Well Dunn became involved in a storyline in which Adam Bomb , who was also managed by Wippleman , turned on the manager and began wrestling as a face . On the August 13 episode of " WWF Superstars " , Well wrestled a singles match against Bomb ; Dunn interfered , and Bomb attacked Well Dunn and Wippleman after the match . This led to a blow off match one week later , in which Bomb teamed with The Smoking Gunns to defeat Kwang ( another of Wippleman ' s wrestlers ) and Well Dunn . On August 17 , the team also served as lumberjacks in a lumberjack match between Bret and Owen Hart . Well Dunn continued to face the top teams in the WWF , including The Smoking Gunns , The Headshrinkers , and the newly formed team of Sparky Plugg and the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid . When The Smoking Gunns were unable to compete due to the birth of Billy Gunn ' s son , Well Dunn competed against The Heavenly Bodies instead ; these matches were unusual , as they pitted heel tag teams against each other . As in 1993 , Well Dunn lost more matches than they won in each series , but they had occasional victories against established tag teams and were often booked to defeat jobber tag teams . On September 29 , Well Dunn began another series of matches against The Bushwhackers . The feud lasted the remainder of the year , although Barry Horowitz substituted for Steven Dunn in several matches when Dunn was unable to appear . The Bushwhackers were victorious in the majority of matches , but Well Dunn won occasional matches . One of these matches was featured on the Coliseum Video release " Wham Bam Bodyslam " , and another two were televised on " Monday Night Raw " . During one of the " Monday Night Raw " matches , The Bushwhackers were accompanied by ring announcer Howard Finkel , who had a long - standing rivalry with Wippleman . Finkel and Wippleman had an argument during the match that led to a tuxedo match , in which Finkel was declared the winner after stripping Wippleman to his underwear . WWF ( 1995 ) . Leading up to the 1995 Royal Rumble pay - per - view , Well Dunn was entered in a tournament for the vacant WWF Tag Team Championship . They were scheduled to face The Smoking Gunns , but Bob Holly ( formerly Sparky Plugg ) and the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid took the Gunns ' place ; Holly and the 1 - 2 - 3 Kid won the match and went on to win the tournament . Eliminated from the tournament , Well and Dunn competed individually in the Royal Rumble match , a battle royal . Well was eliminated by Davey Boy Smith , and Dunn was eliminated by Aldo Montoya . After The Smoking Gunns regained the championship , Well Dunn challenged for the belts in a series of matches but was unable to win the title . Well Dunn continued to face the WWF ' s top tag teams , including The Bushwhackers and The Blu Brothers but were unable to win any of these matches . The team ' s final WWF match came in a loss to The Allied Powers , after which Well Dunn disappeared from the WWF . Split . Smith returned to the World Wrestling Council , and Doll went back to the United States Wrestling Association . Several years later , the team reunited in the Nashville , Tennessee - based Music City Wrestling , where they won the MCW North American Tag Team Championship on May 30 , 1998 . The reunion was short - lived , as Doll and Reno Riggins attacked King after the match . Riggins took King ' s place as co - holder of the title with Doll . On March 23 , 2009 , Steve Doll died when a blood clot from his lungs entered his heart .