Varsity Club The Varsity Club was a professional wrestling heel stable in the NWA ' s Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling . The stable was formed in 1987 and lasted until 1989 . The stable was briefly resurrected in 1999 – 2000 . History . The Varsity Club was formed in the NWA ' s Jim Crockett Promotions by Kevin Sullivan when he recruited the University of Michigan ' s Rick Steiner and Syracuse University ' s Mike Rotunda in late 1987 . The group would wear the letterman jackets of their respective alma maters and brag about their superiority to other wrestlers on the roster because of their amateur wrestling background . In Rotunda and Steiner ’ s case their claims were legitimate , as they both wrestled in college , while Sullivan ’ s claims were more a matter of Kayfabe . Rotunda was the Florida Champion when the group was formed ; when he defeated Nikita Koloff ( with Kevin Sullivan ’ s help ) to win the NWA World Television Championship , he gave the Florida title to Steiner . The team seemed cohesive initially under Sullivan ’ s leadership , but began to experience dissension as Rotunda and Steiner bickered over who was the “ Captain ” of the team . In February 1988 , the Club started a feud with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin ’ s valet Precious . Sullivan would stalk Precious and taunt her with papers in his robe , but it was never revealed why he was stalking her or what the papers were about . Garvin got help from his " brother " ” Rugged ” Ron Garvin and " Dr . Death " Steve Williams in his fight with the Club . At the first Clash of the Champions Rotunda defeated Jimmy Garvin in a “ College Rules ” match . Three months later Garvin got revenge as he and Ron defeated Rotunda and Steiner at . The fact that it was Steiner who lost the match was further cause for friction in the Club . Sullivan and Rotunda started to punish the “ slow witted ” Steiner ( in character ) and taunted him mercilessly . At The Great American Bash 1988 the Garvins / Varsity Club feud came to a violent clash as the Garvins teamed with the Road Warriors and Steve Williams to beat Sullivan , Rotunda , Al Perez , The Russian Assassin and Ivan Koloff in a Tower of Doom Match . In September 1988 the Club attacked Jimmy Garvin ; Sullivan used a cinder block to “ break ” Garvin ’ s leg , effectively ending the feud . Steiner began a slow face turn when he tried to save Sting from a beatdown by The Road Warriors , who turned on him after a match against the Club . Steiner finally reached his breaking point near the end of 1988 , when he attacked Rotunda , turning face as a sympathetic underdog . At Starrcade 1988 he received a match with Rotunda for the TV title . Despite being locked in a cage at ringside , Sullivan had an ace up his sleeve . The ace was former opponent Steve Williams , a University of Oklahoma alumnus who had just joined the Varsity Club . Though Williams was unable to prevent Steiner from winning the TV title , his arrival signified a major recruiting coup for Sullivan . Earlier in the night , Sullivan and Williams brought gold back to the stable when they defeated The Fantastics for the United States Tag - Team titles . Steiner ’ s run with the TV title ended a few months later as Rotundo regained the belt at the Chi - Town Rumble on February 20 , 1989 . He did get impressive backup from his brother Scott , a recent arrival who was eager to help . Though Scott ' s role was initially limited to moral support , he and Rick would later go on to become one of the most accomplished tag team in the promotion ' s history . The Steiners celebrated when Rick and " Hot Stuff " Eddie Gilbert won the US Tag - Team titles from Williams and Sullivan on February 28 . In early 1989 , the group added University of Georgia alumni Dan Spivey to their ranks in an effort to dominate the promotion . This was an attempt to fill a power vacuum created by the disbanding of the Four Horsemen . The effort got off to a rocky start when Rotunda lost the TV Title to Sting . on March 31 , 1989 . Throughout the spring of 1989 , the Club made several attempts to dethrone reigning NWA World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors , including Sullivan and Williams ' match with them at the Chi - Town Rumble . On April 2 , 1989 at the combination of Williams and Rotunda were able to defeat the Warriors , thanks to a fast count by referee Teddy Long . , who had been bribed by Sullivan . The duo managed to keep the titles through Sullivan ' s outside interference and frequent disqualifications , including at their title defense at WrestleWar 1989 . However , due to the controversial way the Club won and defended the titles , they were stripped of the gold that night . The Club was unable to regain the US Tag titles from Rick Steiner and Eddie Gilbert , although they did force Gilbert to leave the promotion for a short time . Gilbert ' s departure provided the impetus for Rick to team with his brother Scott , a pairing that would go on to become very successful in the coming years . Shortly after WrestleWar 1989 , the club began to disintegrate with the departures of Williams and later Spivey , who started to work with Sid Vicious as one of the Skyscrapers . This left Sullivan and Rotunda as the sole Varsity Club members , meaning the stable was effectively finished . The Steiner Brothers made their team debut at the Great American Bash 1989 , beating Sullivan and Rotunda in a Texas Tornado Match . The last official appearance of the Club occurred when former member Williams defeated Rotunda at . Reunion . The Varsity Club had a brief reformation in WCW in 1999 when Sullivan , Rotunda and Steiner teamed together at Starrcade on December 19 , 1999 . The three men were ” Hacksaw ” Jim Duggan ’ s surprise partners , showing up in their old letterman jackets and accompanied by a cheerleader , Leia Meow ; they made her do pushups and bounce on a trampoline at ringside . The Club turned on Duggan at the end of the match , leaving him easy prey for The Revolution . The Club disbanded in late January 2000 after a brief feud with Don and Ron Harris . In September 2000 , Williams and Rotunda reformed their team , under the name Varsity Club 2000 , in All Japan Pro Wrestling . Williams had been a regular in AJPW since the original stable ' s break up and Rotunda started touring after leaving WCW . Despite winning the promotion ' s annual World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League tournament in December , they were never able to enjoy much success due to Rotunda ' s injuries and the phasing out of foreign talent left from the All Japan promotional system before the Pro Wrestling Noah split .