Dan Spivey

Biography: At 6'7" and 300 lbs, Dan Spivey is not someone to mess with. People got to know Spivey in the WWF, when he made an appearance in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2. Shortly after, he teamed with Mike Rotundo to form the new U.S. Express (Barry Windham had left the WWF due to depression and problems with the heavy travel). The new team didn't last long, so Spivey was back to wrestling singles matches. He left the WWF in 1988, and headed to NWA (which later became WCW..which later became nothing).

In NWA, he teamed with Sid Vicious to form The Skyscrapers (managed by Teddy Long). In late 1989, Sid Vicious (due to an injury) was replaced by "Mean" Mark Callous (WWF's The Undertaker). After the team ended in the early 90's, Dan Spivey admitted to taking steroids, and took a break from wrestling (American wrestling, at least). Throughout that time, he made several appearances in Japan's AJPW, and even won the AJPW Tag Team titles in 1991 (teaming with Stan Hansen). SpiveyAt 6'7" and 300 lbs, Dan Spivey is not someone to mess with. People got to know Spivey in the WWF, when he made an appearance in the battle royal at WrestleMania 2. Shortly after, he teamed with Mike Rotundo to form the new U.S. Express (Barry Windham had left the WWF due to depression and problems with the heavy travel). The new team didn't last long, so Spivey was back to wrestling singles matches. He left the WWF in 1988, and headed to NWA (which later became WCW..which later became nothing).

In NWA, he teamed with Sid Vicious to form The Skyscrapers (managed by Teddy Long). In late 1989, Sid Vicious (due to an injury) was replaced by "Mean" Mark Callous (WWF's The Undertaker). After the team ended in the early 90's, Dan Spivey admitted to taking steroids, and took a break from wrestling (American wrestling, at least).

Throughout that time, he made several appearances in Japan's AJPW, and even won the AJPW Tag Team titles in 1991 (teaming with Stan Hansen). Spivey appeared in AJPW from 1988 until early 1995.

In 1995, Spivey signed with WWF...again. He returned under a new name...Waylon Mercy. The gimmick proved to be a promising one: friendly and peaceful...until he entered the ring. Once he entered the ring, he would often shake hands with his opponent, then he would snap. Unfortunately, he would end up injuring his back in a match against Diesel...an injury which would lead him to retirement (Mercy won the match via Disqualification). He wrestled a few more matches against Bob Holly (winning each of them), then left the wrestling world for good.

Who knows if the Waylon Mercy character would've caught on with wrestling fans. The WWF already saw much good in the character, and tried to push it as far as it can go. If it wasn't for a career-ending injury, Waylon Mercy would've definitely been in the WWF for as long as his body could endure. Perhaps he would've held some gold, such as the Intercontinental Championship...… Expand