27 Facts About Bill DeMott

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William Charles DeMott II was born on November 10,1966 and is an American retired professional wrestler, road agent, and trainer.

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Bill DeMott performed as Crash the Terminator in both Extreme Championship Wrestling and Japan.

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William Charles Bill DeMott II was born on November 10,1966, in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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Bill DeMott grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, graduating from Paramus High School in 1983.

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Bill DeMott was trained by Johnny Rodz in his New York City wrestling school beginning in 1988.

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In 1992 Bill DeMott began wrestling for the Americas Wrestling Federation and started using the name Crash the Terminator.

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In 1993, while competing in W*ING, Bill DeMott won a 16-man tournament to be crowned their World Heavyweight Champion.

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On February 21,1994 Bill DeMott received a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation at a Monday Night Raw taping at Poughkeepsie, NY.

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Bill DeMott had matches over the next two days at taping for WWF Superstars of Wrestling and Wrestling Challenge.

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Bill DeMott then went to Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, where he won the latter promotion's World Heavyweight Championship upon winning a battle royal in 1995.

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Bill DeMott wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling for a short time under his "Crash the Terminator" name.

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In 1995, Bill DeMott was signed to a World Championship Wrestling contract at the behest of Kevin Sullivan who had been impressed by him.

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Bill DeMott debuted in dark matches as The Man of Question and The Laughing Man, a strange gimmick that saw him wearing a singlet covered in question marks and laughing frequently.

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Bill DeMott gained the distinction of being the first wrestler to lose a televised match to Bill Goldberg during the September 22,1997 episode of Nitro.

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Bill DeMott returned in early 2000, utilizing the same name and ring attire, but squashing a number of wrestlers as an angrier version of himself.

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When WCW was purchased by the WWF, Bill DeMott signed a deal with the WWF and became part of The Invasion angle under his Hugh Morrus ring name as a member of The Alliance.

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However, this came to an end soon and saw Bill DeMott relegated back to Velocity beginning in February 2003.

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Later that month, Bill DeMott retired from in-ring action, citing years of knee injuries.

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Bill DeMott then moved on to become the color commentator for Velocity, beginning on the November 1 episode, and remained in that position until December 11,2004.

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When Tough Enough 4 wrapped production, Bill DeMott did not make a return to Velocity.

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Bill DeMott worked as a booker for DSW, although his direction in the promotion received criticism, most notably by former WWE developmental wrestler Kenny Omega, who soon requested to be released from his developmental contract due to poor treatment.

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Bill DeMott was released from his WWE contract on January 19,2007, with Tom Prichard taking his place as DSW's head trainer.

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In March 2015, Devon Nicholson described an incident from 2006 that Bill DeMott was involved with while he was head trainer for the WWE's Deep South Wrestling developmental territory.

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Nicholson described an incident in which Drew Hankinson was completely naked in the ring for a long period of time and gave naked stinkfaces to Zack Ryder and Melissa Coates while Bill DeMott held jelly donuts over their faces.

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Bill DeMott refuted the notion that it was his idea, stating that the other trainees came up with because they wanted to skip the session.

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Bill DeMott was featured as a trainer in the WWE 2K15 video game.

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Bill DeMott married his second wife, Lacey Storey, on December 18,2004.