Born William Cruickshanks on the 24th October 1943/ in Angus, Scotland, he is a professional wrestler best known to the world as Bill Dundee. His career started in the early ‘60s.
Have you ever wondered how rich Bill Dundee is as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Dundee’s net worth is as high as $1 million, an amount earned through his career as a wrestler, during which he won numerous championships, including AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship nine times, and USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship three times, among many others.
Bill Dundee Net Worth $1 Million
Although born in Scotland, Bill and his family moved to Melbourne, Australia where he grew up. When he reached his late teens, Bill joined the circus as a trapeze act, but soon became interested in wrestling and started his career in the early ’60 in Australia. After becoming a star, he and his tag team partner George Barnes moved to the United States.
The two started wrestling in the Memphis Territory wining the AWA World Tag Team two times. Also, Bill wrestled on his own, winning the Southern Heavyweight Championship nine times, from 1975 to 1985. Furthermore, he won the AWA Southern Tag Team Championships 14 times with several different wrestlers, including Robert Gibson, Jerry Lawler, Tommy Rich, Dream Machine, Dutch Mantel and Norvell Austin, among others.
Over the years, Bill wrestled in Ohio Valley and won the OVW Heavyweight Championship one time, then in Power Pro Wrestling he won the Tag Team Championship with Lawler, and in US Wrestling Association, winning the Heavyweight Championship in several wrestling promotions, Southern Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight, and Unified World Heavyweight Championship. All this success increased Bill’s net worth to a large degree.
Although he is in his eighth decade, Bill is still active in wrestling, though only as a manager and promoter.
Thanks to his popularity in Memphis, he is a frequent guest on radio stations, such as WNWS, and on TV channels across West Tennessee.
Apart from wrestling, Bill is also a successful businessman; he opened a furniture store Superstar Dundee Furniture, and also worked as sales manager for American Cable, among many other business ventures.
Moreover, Bill has published a book “If You Don’t Want The Answer, Don’t Ask The Question: Bill Dundee’s Life Story” (2011), the sales of which also increased his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Bill was married to Beverly Dundee until 1988; the couple has two children, including Jamie Dundee, who is also a wrestler.
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