Dungeon Of Doom

The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a heel professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that existed from 1995 to 1997.

History

The Dungeon of Doom was created as a stable of wrestlers born from WCW lead producer Kevin Sullivan's storyline hatred of Hulk Hogan and was dedicated to ridding WCW of "Hulkamania". The stable was a direct continuation of Sullivan's previous stable The Three Faces of Fear which had a similar goal. The ''actual'' goal was the opposite. Sullivan stated in 2016, "It was a means to an end. I knew Hogan was being booed. I knew when I saw the nWo, it was the best chance anybody had to turn Hogan. I said, "You gotta trust me." And he did. I gree withSatchel Paige. "Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you." You can't change the past. The end justified the means, so in that way, it worked."

After Sullivan defeated The Man with No Name at Slamboree in 1995, The Master told Sullivan he was "The Taskmaster" of the Dungeon of Doom and that the task was to destroy ''Hulkamania''. The group initially consisted of people with rather bizarre and “horrifying” gimmicks such as The Shark (who had teamed with Sullivan before as "Avalanche"), Kamala “The Ugandan Giant”, The Zodiac (who had also teamed with Sullivan before as "The Butcher"), Meng (who was Col. Robert Parker's bodyguard), and Big Van Vader who also sought to destroy Hulkamania and began his “Road Kill Tour” which consisted of a series of squash matches that would lead to his destruction of Hogan. After Vader lost to Hogan, the Master revealed that it was etched in stone that a Giant would destroy Hulkamania, thus leading to several encounters with The Giant, who claimed to be the son of André the Giant and was out for revenge on Hogan for defeating his father.

Fighting Hulkamania

The feud between the Dungeon of Doom and Hogan with his friends, Dave Sullivan, Sting and the Macho Man, persisted throughout the fall and winter of 95–96 with various members taking on each other with mostly Hogan's group getting the upper hand. Kevin Sullivan tried to use Vader as a pawn against Hogan, but it eventually backfired after a confrontation between Vader and the Giant leading to a WarGames match at Fall Brawl between the entire Dungeon and Hogan's allies. Vader agreed to be on Hogan's team, but he was injured and Sting suggested Lex Luger take his place. Macho Man and Hogan reluctantly agreed as there was already distrust towards Luger. Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Sting defeated Kamala, The Zodiac, The Shark and Meng to win the match, which per stipulation enabled Hogan to get 5 minutes with Sullivan inside the cage. Before the 5 minutes were up, however, the Giant made his way into the cage and attacked Hogan, (kayfabe) twisting his neck violently as to break it.

After the attack on Hogan, plans were set for a world title match at the Halloween Havoc. During this time the Dungeon shaved Hogan's iconic mustache and succeeded in bringing out the evil within him causing him to don all black instead of his signature red and yellow attire with Macho Man soon following suit. The Master of the Dungeon insured Kevin Sullivan that the giant would beat Hogan by summoning The Yeti