Bill DeMott

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

He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Hugh Morrus and World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) under his real name.

DeMott also performed as Crash the Terminator in both Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) and Japan.

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

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

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

From there he began working at small independent promotions using the name Big Sweet Williams.

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

Under this name he found some success, first capturing the AWF World Heavyweight Title from Steve Strong in Puerto Rico, before moving on to the Japanese promotion W*ING and winning their World Tag Team Championship with Mr. Pogo.

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

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

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

At Ultimate Jeopardy in March 1994 he defeated the Pitbull.

His final ECW appearance came on May 13, 1994, in a TV victory against AJ Powers, which aired on June 7.

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

He wrestled for Eastern Championship Wrestling for a short time under his "Crash the Terminator" name.

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

He 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.

He made his television debut as a member of The Dungeon of Doom as "The Laughing Man" Hugh Morrus (a pun on the word humorous) on the November 18, 1995 episode of WCW Saturday Night in a vignette inside the Dungeon, where Kevin Sullivan told his (kayfabe) father, The Master, that he was giving him something he never had: laughter, and that he was giving him "the man from the Isle of Nowhere."

Upon the dissolution of the Dungeon of Doom in mid-1997, Morrus was relegated to the undercard.

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

As a part of the growing hardcore wrestling style in WCW, Morrus joined Jimmy Hart's First Family stable in 1998.

Although the Family found success and received a push following a victory over their rivals The Revolution, the stable was suddenly disbanded in 1999.

At this time, DeMott took some time off from WCW.

Generally used as a jobber to the stars in WCW, he attained championship success during the promotion's dying days in late 2000 and early 2001, holding the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship twice.

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

The angry Morrus gimmick came to a halt when Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff took over and aimed to take WCW in a new direction.

After getting on Russo's bad side (in kayfabe), Morrus was fired from his New Blood stable along with a number of other wrestlers.

These ex-New Blood members (including Chavo Guerrero Jr.. and Booker T) formed the comedic Misfits in Action stable, which saw its members adopt both military-themed names and attires.

As the stable's leader, Morrus re-christened himself General Hugh G. Rection, and led the group in a feud against Filthy Animals.

The group's comedic nature and the workrate of some of the wrestlers made the group immediate favorites with fans.

Upon the introduction of the heel Team Canada, the Misfits In Action immediately began feuding with Team Canada, based over the patriotism both stables had for their respective countries.

As the leader of the Misfits, Rection feuded with Team Canada's leader and United States Heavyweight Champion Lance Storm, with the two trading wins until Rection defeated both Storm and a turncoat "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in a handicap match on October 29 at Halloween Havoc to win the title.

Rection would soon lose the title back to Storm on the November 13 episode of Nitro before defeating Storm to regain the title on November 26 at Mayhem.

After his feud with Storm, the next night on Nitro, DeMott stood in the ring and spoke to the fans.

During this segment, the WCW locker room emptied and many wrestlers from backstage stood on the entrance way clapping for DeMott; Bill Goldberg grabbed the microphone and, fondly recalling his first opponent in WCW, said "Hey, Goldberg's streak had to start somewhere, my friend."

After an unsuccessful stint as a performer in WWE, DeMott retired from in-ring competition and transitioned into the role of a trainer for the company's Tough Enough program, on which he became known for using a rough, controversial style in handling trainees, as well as WWE's developmental territories Deep South Wrestling, Florida Championship Wrestling, and NXT; after working for WWE a total of 14 years between 2001 and 2015, he resigned from the company.

At Sin on January 14, 2001, Rection lost the United States Heavyweight Title to Shane Douglas.

Following the title loss, the Misfits disbanded when Rection announced that they were honorably discharged, which led to Rection reverting to his Hugh Morrus name while the now former Misfits briefly feuded amongst each other.

DeMott would then resume his pursuit of the United States Heavyweight Title until the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) bought out WCW.