Trivia / Kevin Sullivan

• Acting for Two: Appeared at WCW SuperBrawl and WCW The Great American Bash 91 as both himself and as Oz (Kevin Nash)'s manager the Great Wizard.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Was the Great Wizard, the manager of Oz in 1991 WCW.
  • Has said of his work with his "brother" Dave: "It wasn't the best angle I'd ever been in."
• Enforced Method Acting: Told his wife Nancy and Chris Benoit to sell the storyline of her having an affair with him by spending time in public together and sharing motel rooms. Nancy ended up falling for Chris for real.
• Hostility on the Set: With Chris Benoit, after Nancy left him for Benoit. Sullivan has tried to deny it, but everyone else that was there during that time has debunked his denials. It's generally agreed that Sullivan becoming head booker of WCW again is one of the reasons why Benoit jumped ship to the WWF with the rest of the Radicalz.
• Promoted Fanboy: In Card Subject to Change, he said that when he wrestled as an amateur he knew professional wrestling was "bullshit," but added that when he saw the Sheik, he felt that the Sheik was "real."
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Inverted into The Gimmick Writes Real Life. Booked his then-wife Woman (Nancy Sullivan, later Nancy Benoit) as the manager/valet for the Four Horsemen, specifically Chris Benoit, in 1996 WCW, leading to her leaving Sullivan for real and marrying Benoit. This also qualifies for Be Careful What You Wish For, Hoist by His Own Petard and Nice Job Fixing It, Villain.
• Real Song Theme Tune:
  • (in Florida): Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
    • Marius Constant's "The Twilight Zone (1959) (Main Title)"
  • (in ECW): Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath"
• Referenced by...:
  • After Luna Vachon made her surprise ECW debut at the end of ECW Enter Sandman, May 13, 1995, aligning herself with Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Stevie Richards and Beulah McGillicutty cut a promo on a beach where Richards imitated The Purple Haze and talked about how Luna joining Sullivan's Army of Darkness "ruined Stevie Richards' childhood."
  • In OVW, the vignette where the Disciples of Synn summoned Leviathan (Batista) from the deep was a direct Homage to the Florida vignette where Sullivan Summoned the Purple Haze.
• What Could Have Been: If Sullivan has to admit a failing of his run as WCW booker, he will say it was not putting the title on Booker T before his Heel–Face Turn. Sherri Martel, for the record, agrees but Eric Bischoff was against the idea.