Dan Spivey
Daniel Eugene Spivey (born October 14, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler best known under the ring names "Dangerous" Dan Spivey, Dangerous Dan The Left Hand Man, Danny Spivey, Mr. America, and Waylon Mercy, initially working under the name Starship Eagle. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively for World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He retired from wrestling in 1995 due to injuries and now works in alcoholism counselling in his native Florida.
| Dan Spivey | |
|---|---|
Spivey as Waylon Mercy in October 1995 | |
| Birth name | Daniel Eugene Spivey |
| Born | October 14, 1952 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dan Spivey Starship Eagle Waylon Mercy Mr. America |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) |
| Billed weight | 290 lb (132 kg) |
| Billed from | Griffin, Georgia Tampa, Florida |
| Trained by | Rick Martel Dusty Rhodes Barry Windham |
| Debut | 1983 |
| Retired | October 1995 |
Spivey spent a lot of his career as part of various tag teams and is especially known in the U.S. for teaming with Sid Vicious and then with "Mean" Mark Callous as "The Skyscrapers" in WCW and teaming with Mike Rotunda to form The American Express in WWF. He started his career teaming with Starship Coyote, collectively known as "American Starship". In Japan he teamed with various wrestlers over the years winning the World Tag Team Championship with Stan Hansen and teaming with Johnny Ace for long periods of time.
His last wrestling persona, Waylon Mercy, was inspired by Robert De Niro's portrayal of Max Cady in the 1991 remake of Cape Fear. While he only worked a few matches under that name, he later inspired the creation of the Bray Wyatt character as Spivey worked with Windham Rotunda to initially develop it.