5 Best bookers in Pro Wrestling history

#5 Bill Watts

Dr. Death Steve Williams got his start in UWF, owned and operated by Cowboy Bill Watts

Watts is famous for being the promoter of Mid-South Wrestling. Watts was the first man to create the current and popular "episodic" style of television. He also helped to make household names of Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, Ted DiBiase and Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

Watts used his promotion to make wrestling popular in Louisiana and Oklahoma. His work also brought the Midnight Express and the Rock and Roll Express to mainstream America. Watts was the first real booker to push African American talent to the top of the card.

Watts’ UWF promotion was benefitted by Jim Ross doing play-by-play and the addition of Jim Cornette as a manager of the Midnight Express. Most of Watts’ talent eventually moved over to the NWA and WCW.

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