Timothy Well

Professional wrestling career Early career (1987) Smith made his professional wrestling debut in 1987 where he worked for both World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions as Rex King. He lost to the Ultimate Warrior on WWF Wrestling Challenge on December 10.

Southern Rockers/Well Dunn (1987-1995) Smith gained his first championship success while competing for Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW). He formed a tag team with Steve Doll, who was competing as one-half of the Southern Rockers with Scott Peterson. Smith, competing as Rex King, replaced Peterson. The new Southern Rockers won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship four times from 1989 to 1990. King also has success as a singles wrestler, as he won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship by defeating Scotty The Body, and NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship during this period.

King and Doll left PNW in February 1990 to compete for the United States Wrestling Association (USWA). They held the USWA World Tag Team Championship three times together before Doll returned to PNW. King remained in USWA, took on a new partner, Joey Maggs, and won the title belts for a fourth time.

King and Doll were not apart for long, however, as they returned to the USWA and won the tag team titles for the fourth time as a team and King's fifth time altogether. Their ring attire led wrestling author RD Reynolds to state that the team was "proof positive that bow ties and thongs do not match". Well Dunn competed against such teams as The Smoking Gunns and Men on a Mission. Shortly after their debut, however, Well sustained an injury and the team left the WWF.

Well Dunn returned to the WWF in 1994 and continued facing the promotions top teams, including The Headshrinkers, who held the WWF Tag Team Championship. When the title was vacated later that year, Well Dunn entered a tournament to determine the new champions. They were eliminated in the first round by Bob Holly and the 1-2-3 Kid, however. The team's biggest feud in the WWF was with The Bushwhackers. Matches between the teams were featured on the company's primary television show, Monday Night Raw, as well as a compilation video released by the WWF.

Puerto Rico and Japan (1995-1997) Well Dunn left the WWF in 1995 after losing matches to several of the company's top teams. Later that year, he took the place of Shane Sewell as a member of the Canadian Glamour Boys Tag Team with Sean Morley. They won the promotion's tag team title on November 26, 1995, and held it until the following March. After they lost the belts, Morley resumed teaming with Sewell. King returned to competing for WWC in Puerto Rico, where he defeated Jose Rivera Jr. on February 12, 2000, to win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. While still holding the Puerto Rican title, he also won the Television Championship for a third time, defeating Glamour Boy Shane (Sewell) for the belt on March 19.

In July 2016, Smith was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. After his death, the lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018.

Death On January 9, 2017, Smith died of a heart attack at his home in Greenup, Kentucky. A GoFundMe campaign that was set up by his mother for Smith's funeral stated that he had died "from complications from his WWF/WCW 22 year career” and that he had “been incapacitated for last several years.” After his death, his lawyer reported that he had been found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Championships and accomplishments Music City Wrestling MCW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Steve Dunn Pacific Northwest Wrestling NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Steve Doll NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship (1 time) United States Wrestling Association USWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Joey Maggs (1 time) and Steve Doll (4 times) World Wrestling Council WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time) WWC Television Championship (3 times) WWC World Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Ricky Santana (2 times), Steve Doll (1 time), Ray Gonzalez (1) and Glamour Boy Sean (1 time)