Doug Williams (wrestler)
British professional wrestler
Douglas Clayton Durdle (born September 1, 1972) is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He was known under the ring name, Douglas Williams.
Doug Williams | |
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Born | Reading, Berkshire, England | September 1, 1972
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Doug Williams Douglas Williams |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (2. 13cm) |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) (140 KG) |
Billed from | Manchester, England The United Kingdom (TNA) |
Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Dino Scarlo |
Debut | 1993 |
Signature moves
change- Bombs Away (TNA) / Bomb Scare (Independent circuit) (Diving knee drop)
- Chaos Theory (Williams pushes the opponent from behind into the turnbuckles, grabs hold of their waist, rolls backwards with them and follows up with a bridging German suplex)
- Guillotine choke – 2010
- Revolution DDT (Tornado DDT)
- Signature moves
- Anarchy Knee (Running high knee)
- British Figure Four Leglock (Reverse figure four leglock)
- Cravate, sometimes with repeated knee strikes to the opponent's head
- European uppercut, sometimes from the top rope
- Inverted Gory special
- Bridging/Release double underhook suplex, sometimes from the top rope
- Northern Lights suplex
- Push up facebusters
- Snap suplex transitioned into a gutwrench suplex and finished with an exploder suplex
Championships and accomplishments
change- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #45 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (one time) with Brutus Magnus
- TNA Television Championship (two times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (one time) with Brutus Magnus
- TNA X Division Championship (one time)
Other websites
change- TNA.com Profile Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Matt Morgan on IMDb