Doug Williams (wrestler)
Douglas Clayton Durdle (born 1 September 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 | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Doug Williams Douglas Williams |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (2. 13cm) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb. (140 KG) |
| Born | 1 September 1972
(aged 53) Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Billed from | Manchester, England The United Kingdom (TNA) |
| Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Dino Scarlo |
| Debut | 1993 |
Signature moves
- 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
- 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)
Doug Williams (wrestler) Media
Williams (far left) with Fortune in August 2010
The British Invasion making their entrance at Slammiversary IX
Williams is also a two-time TNA X Division Champion...
...and a former TNA Television Champion
Other websites
- TNA.com Profile Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Matt Morgan on IMDb