Doug Somers

Doug Somers
Born	September 22nd, 1951 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Doug Somers
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Trained by	Harley Race
Debut	1971
Retired	February 23, 2012

Doug Somers (real name Douglas Duane Somerson) is an American retired professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. He worked in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s as part of a tag team with "Playboy" Buddy Rose, managed by Sherri Martel.

Douglas Duane Somerson born September 22, 1951 in the heart of South Minneapolis, Minnesota is the youngest of seven children by Carl and Dorothy Somerson. He has four brothers Jack, Russ, Dennis, and Gene and two sister Barbara and Shirley. He is also uncle to author Julie Somerson (Via Gene).

In Minneapolis in 1986 as part of Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association (AWA) Somers teamed up with "Playboy" Buddy Rose and manager Sherri Martel. The duo captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Curt Hennig and Scott Hall via countout on May 17, 1986. They went on to feud with The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) over the belts for the remainder of 1986, culminating with Michaels and Jannetty winning the title on January 17, 1987.

Somers would continue to wrestle for the AWA as both a singles wrestler and tag team wrestler (with both Buddy Wolfe and Kevin Kelly) throughout 1987. He would also be a last minute replacement for Boris Zukhov (who jumped to the World Wrestling Federation) as Soldat Ustinov's tag team partner in a title defense against Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee.

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