Doug Williams | |
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Doug Williams at a TNA wrestling event in 2010.
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Birth name | Douglas Clayton Durdle |
Born |
Reading, England, United Kingdom |
1 September 1972
Residence | Kentucky, United States |
Website | DougWilliamsWrestling.com |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Doug Williams Douglas Williams |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Billed from |
Manchester, England The United Kingdom (TNA) |
Trained by |
NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Dino Scarlo |
Debut | 1993 |
Douglas Clayton Durdle (born 1 September 1972) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a one–time Television Champion, two–time X Division Champion and a two-time tag team champion, having held the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the IWGP Tag Team Championship once each as part of The British Invasion. He also worked as a trainer for TNA's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a one-time OVW Heavyweight Champion. Throughout his career, Williams has also worked in various independent promotions in the United Kingdom and abroad, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), One Pro Wrestling (1PW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Ring of Honor (ROH).
Williams studied judo from the age of 11, using this as his background he began training to become a professional wrestler at the age of 16. At 19 Williams started working with NWA UK Hammerlock and became an active member of the roster during the mid-1990s, before moving on to FWA in 2001.