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Doug Williams (wrestler)

Douglas Clayton Durdle(born 1 September 1972),[1]known by hisring nameDoug Williams,is an Englishprofessional wrestler.He is best known for his work inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling,where he was aone–timeTelevision Champion,two–timeTNA X Division Championand a two-time tag team champion, having held theTNA World Tag Team Championshipand theIWGP Tag Team Championshiponce each as part ofThe British Invasion.He also worked as a trainer for TNA'sdevelopmental territoryOhio Valley Wrestling(OVW), where he was a one-timeOVW Heavyweight Champion.Throughout his career, Williams has also worked in various promotions in the United Kingdom and abroad, including theFrontier Wrestling Alliance(FWA),One Pro Wrestling(1PW) andPro Wrestling Noah.[5]

Doug Williams
Williams in 2010
Birth nameDouglas Clayton Durdle
Born(1972-09-01)1 September 1972(age 52)[1]
Reading, Berkshire,England[1][2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Doug Williams[1]
Douglas Williams[3]
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Billed weight240 lb (110 kg)[2]
Billed fromReading,England
The United Kingdom(TNA)
Trained byNWA UK Hammerlock[1]
Andre Baker[4]
Dino Scarlo[4]
Debut1993[1]

Professional wrestling career

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Early career

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Williams studiedjudofrom 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,[6]before moving on toFWAin 2001.[1]

While competing in FWA's King of England tournament, Williams wrestled and won a match againstEddie Guerrero.Williams would also go on to become the promotion'stop championon two occasions. Williams wrestled againstMartin Stonein the main event of the promotion's comeback show "New Frontiers" in August 2009, and has since become embroiled in the ongoing feud between Stone's faction "The Agenda" and the FWA Resistance.

By 2004, Williams would begin touring withPro Wrestling Noahin Japan where he would become aGlobal Honored Crown Tag Team ChampionwithScorpio.

Williams continued to win many foreign and local championships, even defeating "American Dragon"Bryan Danielsonin the final of a tournament inRethel,France on 6 May 2005 to become the first International Catch Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion.

WhileWorld Wrestling Entertainmentwas touring England in November 2006, Williams made adark matchappearance where he lost toCarlito.[7]

Williams would also appear occasionally on television throughout 2007 and 2008 with British wrestling promotions whilst working with TNA Wrestling, due to the ruling their contracted wrestlers can appear in independent promotions that aren't televised in the USA.

Ring of Honor (2002–2007, 2015)

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Williams went on a tour around the United States on several occasions making notable appearances inRing of Honorover the course of several years. He debuted for the promotion on 22 June 2002, defeatingAmerican Dragon.[8]This victory earned Doug a shot at theROH World Championshipon 27 July 2002, which was fought underironman rulesin a four-way contest, which also featuredChristopher Daniels,Low KiandSpanky.[8][9]

His return to Ring of Honor saw Williams regain theFWA British Heavyweight Championshipfrom Christopher Daniels, on 22 March 2003,[10]before unsuccessfully challengingSamoa Joefor the ROH World Championship on 26 April 2003.[11]On 19 July 2003,Reckless Youthdefeated Doug Williams in apure wrestling challenge.[12]

After another stint away, Williams returned on 14 February 2004 to defeatChris Sabinin the pure wrestling tournament, but was later knocked out byCM Punk.[13]On 17 July, inElizabeth, New Jersey,Williams defeatedJay Lethal,Nigel McGuinnessandR. J. Brewer,to qualify for the Pure Wrestling final.[14]The final was contested later that evening, and saw Williams defeatAlex Shelleyto capture thePure Wrestling Championship.[14][15]Williams had two successful defences of the Pure Wrestling Championship, defeating Shelley in a rematch on 23 July, andAustin Ariesthe following day.[15][16][17]He would go on to lose the title to John Walters on 28 August.[15][18]

On 11 September, Williams had another unsuccessful shot at the World Championship, which was also against Samoa Joe.[19]On 13 May 2005, Williams once again wrestled in ROH when he teamed withColt Cabanato defeat the team of Nigel McGuiness andChad Collyer,before losing toHomicidethe next day.[20][21]

During ROH's tour of the United Kingdom in August 2006, Williams teamed withJody Fleischas "Team UK", defeating "Team Noah" (SUWAandGo Shiozaki). The second show of the tour took place inBroxbourneand saw Williams defeatJimmy Rave.[22]

Williams' last appearances in ROH were in 2007. On 13 April, Williams teamed with regular partner Nigel McGuinness to face then-World ChampionTakeshi MorishimaandChris Heroin a tag team match.[23]McGuinness pinned Hero to win the match for his team. The next night at Fighting Spirit on 14 April, Doug made it two for two by defeatingColt Cabanawith his Chaos Theory finisher.[24]

In November 2015, Williams was booked as part of a series of "Supershow" cross-promotion events betweenPreston City Wrestlingand ROH inPreston, England.Williams was victorious againstSilas Youngon the first night but unsuccessful the second night in a match againstJay Lethalfor theROH World Championship.[25]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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Sporadic appearances (2003, 2008)

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Williams at a TNA House Show in Dublin in January 2009

Williams wrestledJames Stormon 26 March 2003 duringTNA Xplosion.[26]It was not until Williams was confirmed to have signed a contract with TNA Wrestling[27]from 12 June 2008 that he became part of their roster to take part in TNA Wrestling'sWorld X Cup.

Williams was part of TNA's UK tour, wrestling in all four shows. On 12 June 2008, inLiverpool,Williams teamed withGail Kim,though they fell short in defeat to the team ofAwesome Kongand"Cowboy" James Storm.[28]On 13, 14 and 15 June, TNA held a second show inLiverpool,along with others inCoventryandBrentwood.Doug also wrestled on these shows, with multiple 3 Way Dances againstJay LethalandA.J. Styles.Styles was victorious on all three occasions.[29]

Williams represented Team International during the2008 World X Cuptournament, where he defeated Team Japan'sMasato Yoshinoin hisImpact!debut on 10 July 2008.[30]He then wrestled in a 12-Man World X Cup elimination contest, atVictory Road.[31]Williams returned to TNA atTurning Pointwhere he competed in a X Division seeding match.[32]He eliminated Jimmy Rave from the ten-man match, but in the end the eventual winnerEric Youngeliminated him placing him third in the X Division rankings.[33]Williams competed on TNA's 2009 Maximum Impact Tour in X Division matches.

British Invasion and World Elite (2009–2010)

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Williams in his British Invasion attire
Main article:The British Invasion (professional wrestling)

Williams re-appeared on TNA television on 30 April 2009, episode ofImpact!,as a member ofThe British Invasionfaction,along withBrutus MagnusandRob Terry.The British Invasion got to the final of theTeam 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournamentbut lost toBeer Money, Inc.(James Storm andRobert Roode) atSacrifice.In the dark match ofSlammiversary,the British Invasion defeated Rhino and Eric Young. Later that evening, they interfered in the TNA World Tag Title match. At Victory Road,Team 3Dretained theirIWGP World Tag Team Titlesagainst the British Invasion. On 25 July episode of Impact!, the British Invasion, Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi defeated the TNA Originals after Eric Young turned on his team. After the match, Young, the British Invasion, Bashir and Kiyoshi formed World Elite. On 30 July episode ofImpact!,Williams and Magnus won the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Team 3D in aTables Match.[34]However,New Japan Pro-Wrestlingwould state that they still recognised Team 3D as the official champions since TNA did not have proper sanction to make the title change.[35][36]On 10 August 2009, NJPW formally recognised the title switch.[37]AtBound for Glorythe British Invasion lost the IWGP Tag Team Titles back to Team 3D, but managed to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles in afour wayFull Metal Mayhem Tag Team matchagainstBooker TandScott Steiner,Team 3D and Beer Money.[38]The following month atTurning PointWilliams and Magnus successfully defended the titles in a three-way match against Beer Money andThe Motor City Machineguns(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin).[39]AtFinal Resolutionthey were once again able to retain their titles in a match against Shelley and Sabin.[40]AtGenesisthe British Invasion lost the TNA World Tag Team Titles toMatt Morganand Hernandez.[41]

X Division and Television Champion (2010–2011)

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See also:Fortune (professional wrestling)

On 28 January episode ofImpact!Williams cashed in Rob Terry's "Feast or Fired"briefcase and used it to defeatAmazing Redfor theTNA X Division Championship.[42]Two days later Williams competed in his firstUltimate X matchat a house show in London, successfully defending his new title against Daniels,Suicide,Amazing Red and Chris Sabin.[43]On 18 February episode ofImpact!Rob Terry grew tired of his stable mates' abuse and attacked Magnus, thus completing hisfaceturn.[44]AtDestination XWilliams successfully defended the TNA X Division Championship againstShannon Mooreafter hitting him with a brick and afterwards cut a promo, where he claimed to hate the current X Division, full of acrobats calling themselves wrestlers, before announcing that he was going to re-establish the division as a place for purecatch-as-catch-canwrestlers like himself.[45]The British Invasion quietly disbanded after Magnus was taken off television following the event. On 5 April episode ofImpact!Williams began using the ring nameDouglas Williams.[3]AtLockdownWilliams was scheduled to defend his title in a three-waySteel Cage matchagainst bothKazarianand Moore, but was forced to miss the event due to being unable to fly out of Englandafter the country's airspace was closed following a volcano eruption in Iceland.[46]At the event TNA announced that as a result of missing the show, Williams was stripped of the TNA X Division Championship.[47]After missing two more weeks ofImpact!,Williams returned on 3 May episode ofImpact!and refused to hand the Championship belt over to the new champion, Kazarian, and claimed that he had to beat him for it atSacrifice,to get it.[48]Two weeks later at Sacrifice Williams defeated Kazarian to regain the TNA X Division Championship.[49]The following month atSlammiversary VIIIWilliams successfully defended his TNA X Division Championship againstBrian Kendrick,using a high flying manoeuvre, atornado DDT,despite his previous anti–high flying statements.[50]

Williams (far left) withFortunein August 2010

On 3 July 2010,Dixie Carterannounced that Durdle had signed a new long–term contract with TNA[51]which also led to him relocating from the United Kingdom to the United States.[52]On 11 July atVictory RoadWilliams successfully defended his TNA X Division Championship against Brian Kendrick, this time in an Ultimate Xsubmission match.[53]On 5 August episode ofImpact!Williams interfered in aStreet Fightbetween Jay Lethal andRic Flair,helping Flair win the match.[54]The following week Williams joined Flair'sFortune(originally spelled Fourtune) stable, as he, A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm and Matt Morgan attacked EV 2.0, a stable consisting of formerExtreme Championship Wrestlingperformers.[55]AtNo SurrenderWilliams defeated EV 2.0 memberSabuto retain the X Division Championship.[56]On 6 September, at the tapings of 16 September episode ofImpact!,Williams lost the X Division Championship to Jay Lethal.[57][58]Williams received his rematch for the title atBound for Glory.After failing to finish Lethal with his pure wrestling, Williams resorted to going for a high flying manoeuvre, aFrankensteiner,which ended up backfiring as Lethal countered it into asunset flipfor the victory.[59]On the following episode ofImpact!Fortune formed an alliance withHulk Hogan's andEric Bischoff's new stable,Immortal.[60]

On 28 October episode ofImpact!tensions rose between Williams and the rest of Fortune, in particular his former X Division rival Kazarian, who thought he had a bad attitude. Williams then replaced Kazarian in a tag team match, where he and A.J. Styles defeated EV 2.0 members Rob Van Dam and Raven, after Styles blind tagged Williams and stole his pinfall.[61]Williams then began showing signs of a possible face turn by standing up for Matt Morgan, who was kicked out of Fortune for showing concern forMr. Anderson,while also voicing his own concern for not being able to spotlight his talent, while a member of Fortune.[62]The following week Flair ordered Williams and Kazarian to settle their differences in the ring. Kazarian won the match between the members of Fortune, after a miscommunication between Williams and James Storm. After the match Flair made Williams and Kazarian shake hands.[63]AtTurning Pointthe seemingly re–united Fortune defeated EV 2.0 in a ten-man tag team match and, as a result, EV 2.0's Sabu was released from TNA.[64]On 11 November episode ofImpact!Williams, Roode and Storm faced former Fortune member Matt Morgan in a three–on–one handicap match. During the match Roode and Storm abandoned Williams and left him to be pinned by Morgan.[65]The following week Fortune interfered in a match between Morgan and Ric Flair, however, Williams refused to take part in beating Morgan down. When confronted by Styles, Williams turned face for the first time in his TNA career by attacking the rest of Fortune, helping Morgan clear the ring and costing Flair the match.[66]On 5 December atFinal ResolutionWilliams defeated Styles to win theTNA Television Championshipfor the first time.[67]On 23 December episode ofImpact!Williams defended the Television Championship against Styles in a20-minute Iron Man match.The match ended in a 1–1 draw, setting up another match atGenesison 9 January 2011, where Styles would put his spot in Fortune on the line against Williams' title.[68]However, Styles was forced to pull out of the match after suffering a legitimate hip injury and was replaced by his allyAbyss,who proceeded to defeat Williams for the Television Championship, after Styles ran in and hit Williams with the title belt.[69]

British Invasion reunion and singles competition (2011–2012)

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The British Invasion making their entrance atSlammiversary IX

On 31 March episode ofImpact!,Williams turned heel and reformed the British Invasion with Magnus by attacking the team of Eric Young andOrlando Jordan.[70]In their first match back together, Williams and Magnus were defeated byInk Inc.(Jesse Nealand Shannon Moore) on 12 April episode ofXplosion.[71]On 17 April atLockdown,Williams and Magnus were defeated again by Ink Inc. in a four tag team number one contenders'Steel Cage match.[72]Despite not having won a single match since their reformation, it was announced on 2 June episode ofImpact Wrestlingthat the British Invasion would receive a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship atSlammiversary IX.[73]At the pay-per-view, Williams and Magnus were unsuccessful in their challenge for the title, losing to the team of James Storm and Alex Shelley, who filled in for Robert Roode, who was sidelined with a storyline injury.[74]On 30 June episode ofImpact Wrestling,Williams and Magnus turned face by responding toMexican America's bad remarks by praising the United States. They were then attacked until Rob Terry returned to save them, effectively adding him back to the group.[75]On 14 July episode ofImpact Wrestling,Mexican America'sAnarquiaand Hernandez defeated Williams and Magnus in a TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contender's match, following outside interference from their stablemateRosita.[76]In December, Magnus formed a new tag team with Samoa Joe, which eventually led to the dissolution of the British Invasion.[77]

On 29 December episode ofImpact Wrestling,Williams was sidelined with a storyline injury, afterGunnerdropped him onto the concrete floor with aDDT.[78]Williams returned toImpact Wrestlingon 9 February 2012, episode, taped in London, losing to Alex Shelley in a three-way match, which also included TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries.[79]On 8 July atDestination X,Williams entered atournamentto determine the new X Division Champion, but was defeated in his first round match byKenny King.[80]

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012–2013)

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During the summer of 2012, Williams began working as a trainer in TNA'sdevelopmental territoryOhio Valley Wrestling(OVW).[81][82]In September, Williams also began making appearances for OVW's weekly television program.[83][84]Despite his new job in OVW, Williams also continued making appearances for TNA, unsuccessfully challengingZema Ionfor the TNA X Division Championship on 4 October episode ofImpact Wrestling.[85]On 30 January 2013, Williams defeated Rob Terry to win theOVW Heavyweight Championshipfor the first time.[86]He held the title until 10 April, when he lost it toJamin Olivencia.[87]On 5 June 2013, Durdle confirmed that he had been released from his TNA Wrestling contract, which also ended his run with OVW.[88][89]

Return (2014)

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On 1 February 2014, Williams returned to take part in TNA'sImpact Wrestlingtapings in London, he lost toEthan Carter IIIin a singles match.[90]The following day, Williams also took part in the tapings of theJoker's Wild IIpay-per-view, where he and Magnus reunited to defeat Chris Sabin and Gunner in a tag team match.[91]

Independent circuit (2014–2018)

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After leaving TNA Wrestling, Williams began working for various independent promotions, most notably in United Kingdom. On 4 October, Williams faced AJ Styles in a 3 way bout for the IWGP heavyweight championship but failed to win the title. on 8 November, Doug Williams defeated Tiger Ali to win the 4FW heavyweight title. on 29 December, Williams defeated Josh Faulkner in the semi-finals then defeated Zack Sabre Jr. to win the 2014 Worthing Trophy. On 28 October 2015, Williams andNick Aldisreunited asThe British Invasionas part ofGlobal Force Wrestling's GFW UK Invasion tour, defeatingMarty ScurllandRampage Brown.[92]On 20 May 2018, Douglas defeatedJoseph Conners,Rampage Brownand Rob Lynch to win the vacantProgress Atlas Championship.He lost the title on 30 September 2018 at the event Hello Wembley.[93]He was scheduled for a match on 21 December 2018 against Yoshinari Ogawa for Pro Wrestling Noah, in what was considered to be his final advertised match.[94]

Return (2019–2023)

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In 2019, Williams began taking bookings in Japan and Germany before committing to a return.[95][96]On 15 March 2021, Williams announced his return to professional wrestling with the following statement on his twitter; "The events of the past year has made me reassess my decision to retire as it made me understand that you should use your life to fullest doing what you enjoy. As such I am open to bookings again, email is in my bio...".[97]After a 3-year hiatus from the ring, Williams once again returned to the ring, touring the UK Independent circuit under the moniker of "The Ambassador" with companies such as ICW, PROGRESS, 1PW and Rev Pro.[98]

On 17 June 2021, Williams defeated Lookachu in a tournament final for the All Nations Championship at an event promoted jointly by Solent Wrestling Federation and Kreative Alternative Professional Organised Wrestling.[99]

Williams began to wind down his in-ring career in mid 2023. He challenged Andy Roberts[100]for the Union of European Wrestling AlliancesEuropean Heavyweight Championshipin Scotland forBritish Championship Wrestling[101]and Martin Steers for the Irish Junior Heavyweight Championship in Belgium.[102]

Williams indicated he was retiring on 17 June 2023[103][104]before confirming it in July by saying: Doug Williams the Pro Wrestler is over. A new story awaits. Farewell for now. Thank you for the appreciation. 30 Years of incredible memories.[105]

National Wrestling Alliance (2021–2022)

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On 7 December 2021, Williams made hisNWA Powerdebut teaming withNick AldisreformingThe British Invasiondefeating Hawx Aerie (PJ andLuke Hawx).[106]On March 22, Williams andHarry Smithwere defeated byThe Briscoe Brothersin the finals of theCrockett Cup.On June 11, Williams and Smith, now called theCommonwealth ConnectiondefeatedLa Rebelión Amarillato become theNWA World Tag Team Champions.The duo defended the titles against the Dirty Sexy Boys (JTG&Dirty Dango) before having to vacate the titles after 77 days.[107]

Championships and accomplishments

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Martial arts

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  • Judo
    • British Judo Championship (72 kg weight class; 1992)[1]

Professional wrestling

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Williams (left) andBrutus Magnus-The British Invasion- as theTNA World Tag Team Champions
Williams is also a two-timeTNA X Division Champion...
...and a formerTNA Television Champion

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