Sunday, April 28, 2024
Doug Williams

Doug Williams

Born:
01/09/1972
,
Reading, Berkshire, England
Birthname:
Douglas Clayton Durdle
Height & Weight:
5'11"
,
240 Ibs

Titles Won:

  • TNA Television Championship
  • TNA X Division Championship (2 times)
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship – with Brutus Magnus
  • Feast or Fired (2009 – X Division Championship contract)
  • ROH Pure Championship
  • ROH Pure Championship Tournament (2004)
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship – with Brutus Magnus
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship – with Harry Smith

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).

Other Notable Achievements

British Judo Championship (72 kg weight class; 1992)

3CW Heavyweight Championship

4FW Heavyweight Championship

ASW British Heavyweight Championship

ASW Middle Heavyweight Championship

ASW People’s Championship

ACW German Championship

ACW World Wrestling Championship

Destiny Rumble

EWA Intercontinental Championship

EWP Intercontinental Championship

EWP Submission Shoot Championship

FWA British Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

FWA British Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2001)

GWP WrestlingCorner Championship (2 times)

ICWA World Heavyweight Championship

Maximum Championship

Maximum Rumble (2016)

NWA UK King of the Ring (1998)

Survivor Series Tournament (1996, 1997)

OVW Heavyweight Championship

POW Intercontinental Championship

POW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dave Mastiff (1), Michael Kovac (1)

PWF Heavyweight Championship

PWF Mid-Heavyweight Championship

Worthing Trophy (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2017)

Wrestler of the Year (2002–2004, 2006, 2007)

PCW Heavyweight Championship

GHC Tag Team Championship – with Scorpio

PWP Catch Division Championship

One Night Tournament (2005)

Thermencup (2005)

SWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship

Universal British Heavyweight Championship

TWA British Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

TWA European Heavyweight Championship

TWA British Tag Team Championship – with Robbie Brookside

TopCatch Europameisterschaft Championship

TXW Crush Championship

UWA Championship

wXw Tag Team Championship – with Martin Stone

Trios Tournament (2006) – with Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

XWA Frontier Sports Championship