Paul Kalgard (wrestler)

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Doug Williams
Doug Williams at a TNA wrestling event in 2010.
Ring name(s)	Doug Williams Douglas Williams
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Born	1 September 1972 (age 40) Reading, Berkshire, England
Resides	Tampa, Florida, United States
Billed from	Manchester, England The United Kingdom (TNA)
Trained by	NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Dino Scarlo
Debute	1993

Paul Kalgard (born 1 September 1972) is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Douglas Williams. He also works as a trainer for TNA's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). In TNA Kalgard is a former 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 works as a trainer in TNA's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Throughout his career, Kalgard has also worked in various independent promotions in the United Kingdom and abroad, including Ring of Honor (ROH), the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA), One Pro Wrestling (1PW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH).

Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1.1 Ring of Honor (2002–2007) 1.2 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 1.2.1 Sporadic appearances (2003, 2008) 1.2.2 British Invasion and World Elite (2009–2010) 1.2.3 X Division and Television Champion (2010–2011) 1.2.4 British Invasion reunion and singles competition (2011–present) 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 Martial arts 3.2 Professional wrestling 4 References 5 External links

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2002–2007)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Sporadic appearances (2003, 2008)

British Invasion and World Elite (2009–2010)

Main article: The British Invasion

X Division and Television Champion (2010–2011)

British Invasion reunion and singles competition (2011–present)

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Bombs Away (TNA) / Bomb Scare (Independent circuit) (Diving knee drop)
  • Chaos Theory (Waist-lock backward roll transitioned into 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
  • Inverted Gory special
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Bridging / Release double underhook, sometimes from the top rope
    • Northern Lights
    • Snap followed by a gutwrench followed by an exploder
  • Push up facebusters

• With Brutus Magnus
  • Double team finishing moves
    • Bearhug (Magnus) / Diving European uppercut (Williams) combination
  • Double team signature moves
    • Double straight jacket neckbreaker
    • Running arched big boot (Magnus) / German suplex (Williams) combination

• Managers
  • Rob Truax
  • Ric Flair

• Nicknames
  • "The Anarchist"
  • "The Human Torture Device"
  • "The Finest Thing in Life"

• Entrance themes
  • "Song 2" by Blur
  • "Made in Britain" by Rusty Music
  • "The British Invasion" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
  • "Fortune 4" by Dale Oliver

Championships and accomplishments

Martial arts

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

Professional wrestling

• 3 Count Wrestling
  • 3CW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• All Star Wrestling
  • ASW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ASW Middle Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ASW People's Championship (1 time)

• Athletik Club Wrestling
  • ACW World Wrestling Championship (1 time)

• European Wrestling Associaition
  • EWA Intercontinental Championship (1 time)

• European Wrestling Promotion
  • EWP Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
  • EWP Submission Shoot Championship (1 time)

• Frontier Wrestling Alliance
  • FWA British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• German Wrestling Promotion
  • GWP WrestlingCorner Championship (1 time, current)

• International Catch Wrestling Alliance
  • ICWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• NWA UK Hammerlock
  • King of the Ring (1998)
  • Survivor Series Tournament (1996, 1997)

• Premier Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • PWF Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Worthing Trophy (2002–2004, 2006)
  • Wrestler of the Year (2002–2004, 2006, 2007)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #45 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010

• Pro Wrestling Noah
  • GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scorpio

• Revolution British Wrestling
  • One Night Tournament (2005)

• Ring of Honor
  • FWA British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
  • ROH Pure Championship Tournament (2004)

• Rings of Europe
  • Thermencup (2005)

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brutus Magnus
  • TNA Television Championship (1 time)
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brutus Magnus
  • TNA X Division Championship (2 times)

• The Wrestling Alliance
  • Universal British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • TWA British Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • TWA European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • TWA British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Robbie Brookside

• Triple X Wrestling
  • TXW Crush Championship (1 time)

• Ultimate Wrestling Alliance
  • UWA Championship (1 time)

• westside Xtreme wrestling
  • wXw Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Martin Stone
  • Trios Tournament (2006) – with Takashi Sugiura and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

References

External links