Episode 20: Doug Williams

Episode 20: Doug Williams

Update: 2025-07-02
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Few British wrestlers are more respected the world over, than 'The Ambassador' Doug Williams. The highly decorated former two-time FWA champion in the UK, TNA X Division champion and tag team champion in the US, and IWGP and GHC tag team champion in Japan, enjoyed a 30-year career full of major moments and matches. Within this, was a two-year stint for the FWA at the Morecambe Dome, which included the historic night of June 18 2005 when Doug and Scorpio defended the GHC tag titles against Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki - the only time the Pro Wrestling NOAH belts changed hands outside Japan. AND he was also the first inductee into the Morecambe Wrestling Hall of Fame! The skilled technician and originator of the Chaos Theory sat down with Greg Lambert to reminisce on his years in Morecambe and much more besides.



Topics include:

Hottest day of the year

Why Doug retired

NWA tag team title

Injuries

British Judo Champion

Busy in 2003/4

Debuting for Ring of Honor

AJ Styles, CM Punk and their peers

Origins of The Anarchist

"The Hitman doesn't shoot people"

Middle-class Englishman from the Home Counties

Working with Chris Hamrick

First impressions of the Morecambe Dome

Bosom

FWA's behind-the-scenes struggles

How much the FWA TV show made

Dying a slow death

Christopher Daniels

Faster than Jonny Storm

The infamous Morecambe night out

Attacking a dustbin

Blood-stained walls

Spidey senses

Quoting Bruce Lee

Bloody Alex Shane-Joe Legend belt angle

Gigging in Morecambe

Pro Wrestling NOAH and the token British guy

Mike Modest

Zack Sabre Jnr

Tagging with Scorpio

International Showdown

Tiger Emperor's mask

Mitsuharu Misawa and Stevie Knight have a ciggie

Small window

How the NOAH tag title match ended up in Morecambe

Marufuji and Suzuki

Japanese working light

Whisked away to Germany and Austria

TNA golden days

The British Invasion

Phone call from Terry Taylor

Nick Aldis nearly wrestled in Morecambe

5 Star Wrestling

Reading Greg's books

The tux

The Oscars of pro wrestling

Making it important

"Did I put him over?"

The Winter Gardens sloping floor

Meeting Toni Storm

Not fixing roads

"Sorry Joseph Conners!"

Keeping up with the youngsters

WWE's safe style

British wrestling today

Giving Chad Gable his blessing

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Episode 20: Doug Williams

Episode 20: Doug Williams

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