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Post by royboy8 on Jan 15, 2007 17:29:21 GMT -5
Ok, so I bought a very old roh dvd(road to the title from '02) and saw Williams work for the first time. Man am I freakin impressed. Who is this guy? I've never heard of him before.... I know he's older from Corino's commentary on him buy my question is, how in the heck hasnt this guy hit it big since the release of the DVD I just bought in '02?
But yeah, I saw a 10 star match between him and Am Dragon that anyone who is a fan of real(not spotfest) storytelling wrestling should watch. Some moves i've never seen before out of him and if its possibile, actually carried Dragon(yes he was really young then but still) to the great match that it was. Any info on this guy would be appreciated!
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Jan 15, 2007 17:32:28 GMT -5
He's an Englishman. He mostly wrestles in England. Although, he had a good run with the ROH Pure Title in 2004.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 15, 2007 17:42:57 GMT -5
He wrestles a lot in NOAH these days; he was even GHC Tag Champions with Scorpio, but he teams these days with fellow Brit and fellow former ROH Pure Champ Nigel McGuinness.
He reappeared in ROH for good stretch in 2004, then left again, then came back for a couple matches during the ROH UK doubleshot last year.
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Post by Murf on Jan 15, 2007 17:50:26 GMT -5
The Chaos Theory kicks ass.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 15, 2007 17:52:00 GMT -5
DOUGIE!
Seriously, Doug is awesome, he's the ultimate guy to have on UK shows, as he never has a bad match and everyone in the crowd loves him.
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Post by BHB on Jan 15, 2007 18:03:46 GMT -5
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Post by "IcePic" Rick Cobos on Jan 15, 2007 19:15:22 GMT -5
Me want Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness, Dynamite Kid, Fit Finlay, William Regal, and three other legitimately awesome British wrestlers in a tournament to determine the greatest British wrestler of all time.
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Post by OtisMaximus on Jan 15, 2007 19:33:14 GMT -5
Doug Williams is awesome. One of the reasons I watch ROH and NOAH.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 15, 2007 20:08:26 GMT -5
Y'know, it's been almost four and a half years, and we still haven't gotten Dragon/Williams III in ROH! They promised!
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jan 15, 2007 22:28:37 GMT -5
The NOAH forum has a question-and-answer thread with Doug Williams up right now: Check it out!Anyway, I really like his work. His match with Homicide at Nowhere to Run is pretty much the only Homicide singles match I really like.
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 15, 2007 22:59:36 GMT -5
Yeah, he's pretty damn good. I've seen a lot of his earlier ROH stuff.
CHAOS THEORY!
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 16, 2007 0:42:07 GMT -5
He also was the MVP of Superbowl XXII
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Post by H-Fist on Jan 16, 2007 2:09:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I love watching Doug Williams. Maybe they'll hit us up with the 2-out-of-three falls match in 2008. That'd be great.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 16, 2007 7:09:33 GMT -5
Me want Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness, Dynamite Kid, Fit Finlay, William Regal, and three other legitimately awesome British wrestlers in a tournament to determine the greatest British wrestler of all time. Give Nigel a few more years and he could be in this tournament... give his spot to Jim Breaks, add in Bert Assirati, Billy Robinson and Billy Riley. I mean, for all I know, Regal, Finlay and Dougie might not even make the list, but they do IMHO.
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Post by royboy8 on Jan 16, 2007 14:23:42 GMT -5
Man his match in the ROH dvd I bought with Am Dragon was sensational. I honestly can not stress that enough. If you are a wrestling fan, this is a match you have to watch. Go to FYE and buy the road to the title dvd for 9 bucks like I did.
They were pretty much the only people on the card who mixed basic(techniqually brilliant) moves in with some moves Ive honestly never seen before. There was a spot where Williams shoved Dragon into the turnbuckle, Dragon came back to Williams, Williams did a backward roll into a freakin German Bridge Suplex! It might be the coolest move Ive ever seen. Totally amazing. I have to get my hands on more matches from this guy.
I ask again....How in the world hasnt the E signed this guy? He's fantastic and from watching only two matches of his, from 4 years ago, may be my current favorite wrestler lol.
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Post by "IcePic" Rick Cobos on Jan 16, 2007 14:50:43 GMT -5
I wouldn't call Doug's ROH debut "sensational."
You want a sensational Doug Williams match? Try my pick for the most underappreciated match in ROH history: vs. Christopher Daniels (Night of Champions.) The ONLY thing that kept me from personally giving it ***** was I felt it just needed a little bit more drama/crowd involvement, that's it, but the match is just off the charts, and is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the carwreck AJ/Red vs. Briscoes match on the same card that everyone and their grandmothers were creaming themselves over.
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