Episode 20: Doug Williams

The Morecambe Wrestling Podcast

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 - 1 hour 12 minutes

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