Doug Furnas
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| Doug Furnas | |
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| Ring name(s) | Doug Furnas |
| Billed height | 5'11" (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 243 lbs. (110 kg) |
| Born | December 11, 1961 Commerce, Oklahoma, United States |
| Debut | 1986 |
Doug Furnas (b. December 11, 1961) is a former American professional wrestler and powerlifter. Furnas briefly worked for World Championship Wrestling in the early 90. A longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling with tag team partner Phil Lafon, the duo joined ECW in late 1996 where they had a series of high profile matches against Sabu and Rob Van Dam. A few months later, both men made their WWF debuts on November 17, 1996 at the Survivor Series Pay-Per-View. After being underutilized, they returned to ECW in late 1997, and won the ECW World Tag Team Title from the F.B.I. Their reign would not last long, however, as they went on to lose the belts to Chris Candido and Lance Storm.
[edit] Powerlifting
Furnas still holds the men's collegiate national records in the squat (400kg/881.75lb) and deadlift (347.5kg/766lb) in the 110kg / 242lb weight class, which he set on March 26, 1983 while attending the University of Tennessee[1]. He is also one of the few men to achieve a total of 2400 pounds, with a total of 2403 (1090kg) on June 28, 1987 in Bloomington, Minnesota while competing in the 125kg/275lb weight class [2]. Furnas also holds the Tennessee state records for the squat (985lb), deadlift (821lb), and total.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (5 times) with Dan Kroffat (Phil LaFon)
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- ECW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Dan Kroffat
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- PWI ranked him # 169 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1998
- PWI ranked him # 138 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997
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- UWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dan Kroffat (Phil LaFon)
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- 1992 Match of the Year (with Phil Lafon vs Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi)
[edit] References
- ^ Men’s colegiate National Records. Retrieved on 04-05, 2007.
- ^ Michael Soong. all time historical power lifting records. Retrieved on 04-05, 2007.
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