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. A longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling with tag team partner Phil Lafon, both men made their WWF debuts on November 17, 1996 at the Survivor Series Pay-Per-View.

[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, MN 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

  • 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

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[edit] References

  1. ^ Men’s colegiate National Records. Retrieved on 04-05, 2007.
  2. ^ Michael Soong. all time historical power lifting records. Retrieved on 04-05, 2007.


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