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Doug Furnas

Nickname: The World's Strongest Man

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 243 lbs

From: Commerce, OK

Birthday: Dec 11th

Pro Debut: 1986

Feds Worked For: ECW, NWA, WCW, WWF, All-Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Smoky Mountain Wrestling (KY/TN), Universal Wrestling Association (Japan)

Finisher: Frankensteiner

Signature Moves: Dropkick

Career Highlights: -All Japan All-Asia Tag Team Champion (5x; all w/ Phil Lafon)
-UWA Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Phil Lafon)
-ECW World Tag Team Champion (w/ Phil Lafon)
-USACW Champion
-USACW Tennessee Champion

Affiliates: Phil Lafon, Lance Wright, Mike Furnas

Notable Feuds: British Bulldogs, The Heavenly Bodies

Other Facts: -Full name was Dwight Douglas Furnas
-Brother of pro wrestler Mike Furnas
-Sometimes billed from San Diego, CA or Knoxville, TN
-Graduated from Commerce High School in Commerce, OK
-Attended college and played collegiate football at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, OK before transferring to the University of Tennessee where he was a running back.
-Before beginning his professional wrestling career, he set two world records in powerlifting in 1987.
-Still holds the men's collegiate national records in the squat (881.75 lbs.) and deadlift (766 lbs.) in the 242 lbs. weight class, which he set on March 26, 1983 while attending the University of Tennessee. He is also one of the few men to achieve a total of 2400 pounds, with a total of 2403 on June 28, 1987 in Bloomington, MN while competing in the 275 lbs. weight class. He also holds the Tennessee state records for the squat (985 lbs.), deadlift (821 lbs.), and total.
-In his first match as a professional wrestler, he ripped the door off a steel cage.
-Pro wrestler Del Wilkes (AKA The Patriot) was his Best Man at his wedding to his wife Martha on May 12, 1995
-Formed a successful tag team with Phil Lafon known as The Can-Am Express. While in WWF, they were in a car accident while riding with Psycho Sid (AKA Sid Vicious) and Flash Funk (AKA 2 Cold Scorpio). They were injured when the car rolled 4 or 5 times. Although they were kept on the WWF roster, they were sent to ECW when they healed up because WWF Creative said they didn't have anything for them.
-After retiring in 2000, he raised bulls used in the Pro Bull Riders association in rodeos. He also started a group home for boys in San Diego named Team Varsity, Inc.
-Ranked # 59 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 136 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 118 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 110 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked # 116 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Ranked # 145 in the 1996 PWI 500
-Ranked # 138 in the 1997 PWI 500
-Ranked # 169 in the 1998 PWI 500
-Passed away March 2, 2012 at the age of 52. He had been battling Parkinson's disease for many years as well as early onset Alzheimer's.