Line #47 Wrestling/ShaneDouglas


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4	->''"In the tradition of Wrestling/LouThesz. In the tradition of Jack Brisco, of the Brisco Brothers, of Wrestling/DoryFunkJr, of Wrestling/TerryFunk, the man who will never die. And to the REAL 'Nature Boy' Wrestling/BuddyRogers, upstairs tonight. From the Wrestling/{{Harley Race}}s, to the Wrestling/{{Barry Windham}}s, to the ... Wrestling/{{Ric Flair}}s. I accept this Heavyweight Title. Wait a second. Wait a second. Of [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kerry Von Erich]], of the fat man himself, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, this is it tonight, dad. God, that's beautiful. And [[Wrestling/RickySteamboat Rick Steamboat]], and they, can all... KISS... MY... ASS!"''
5	-->--'''"The Franchise" Shane Douglas''', August 27, 1994
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7	Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, PA best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Shane Douglas.''' He debuted in 1982 and would compete for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}} and other promotions before arriving in ECW in 1993. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html NWA ECW Heavyweight Title[=/=]ECW World Heavyweight Title]] 4 times, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-tv.html ECW World Television Title]] twice and made history when [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=40 he threw down]] the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]], marking ECW's separation from the NWA.
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9	He had a brief run in WWE in 1995 as '''Dean Douglas''' ([[BadassTeacher a murderous academic]]), where he suffered from [[Wrestling/TheKliq Kliq]] politics, and had the shortest [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] reign on record, a mere 11 minutes or so, entirely at ''WWF in Your House 4: Great White North,'' October 22, 1995. He jumped to WCW in Summer 1999 and would have one run with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Title]] and his second (first was with Wrestling/RickySteamboat in 1992) and final run with the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]], this time with Buff Bagwell. He would go on to compete for [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{MLW}} and other promotions.
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11	!! "...and these tropes can all KISS MY ASS!":
12	* AlliterativeName:
13	** The '''D'''ynamic '''D'''udes
14	** '''T'''he '''T'''riple '''T'''hreat
15	** '''D'''ean '''D'''ouglas
16	* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/TheKliq, and not entirely in kayfabe.
17	* BigGuyLittleGuy: With [[Wrestling/SidEudy Lord Humongous (Sid Vicious)]] in Continental in Alabama. They were 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/secw/cont-t.html NWA Continental Tag Team Champions]] in 1988.
18	* BullyingADragon: Douglas called out Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} on the September 4, 2000 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro''. As soon as Goldberg's music hit, Shane's [[EyeTake eyes popped]] in a true OhCrap[=/=]MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. Shane had recruited the [[Characters/WCWFinalYears Natural Born Thrillers]] (Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Mike Sanders, Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Reno [Rick Cornell] and Johnny the Bull [John "Johnny Stamboli"/"[[{{SdrawkcabName}} Rellik]]" Hugger] doing a weak UrExample of what Wrestling/TheNexus would be ten years later) to help him, and, even with '''8 GUYS''' against him, Goldberg was still able to win the match.
19	* CassandraTruth: He was the first to speak out against the evils of the Kliq.
20	* ClusterFBomb: Especially if the subject was WCW, besides the time he was working their, obviously.
21	* CrowdChant: In the years [[VillainDecay after he left ECW]], they tended to be "Fuck You Shane" or "Just Retire"
22	* DirtyCoward: He stood out from the crazy brawlers in ECW by the fact that he would take advantage of the referees to pull a chain or other object out of his boots, even though there were very few ways to get disqualified, and that wasn't one of them.
23	* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Papas]]: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kpEjrKqf3s big promo]] when he threw down the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] belt and named himself the ECW World Heavyweight Champion, he said, "I stand before all of you here tonight with God and my father as witnesses."
24	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He, Wrestling/MickFoley and Wrestling/BrianHildebrand all trained at Dominic [=DeNucci=]'s wrestling school at the same time.
25	* TheFarmerAndTheViper: A rare case of a {{Heel}} falling for this:
26	** During the build to ''ECW Barely Legal,'' April 13, 1997, a masked man who was [[PaperThinDisguise pretty much believed to be]] Wrestling/RickRude was threatening Shane and promised to unmask if Douglas successfully defended his [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-tv.html ECW World Television Championship]] against Pitbull #2 (w/Pitbull #1) at the [=PPV=]. Douglas won his match, and what was believed to be Rude's voice came over the sound system, saying that he'd take his mask off, but Douglas has to "give up the girl" (Wrestling/{{Francine}}) or he'd give Douglas "the ass-kicking of a lifetime." The masked man then walked out in Rude's trademark robe. Shane pushed Francine toward him. The masked man kissed Francine, who, believing it was Rude, appeared to pass out in delight. Then, one of Douglas' riot guards unmasked, revealing ''himself'' to be Rick Rude. The masked man unmasked and took off his robe, revealing, instead, Douglas' Triple Threat ally "Bulldozer" Brian Lee, who then chokeslammed Douglas. Douglas, Wrestling/ChrisCandido and a clearly disgusted Francine ran off, vowing revenge.
27	** After a few more months of making trouble for Douglas for his own amusement (including pulling up Francine's dress to reveal her panties during Douglas' match with Chris Chetti at ''Buffalo Invasion'' on May 17), he surprisingly turned on Tommy Dreamer and [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]] in a six-man-tag against Wrestling/RobVanDam, Wrestling/{{Sabu}} and Wrestling/JerryLawler at ''[=Heat Wave=]'' on July 19, giving the Triple Threat handsign. Douglas defeated [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html ECW World Heavyweight Champion]] Sabu and Wrestling/TerryFunk in a three-way-dance to win the title at ECW's second [=PPV=], ''Hardcore Heaven,'' on August 17. This led to Rude becoming a manager for the Triple Threat (now, Douglas, Candido and Wrestling/BamBamBigelow, w/Francine) and handpicking opponents for him, as thanks for Douglas giving Rude one night with Francine. Douglas defeated Wrestling/AlSnow, Wrestling/BallsMahoney and Phil [=LaFon=]. Then came the October 16th show at the Elk's Lodge in Queens, NY. Rude told Douglas that he had found him an opponent who "ran roughshod over the WWF." Douglas asked, "You got me [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels the Boy Toy]]?"[[note]]This was during the time when, due to the interpromotional relationship between ECW and [=WWE=], Rude was going back and forth working with both Douglas and his hated enemy Michaels, stemming from Douglas' run-ins with the Clique in WWE in 1995 as Dean Douglas.[[/note]] Then, [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the Jungle"]] started playing, with Douglas doing a great EyeTake, as BAM BAM BIGELOW was revealed to be Douglas' opponent, meaning that Rude had tricked Douglas [[IdiotBall TWICE in SIX MONTHS]].
28	* FinishingMove: Belly-To-Belly Suplex, Pittsburgh Plunge, Franchiser.
29	** As Dean Douglas, he used a Fisherman's Suplex called the "Final Exam."
30	* FormerlyFit: Years of drug abuse and injuries combined with old age, turned one of the best bodies in Wrestling/{{ECW}} into one of the worst.
31	* GeniusBruiser: He has degrees in political science and history.
32	* [[{{Pun}} Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Dean Douglas carried around his "Board of Education."
33	* {{Jerkass}}: As a heel, which he's been pretty consistently since 1993.
34	* PartsUnknown: (as Dean Douglas): "The University of Higher Learning"
35	* PerkyFemaleMinion: When he hired manager Jade Chung in Border City Wrestling.
36	* ThePeterPrinciple: Like most ECW talent, Shane was a odd fit for the big leagues just because he couldn't cut the same promos. All of Shane's "classic" interviews involved him swearing up a storm or running down WCW and the WWF. Once he joined WCW, he couldn't do ''any'' of that, so he was left to quote bad catchphrases. So the fans had little reason to care about Shane, since--minus the E-C-Dubbish interviews--he's just another midcarder with below-average mic skills.
37	* PowerStable:
38	** (in ECW): Wrestling/EddieGilbert's Hot Stuff International, Wrestling/PaulHeyman's Dangerous Alliance, and the Triple Threat (with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, Wrestling/DeanMalenko, Wrestling/{{Francine}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Brian Lee, Bam Bam Bigelow, Wrestling/RickRude, Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch and Wrestling/LanceStorm).
39	** (in WCW): The Revolution, with Benoit, Malenko, Wrestling/PerrySaturn and [[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent Asya]], and The New Blood (led by Wrestling/VinceRusso and Wrestling/EricBischoff with Wrestling/JeffJarrett as the original centerpiece before the group fell apart.)
40	** (in TNA): Wrestling/JamesMitchell's The New Church, and the New Franchise, which was himself, Traci Brooks and Michael Shane (ironic, since Shane, real name Matt Bentley, is Shawn Michaels' cousin.)
41	* RedBaron: "The Franchise"
42	* TheRival: Reformed the original Triple Thread in the International Wrestling Cartel after Bubba the Bulldog started a new Triple Threat.
43	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: As the International Wrestling Cartel's Director Of Wrestling Operations in 2010.
44	* SmallNameBigEgo: Outside of ECW, he has pretty much been this, especially near the end of WCW.
45	* SmugSnake: He once hyped a title defense against the Sandman by promising that if, after the match was over, he was "not recognized by this damn company as its champion," he'd give the crowd "Francine, naked, in the middle of the ring, until the end of the night," with Francine [[TakeThatKiss sarcastically blowing a kiss]] at the camera.
46	* TagTeam: The Dynamic Dudes, with [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]]
47	* TakeThat: Dean Douglas was originally scheduled to face Wrestling/AhmedJohnson at ''WWF in Your House 5: Season's Beatings'', December 17, 1995. However, he claimed he had a back injury and brought in as his replacement his "graduate student," "The Nature Boy" Buddy Landel, who walked out in a fancy robe and to music that bore a distinct resemblance to Flair's. Ahmed squashed Landel in 42 seconds. The whole thing was an in-joke for those {{Smart Mark}}s who knew of Douglas' hatred for Ric Flair, as it was a guy with the same gimmick and music getting squashed like a bug.
48	** The Franchise couldn't get his hands around Flair's neck in ECW, as the Nature Boy wouldn't show his face in Philly, so he had to settle for his former valet Wrestling/SherriMartel. The commentators concocted a story that Flair had sent her there as a deep-cover spy. "That's low even for him!"
49	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: He was a lot meaner to The Naturals than Wrestling/ChrisCandido had been
50	* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Nephew]]: To Wrestling/PaulOrndorff, as "Troy Orndorff"
51	* UrExample: He was the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mlw/mlw-h.html MLW World Heavyweight Champion]]. It became CanonDiscontinuity when he threw it down in a [[HistoryRepeats similar fashion]] to the way he did the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, with Wrestling/SatoshiKojima being officially recognized as the first champion.
52	* TheVoiceOfAGeneration: An UrExample. Before the term was coined, Shane Douglas was one of the first ones to make a "[[Wrestling/CMPunk pipebomb]]" at the beginning of TheNineties. After winning the Wrestling/{{NWA}} Heavyweight Championship, Shane made a powerful speech thanking all the previous champions... then threw up the title and dismissed it in exchange for the new ECW Heavyweight Championship, basically saying he didn't want to be "the last of a lineage" but being "the torch for a new era", this is because he wasn't the only one who thought NWA had a declive and a new era should be made. For Wrestling/PaulHeyman (also known for making lots of "pipebombs"), this moment is WhenItAllBegan for the Wrestling/{{ECW}} as company, before that it was just a minor federation part of the NWA.
53	* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Cactus Jack. Wrestling/MickFoley and Troy Martin trained at Dominic [=DeNucci=]'s school at the same time, and their past was worked into the storyline in ECW in 1995.
54	** Although this is entirely storyline as to this day Shane fondly refers to Mick as one of his best and oldest friends in the business.
55	* WouldHitAGirl: He suplexed and piledrove Wrestling/{{Beulah McGillicutty}} a few times.
56	* WrestlingDoesntPay: A wrestling college dean as "Dean Douglas."

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