Shane Douglas

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Real name: Troy Martin
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 255 lbs.
Date of birth: November 21, 1963
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Pro debut: November 1982
Trained by: Dominic Denucci
Finishing move: The Franchiser

Biography

– Douglas debuted on Thansgiving day 1982 using his real name. A short time later, his ring name was changed to Troy Orndorff.
– Upon entering the UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation), Martin’s ring name was changed by the late “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt to Shane Douglas.
– Douglas defeated Gilbert to win the UWF Television title on August 3, 1987, in Morgan City, LA.
– On July 18, 1988, Lord Humongous (Sid Eudy) and Douglas captured the Continental Tag Team title in Birmingham, AL.
– Douglas won a tournament on June 25, 1992 to win the IWA (Ohio) title in Beaver Falls, Penn.
– On November 18, 1992, Douglas captured the Unified NWA/WCW World Tag Team Title with Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, defeating Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes in Macon, GA.
– Douglas was declared Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) champion on September 9, 1993, via forfeit when Tito Santana no-showed in Roanoke, VA.
– In February 1994, the 60 minute triangle match between Douglas, Sabu, and Terry Funk ended in a draw.
– On March 26, 1994, Douglas won an eight man tag match to capture his second Eastern Championship Wrestling title. The promotion was later re-named Extreme Champion Wrestling.
– Douglas defeated Demolition Ax in Butler, PA on April 4, 1994 for the vacant USWL (United States Wrestling League) Unified title.
– On August 27, 1994, ECW hosted the NWA World Championship Tournament. Douglas went through Dean Malenko, Taz, and Too Cold Scorpio to win the vacant title. After the match, Douglas talked about the history of the NWA belt and the many great athletes who had held it. With that in mind, Douglas threw the belt to the canvas and declared himself ECW champion.
– In April 1995, Douglas successfully defended the ECW title against the Sandman when Woman turned on Sandman to help Douglas retain the title. During their rematch, Woman proved she had used Douglas when she used the Singapore cane to strike Douglas on the back of his leg while he applied the cross face chicken wing. This caused Douglas to be pinned, losing the championship.
– In July 1995, Douglas announced he was leaving ECW to enter the WWF and created the character “Dean” Douglas. Douglas won the Intercontinental title by forfeit, but was defeated the same night by Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) for the championship.
– In December 1995, Douglas abruptly left the World Wrestling Federation, and re-signed with ECW.
– Douglas defeated Jim Neidhart for the NEW Northeast title on March 16, 1996 in Wallkill, NY.
– “The Franchise” captured the ECW Television title from Too Cold Scorpio on May 11, 1996.
– Douglas won his second ECW Television title on July 13, 1996, defeating Chris Jericho, Pitbull #2 and Too Cold Scorpio in an Elimination match.
– Francine entered the elimination match as the manager of Pitbull #2 (Anthony Durante), but turned against him and aligned herself with Douglas.
– On August 17, 1997, Douglas defeated Sabu and Terry Funk in a three-way dance to claim his third ECW title.
– On September 11, 1997 in San Antonio, TX, ECW champion Douglas defeated Tommy Dreamer.
– After dropping the title to Bam Bam Bigelow, Douglas regained the championship at the 1997 November to Remember PPV. Douglas held the championship for more than a year before dropping it to Taz at the 1999 “Guilty As Charged.”
– Douglas defeated John Diamond for the vacant NEW Northwest title on October 4, 1998 in Terryville, CT.
– At Living Dangerously ’99, Douglas and Dreamer defeated Justin Credible and Lance Storm.
– On May 20, 1999, under a mask, Douglas won a battle royal in White Plains, NY to claim the NAWA title.
– Douglas entered World Championship Wrestling on July 12, 1999 after signing a three year contract.
– In late 1999 Douglas underwent bicep surgery.
– Douglas, along with the Radicals, requested a meeting with then WCW Vice President Bill Busch. In the end, Douglas was given his release, but never signed the papers.
– On April 10, 2000, Douglas agreed to a two year contract shortly before doing a run in on Ric Flair on “Nitro” in Denver, CO.
– At Spring Stampede, Bagwell and Douglas won a one night tournament to capture the vacant WCW World Tag Team title.
– Douglas defeated The Wall in a tables match at the Great American Bash in Baltimore, MD.
– Douglas, Bigelow, and Candido formed a new group a short time later.
– At Bash at the Beach in Daytona Beach, FL, Douglas defeated Buff Bagwell. Torrie Wilson joined Douglas as his new valet.
– Douglas and Wilson defeated Madusa and Billy Kidman in a Pittsburgh Plunge Scaffold match at the 2000 Fall Brawl PPV.
– At the Sin PPV, Douglas captured the United States title by defeating General Rection in a “first blood” match.
– On June 15, 2002, Douglas defeated Vampiro to become the first MLW (Major League Wrestling) champion at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia.
– A week later, Douglas pinned Steve Corino in Seaside Height’s, NJ.
– On July 20, 2002, Douglas defeated Johnny Webb in Pico Rivera, CA to capture the XPW title.
– Douglas defeated Sabu on May 23, 2003 in Melbourne, Australia.
– On September 14, 2003, Douglas defeated D-Lo Brown in Belleville, MI to win the BCW (Border City Wrestling) title.
– On the September 17, 2003 NWA TNA PPV, Douglas defeated Raven in a “hair vs. hair” match.
– Douglas reformed the Triple Threat at the November 29, 2003 USA Pro Wrestling show in Queens, NY with Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Candido.
– On February 14, 2004, Douglas defeated Raven in Bethpage, NY to capture the USA Pro Wrestling title.
– Douglas promoted Hardcore Homecoming in June 2005, the show airing just two days before WWE’s own ECW reunion show
– During the spring of 2006, Douglas became the manager of the Naturals in TNA.
– The Naturals (now managed by Douglas) defeated the Diamonds in the Rough (David Young and Elix Skipper) at Victory Road ’06.
– In December 2006, Douglas abandoned The Naturals and, following the conclusion of the storyline, would be absent from TNA television until his contract expired in October 2007
– Douglas returned to TNA on the May 28, 2009 Impact attacking Christopher Daniels. He would be out of the company again following June’s Slammiversary event
– On November 15, Douglas defeated Tom Brandi, Ronnie Zukko & Tyler Hilton to win the vacant ACW Heavyweight Title
– On January 24, 2010, Douglas defeated Ronnie Zukko to retain the ACW Heavyweight Title
– On August 14, Douglas defeated Spike Dudley to win the BTW Heavyweight Title
– On January 22, 2011, Douglas defeated Tre to retain the BTW Heavyweight Title
– On March 27, Douglas defeated Tommy Dreamer in an Extreme Rules Match to retain the BTW Heavyweight Title
– On October 29, Douglas defeated TJ Phillips to win the APWA Heavyweight Title, but would lose it almost immediately to ONYX
– On March 9, 2012, Douglas defeated Raven in an Extreme Rules Match to retain the BTW Heavyweight Title
– In April 2012, Douglas promoted another ECW reunion show, Extreme Reunion, where he defeated 2 Cold Scorpio. The show would spawn a short-lived company, Extreme Rising
– On February 15, 2014, Douglas defeated Rhino to retain the LCW Heavyweight Title
– On May 9, 2015, Douglas defeated Xavier Justice to win the BWCW Title
– On August 28, Douglas defeated Apocalypse to retain the BWCW Title
– The next day, Douglas defeated Phil Monahan to retain the BWCW Title
– On April 9, 2016, Douglas defeated Rhys Greenaway to win the BKPW Heavyweight Title, but immediately lost it to Alessandro Del Bruno
– On September 17, Douglas defeated Travis Lee to win the WORLD-1 Television Title
– On March 18, 2017, Douglas defeated CW Anderson in an Extreme Rules Match to retain the NCWA Title
– On March 24, Douglas defeated The Great Akuma to win the PWASD Heavyweight Title
– On April 21, Douglas fought Paul Bowser to a no-contest to retain the PWASD Heavyweight Title
– On May 13, Douglas defeated Joe Coleman to win the XICW Xtreme Intense Title
– On May 27, Douglas defeated Bobby Fulton in a TLC Match to win the WCPBTW Grand Prix Legends Title
– On June 9, Douglas defeated Drew Blood & Devon Moore to win the vacant H2O Heavyweight Title
– On July 29, Douglas defeated Mahabali Shera to retain the XICW Xtreme Intense Title
– On August 18, Douglas defeated Bobby Fulton in a Street Fight to win the vacant WCPBTW Grand Prix Legends Title
– On October 7, Douglas defeated Al Snow to retain the XICW Xtreme Intense Title
– On January 13, Douglas defeated Bobby Fulton in a Texas Death Match to win the vacant WCPBTW Legends American Grand Prix Title
– On March 24, 2018, Douglas defeated James Storm & CW Anderson to retain the NCWA Heavyweight Title
– At USA Pro’s 27th Anniversary Show, Douglas defeated Justin Credible
– On November 29, 2019, Douglas defeated Jacob Ratcliff to win the vacant BTW Heavyweight Title
– On April 16, 2022, Douglas defeated Sgt Ledbetter to win the Dreamhouse Title
– On August 18, The Franchise Players (Douglas & Shane Storm) defeated DDTrash (Bruce Grey & Ron Mathis) to win the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On October 15, Douglas defeated Gary Wolfe in a Dog Collar Match to win the XPW Heavyweight Title
– At Throwback Throwdown III, Douglas & Brian Myers (as Brian Bone Crunchin) defeated Chris Sabin (as Editor In Chief) & Jack Price (as The Paper Boy)
– On July 7, 2023, The Franchise Players (Douglas, Shane Storm & Chris Cannon) defeated DDTrash (Bruce Grey & Ron Mathis) in a Handicap Match to win the vacant ACW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On July 11, The Franchise Players defeated DDTrash & Al Snow to retain the ACW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– The next day, The Franchise Players (Douglas & Chris Cannon) defeated Members Only (Calvin G Lewis & Malcolm Cambridge) to win the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On July 14, The Franchise Players defeated Members Only to retain the ACW Tag Team Titles
– On December 15, The Franchise Players fought Heath & Rhyno to a no-contest to retain the ACW Tag Team Titles
– The next day, The Franchise Players (Douglas, Nick Hamrick & Chris Cannon) defeated Mario Tenaglia, Zaiden Kayne & Bruce Grey to retain the ACW Six Man Tag Team Titles