Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas
Douglas in 2016
Birth nameTroy Allan Martin
Born (1964-11-21) November 21, 1964 (age 60)[1][2]
New Brighton, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Alma materBethany College
Spouse(s)
  • Michelle Burke
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    ​
    (m. 1987; div. 1994)​
  • Carla Reeves
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    ​
    (m. 1999; div. 2017)​
    [3]
Children2
Websitewww.franchisefansite.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dean Douglas[1]
Mike Kelly[4]
Shane Douglas[1]
The Franchise[1][4]
Troy Martin[4]
Troy Orndorff[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[5]
Billed weight240 lb (109 kg)[5]
Billed fromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[2][6]
Trained byDominic DeNucci[1][2][6]
Debut1982[1][2]

Troy Allan Martin[2] (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, manager, and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas.[1] He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Martin held a dozen championships between ECW, WCW, and the WWF and is a six-time world champion: a four-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time XPW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. As ECW Champion, he holds the records for most combined days as champion (874) and the longest single reign (406 days). Martin is also a two-time ECW World Television Champion, a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion. Martin was also the first to hold a championship in all three major U.S. promotions of the 1990s, after he was awarded the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1995.

Martin achieved the greatest success of his career in ECW, where he debuted in 1993 and captured the ECW Heavyweight Championship twice in his first year with the company. He gained attention when he won a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, where he publicly rejected the NWA title belt and helped ECW in evolving from an NWA territory to a national promotion. Within ECW, he was dubbed "The Franchise" in reference to his status as the franchise player of the promotion. WWE, who purchased that organization, asserted: "Without Shane Douglas, there would have been no ECW."[7] He headlined many events for ECW including three editions of the company's premier pay-per-view event November to Remember in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shane Douglas' OWOW profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Official Home of "The Franchise" Shane Douglas". www.franchisefansite.com.
  3. ^ The Hannibal TV (April 3, 2018), Shane Douglas Full Shoot Interview 3+ Hours!, retrieved September 15, 2018
  4. ^ a b c "Cagematch profile".
  5. ^ a b "Shane Douglas". WWE.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WCWbio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Shane Douglas biography". WWE. Retrieved May 12, 2014.