Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas, born Troy Martin, is one of those wrestlers whose importance you only fully grasp if you followed the wars of the 1990s. As the self-styled Franchise of ECW, he embodied that scrappy, anti-establishment energy that made the promotion feel dangerous and alive. He bounced through WCW, the WWF, XPW, and TNA, but it's ECW where his legacy really lives for me. I also find it telling that he later worked as a teacher; there's a reflective, articulate side to him that surfaces in interviews. He was a divisive figure, but you can't tell the story of that era without him.

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Name (English)

Shane Douglas

Name (Japanese)

シェーン・ダグラス

Reading

しぇーん・だぐらす

Born

November 21, 1964 (age 61)

Origin

New Brighton, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

professional wrestler / teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

University

Bethany College

• Official sitehttps://www.franchisefansite.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheFranchiseSD
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Douglas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692991

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• professional wrestler
• teacher

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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