Shane Douglas Quotes

Shane Douglas

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : November 21, 1964

My house is paid for because of wrestling, and it's given me a nice savings.

Shane Douglas

You'd like to leave the world a better place than it was before.

Shane Douglas

Nobody wants to see arm bars or cross-body blocks anymore.

Shane Douglas

John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that.

Shane Douglas

We all go to our grave thinking that we will never be forgotten, and we are forgotten ten minutes later.

Shane Douglas

When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that.

Shane Douglas

When Paul Heyman came and gave me the whole idea for the character, 'The Franchise,' I remember the NFL was just starting to classify one of their players as the franchise player. So that was the whole idea, that 'The Franchise' was the franchise player for ECW.

Shane Douglas

'The Franchise' is that guy that never had an off switch. Whatever pops into his head, he says. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

Shane Douglas

I can speak for myself personally, I loved ECW. I loved everything about it. I loved the crew, I loved the fans, the style, working there.

Shane Douglas

I was the last person in the world that wanted to leave ECW.

Shane Douglas

Bam Bam Bigelow truly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and if that call would come, I'd be honored to do it, but I don't think it is going to come. I think there is a much greater likelihood that Vince would look elsewhere, but I am honored that the fans would want to consider that I should be the one to induct him.

Shane Douglas

A morality clause is a grey area that the powers that be say if it is immoral, than it's immoral, and you are getting fired.

Shane Douglas

I've said it before that I am not and haven't been throughout my career a huge supporter of women's wrestling, and I haven't paid that much attention to it.

Shane Douglas

I've always been a huge mark for Samoa Joe.

Shane Douglas

I'll tell you upfront, I think Shawn Michaels was probably the most gifted worker the business has ever seen.

Shane Douglas

In ECW, we couldn't have an off night.

Shane Douglas

I was so deep in red ink coming out of ECW that I had to make a good solid living just to get my nose above the water line because of ECW.

Shane Douglas

People can say what they want about Eric Bischoff, and I've heard a lot of people make negative comments about him. I'll comment on his booking. His booking is not what I look for in wrestling, but that said, I will always be appreciative and thankful to Eric Bischoff for offering me the contract he did, when did because it saved my financial life.

Shane Douglas

To me, the NWA is a thing of the past.

Shane Douglas

The world is made up of good and evil, and everybody has their own take, and everybody thinks they are on the good side, and a very few, select group of us will admit that we come from the dark side.

Shane Douglas