Shane Douglas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shane Douglas
Occupation	Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Nov 21, 1964(1964-11-21)
Age	60
Birthplace	New Brighton
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Shane Douglas Biography

Shane Douglas is one of the most popular and richest Wrestler who was born on November 21, 1964 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, United States. Also known as The Franchise He was a wrestler in ECW, WCW, TNA, NWA, and WWF.

He was the winner of WCW World Tag Team Championships together with Buff Bagwell, and He won WCW World Tag Team Championships with Buff Bagwell and Ricky Steamboat..

Martin was trained by Dominic DeNucci in the Pittsburgh suburb of Freedom, Pennsylvania, alongside Mick Foley in the mid-1980s. He had been wrestling professionally to earn money since 1982. When he started, he used the character of Troy Orndorff, the fictional nephew of Paul Orndorff. In 1986, he wrestled Randy Savage at a WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping using his real name. He also wrestled “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff in the debut episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge, once again using his real name. Later that year, he began wrestling as a fan favorite for the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) using the name Shane Douglas, which was given to him by “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt (the “Douglas” last name was inspired by Michael Douglas, who at the time had just appeared in Wall Street). Douglas defeated Gilbert for the UWF Television Championship on August 3, 1987, but did not rise above mid-card status. Douglas soon lost the title on September 2 to Terry Taylor.

In 1990, Douglas signed a deal with the World Wrestling Federation and made his debut on the June 18 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, defeating Bob Bradley, in a match taped in Toronto, Ontario on May 27. Douglas remained undefeated in his first month, defeating Bob Bradley, Paul Diamond, and Steve Lombardi in a series of matches. He then moved up to begin a house show series in late June against Haku and suffered his first loss on June 28 in Denver, CO. He remained without a win in subsequent rematches. He made his televised debut on the promotion’s flagship show WWF Superstars on the August 26 Summerslam pre-show, teaming with Mark Thomas in a loss to The Orient Express.

He was married Carla Marie Reeves in 1999 He has two children with her.

Shane Douglas Net Worth

Shane Douglas is one of the richest Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shane Douglas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Bethany College at the same when his career was beginning get off the ground.

World championships have been won by him in both ECW and NWA. ECW as well as the NWA.

Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he worked as a wrestler and manager.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Shane Douglas height 6 ft 0 in Shane weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Shane Douglas Dating?

According to our records, Shane Douglas married to Carla Marie Reeves , Michelle Burke. As of December 1, 2023, Shane Douglas’s is not dating anyone.

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In August 1991 he received his first break when he was tapped as the temporary replacement to an injured Shawn Michaels in The Rockers tag-team. Douglas teamed with Jannette six times in matches against The Orient Express. On August 27 he made his PPV debut, defeating Buddy Rose in a dark match at SummerSlam ’90. On the September 17 episode of Prime Time Wrestling Douglas wrestled Haku to a draw, and he was largely undefeated against low level competition throughout the fall. At the Survivor Series ’90 Douglas defeated Buddy Rose in another dark match, and on January 3, 1991 at a house show in Scranton, PA he scored the biggest victory of his nascent WWF career when he upset Dino Bravo. Four days later on the January 7, 1991 episode of Prime Time Wrestling he would pin Haku, and was strongly positioned as a rising young star.

Facts & Trivia

Shane Ranked on the list of most popular Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shane Douglas celebrates birthday on November 21 of every year.

Douglas returned to WCW on the September 12, 1992 episode of Saturday Night as a fan favorite, where he defeated Super Invader in his return match by using Magnum T.A.’s finishing move, belly to belly suplex, which was noted by Magnum, the following week on Saturday Night. On the October 17 episode of Saturday Night, Douglas had a match with Brian Pillman, which began a rivalry between the duo. He made his pay-per-view return at Halloween Havoc, where he teamed with Tom Zenk and Johnny Gunn to compete against Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Michael Hayes in a winning effort.

Does Shane Douglas work at Target?

Four-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas is no longer working at a Target department store. He’s since returned to his previous line of work as a teacher. He’s currently teaching history at a middle school in his hometown of New Brighton, PA as Mr. Martin.

Does Shane Douglas still wrestle?

Shane Douglas
Debut| 1982

When did Shane Douglas win ECW Title?

No.ChampionChampionship change
Date
11| Shane Douglas| March 26, 1994
| Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)
12| The Sandman| April 15, 1995

How old is Shane Douglas?

57 years (November 21, 1964)

When did Shane Douglas throw down the NWA title?

On August 27, 1994 , Shane Douglas won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He made history when he threw it down and called it useless. He instead held the ECW Championship up high.