Troy Allan Martin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned over three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) before later working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as both a wrestler and a manager. Martin held 11 championships between ECW, WCW and the WWF and is a five-time world champion: a four time ECW World Heavyweight Champion and one time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Within ECW, where he attained those world titles, Douglas was known by the nickname "The Franchise" in reference to his status as the franchise player of the promotion. WWE (formerly the WWF), who purchased that organization in 2003, asserted: "Without Shane Douglas, there would have been no ECW."
In the early 1990s when Shawn Michaels was injured, Douglas filled in for him, alongside Marty Jannetty as the Rockers in the WWF.
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He has The Franchise name officially trademarked.
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Wrestled for the WWF under the name, Dean Douglas.
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Notable Title Wins Include: UWF Television title; NWA Continental Tag Team titles w/Lord Humongus (Sid Vicious); IWA Heavyweight title; WCW Tag Team titles w/Ricky Steamboat; ECW Heavyweight title (4); USWL Unified Champion; NWA World Heavyweight title; WWF Intercontinental title; ECW Television title (2); NAWA title; NWA East Heavyweight title; WCW Tag Team title w/Buff Bagwell; WCW United States title; MLW World Heavyweight title; XPW World Heavyweight title; USA Pro Heavyweight title
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Graduated from high school and started wrestling professionally in 1982, as a way to pay for his college education.
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Said in a recent shoot interview that he had never asked for his release from WCW but did complain to Busch.
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Was one of the victims of the Cliq who made him job.
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Only one of the four wrestlers that walked out of WCW that wasn't considered by WWF.
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He and Ric Flair have legitimate heat between each other.
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Former member of the Dynamic Dudes, Revolution, New Bloods, and started the Triple Threat.
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He has a teaching degree. At one point he was going to become a doctor
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He was one of four wrestlers to leave Nitro because of management problems. He came back while the other three left for a different company.
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Has been a part of the Triple Threat, Revolution, New Bloods
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Has had a series of elbow and shoulder problems. Most notable was the shoulder injury that forced him to leave WCW in the middle of the Blondes/Dos HOmbres feud (who were supposed to be Douglas and Steamboat)
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Trained with Mick Foley under Dominic DeNucci in Pennsylvania.
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