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.
Martin held a dozen championships between ECW, WCW, and the WWF and is a five-time world champion: a four-time ECW 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 in history (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 of eleven men (along with Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Chris Candido, Dean Malenko, Raven, and Lance Storm) to win a championship in all three major U.S. promotions in the 1990s, after he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship in 1995.
Martin achieved the biggest success of his career in ECW, where he debuted in 1993 and captured the ECW Heavyweight Championship twice in his rookie year. 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 nationwide phenomenon. 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." 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.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- As Shane Douglas
- Belly-to-belly suplex
- Pittsburgh Plunge (Fisherman buster)
- Franchiser (Shoulder jawbreaker)
- As Dean Douglas
- Final Exam (Bridging fisherman suplex)
- As Shane Douglas
- Signature moves
- Abdominal stretch
- Diving crossbody
- Dropkick
- Figure four leglock
- Forearm club
- Hangman
- Indian deathlock
- Inverted atomic drop
- Knee lift
- Military press slam
- Multiple suplex variations
- Inverted sla
- Sitout slam
- Snap
- Spinning
- Vertical
- Neckbreaker
- Neck snap
- Piledriver
- Powerslam
- STF (Step-over toehold facelock)
- Managers
- Bella Donna
- Fallen Angel
- Francine
- James Mitchell
- Jim Cornette
- Lizzy Borden
- Paul Heyman
- Sherri Martel
- Torrie Wilson
- Traci Brooks
- Wrestlers managed
- Nicknames
- "The Franchise"
- Entrance themes
- Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
- "Wipe Out" by Fat Boys (used as a member of the Dynamic Dudes)
- "Z-Custom" by Armand Frydman (used as a member of the Dynamic Dudes)
- "Specific Grafity" by Nigel Jenkins (used as a member of the Dynamic Dudes)
- "Completely Crazed" by Grant Geissman
- "Take One Step" by Chris Goulstone & Tania Lloyd
- "Black Knight" by Andrew Grossart & Paul Williams
- "Revolution Theme" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm
- "Franchise Theme" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm
- Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
- "Wear 'Em Down" by Sharon O'Connor
- "Don't Stop at the Top" by Scorpions
- "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple
- World Wrestling Federation
- "Shane Douglas Theme" by Jimmy Hart & JJ Maguire
- "Professional" by Jim Johnston
- Independent circuit
- "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple
- "This Is Extreme" by Harry Slash & the Slashtones
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "Deep" by Dale Oliver
- Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
Championships and accomplishments[]
- American Pro Wrestling Alliance
- APWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling
- ATCW Championship (1 time, current)
- Big Time Wrestling (Massachusetts)
- BTW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Blue Water Championship Wrestling
- BWCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Border City Wrestling
- BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Busted Knuckle Pro Wrestling
- BKPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- ECW World Television Championship (2 times)
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Title Tournament (1994)
- H20 Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
- H20 Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Hardcore Hall of Fame
- Class of 2014
- International Wrestling Association
- IWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Steamboat
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ricky Steamboat (1) and Buff Bagwell (1)
- Hardcore Hall of Fame
- Class of 2014
- Lancaster Pro Wrestling / Keystone Pro Wrestling
- LPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Major League Wrestling
- MLW Championship (1 time)
- MLW Championship tournament (2002)
- National Championship Wrestling
- UK Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- North American Wrestling Alliance
- NAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- North Carolina Wrestling Association
- NCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Championship Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling All-Stars Of Detroit
- PWASD Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #20 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1996
- Ranked #118 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Ranked #82 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" – with Ricky Steamboat in 2003
- Pro Wrestling Uncensored
- PWU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling eXpress
- PWX Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Southeastern Championship Wrestling
- NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lord Humongous
- Superstar Wrestling Federation
- SWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- United States Wrestling League
- USWL Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- USA Pro Wrestling
- USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWF World Television Championship (1 time)
- World-1 Wrestling
- World-1 Television Championship (1 time)
- World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling
- WCPBTW Legends American Grand Prix Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
- XICW Xtreme Intense Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling
- XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Luchas de Apuestas record[]
| Winner
(Wager) |
Loser
(Wager) |
Location | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Douglas
(Hair) |
Raven
(Hair) |
Nashville, Tennessee | NWA-TNA PPV #63 | September 17, 2003 |