"The Franchise" Shane Douglas

[Necro]

Championships and accomplishments

• American Pro Wrestling Alliance
  • APWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[147]
• Big Time Wrestling (Massachusetts)
  • BTW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[147][148]
• Blue Water Championship Wrestling
  • BWCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[149]
• Border City Wrestling
  • BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[150]
• Busted Knuckle Pro Wrestling
  • BKPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[151]
• Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)1[30][43]
  • ECW World Television Championship (2 times)[67]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[152]
  • NWA World Title Tournament (1994)
• H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
  • H2O Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[153]
• International Wrestling Association
  • IWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[154]
• Hardcore Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2014[155]
• 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)[156][157]
• North American Wrestling Alliance
  • NAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[154]
• North Carolina Wrestling Association
  • NCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Pro Championship Wrestling
  • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[158]
• Pro Wrestling All-Stars Of Detroit
  • PWASD Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[159]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #20 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1996[160]
  • PWI ranked him #118 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[160]
  • PWI ranked him #82 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Ricky Steamboat in 2003[160]
• Pro Wrestling Uncensored
  • PWU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[147]
• Pro Wrestling eXpress
  • PWX Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[147]
• Southeastern Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lord Humongous[161]
• Superstar Wrestling Federation
  • SWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[162]
• Universal Championship Wrestling
  • UCW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• United States Wrestling League
  • USWL Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[154]
• USA Pro Wrestling
  • USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[147][163]
• Universal Wrestling Federation
  • UWF World Television Championship (1 time)[164]
• World-1 Wrestling
  • World-1 Television Championship (1 time)
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[116][165]
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ricky Steamboat (1) and Buff Bagwell (1)[23]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Steamboat[22]
  • WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)[166]
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament (April 2000) - Buff Bagwell
• World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling
  • WCPBTW Legends American Grand Prix Championship (1 time)[167]
• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[168][169]
• Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
  • XICW Xtreme Intense Championship (1 time)[170]
• Xtreme Pro Wrestling
  • XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[171]

1Douglas' twice won the title while the promotion was a National Wrestling Alliance affiliate named Eastern Championship Wrestling. During his second reign, the promotion was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling. Douglas held the title an additional two times after these events.

Themes







Shane Douglas (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer (ECW World Heavyweight Title Match)



Shane Douglas vs. Ron Simmons
ECW --- ECW TV --- 1/5/95



Shane Douglas vs Ric Flair



Shane Douglas vs Lance Storm

 

[Necro]

27 years ago today, Shane Douglas won the NWA World title in a tournament final at the ECW Arena. In the midst of his victory speech, he disavowed the belt, and threw it down in the middle of the ring, as part of a legitimate double cross

 

[Chris]

 

[Chip Chipperson]

One of the most underrated wrestlers of all time, a total package.

 

[Necro]

 

[Necro]

 

[Hoss]

An unhinged legend

 

[Wiseman]

Shane never really got his due in the big companies. It sucks. But yeah, the Dean character should have just been him being a prick heel without the gimmick that he had.

 

[Hoss]

This is a World Champion promo