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" For those of you who weren't a part of the era of ECW, understand, you're looking at the guy that made ECW what ECW was. So, simply put, I'm as close to royalty in this sport as it comes. "

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" I know this sounds corny, but if I give you my word I am going to do something, you can take it to the bank. Whether that means if my giving my word puts me in a detrimental position, I'm still going to follow through on my word, and I'll let the pieces fall where they may. "

Shane Douglas

Know

Fall

" The fact I've carved out a niche in the business and had an almost 30-year career and done well without competing at a WrestleMania is something I'm proud of. To be in a business that's dominated by one guy and be able to do well without having to walk on that stage is great. "

" Your Shawn Michaels can lose his smile, and he's so afraid of me, he comes out and hands me his belt. Spineless! "

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

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

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

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

" I can't even tell you how many 8, 9, 10 year old kids have come up to me and said, 'You are my favorite wrestler, and I've seen you on 'the network' or on YouTube.' "

" '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

Whatever

Off

" I had suffered a multitude of injuries, as most guys in the business do. Most of them came at the end of my career. "

" In TNA, if I wrestle, I'm able to help one person. As a road agent and head of talent relations, I can help an entire crew. "

" Vince McMahon could care less about the ECW legacy. "

" If I went out and tried to be 'Shane Douglas the Superstar' when it wasn't my time, one of the veterans would have put me back in line. "

Shane Douglas

Back

Line

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

Shane Douglas

Thing

Past

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

" 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

Remember

Character

" 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. "

" I gravitated to the pro wrestlers and the grappling - Hulk Hogan 'hulking up' always looked cornball to me - and I wanted to see Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and Harley Race go move-for-move. "

" When I was a kid in the business, you always had in the back of your head this feeling that if I screw up, I might be fired. So you went out every night and tore your rear end up to make sure that you gave the best performance you can and learning constantly because you never had that idea of 'I'm so great, I'm never going to be fired.' "

" I remember, in 1993, sitting in the back watching him; I'd never met him. He hit a triple moonsault. I jumped out of my seat. As a fan, I've always been a huge mark for Sabu. "

" To me, there are certain things you lay claim to proudly and others you hope the people look over them, and for me, the NWA title throwdown is something that I wear like a badge of honor and what we did and what it achieved for ECW at the time, and ultimately we failed, but damn, we came close to grabbing those keys to the kingdom. "

Shane Douglas

Honor

Look

" 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. "

" It would be a huge loss to the wrestling industry and for those of us that have made our living in this industry to lose someone like Ric Flair. "

" I've tried repeatedly, but I just cannot sink my teeth into the WWE product. "

" Chris Candido - besides loving him like a little brother - I used to sit and watch him in awe because it was so effortless for him. He could wake up from a nap and go out and have a five-star match. "

Shane Douglas

Wake Up

Loving

" To be someplace for ten years or to work anywhere for ten years is a tough deal. But to work in the WWE for that long, knowing how their dressing room is run with this top heavy, condescending 'do this and nothing else' attitude, it gets tiresome. "

" I always thought the fans deserved the best I can give them. "

" I had no desire to leave ECW, but in '95, I was reaching my mid 30s. I'd been the World Champ multiple times... I'd pretty much done everything in ECW - all I could do is repeat. "

" 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. "

" 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. "