Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Historically, Vince McMahon's company has always been where the Hulk Hogans get the push and the Paul Orndorffs and Jake Roberts does the pushing. "
Shane Douglas
Hulk
Company
Push
Related Quotes:
" I've tried repeatedly, but I just cannot sink my teeth into the WWE product. "
Shane Douglas
Teeth
Tried
WWE
" Bam Bam Bigelow truly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and if that call would come, I'd be honored to do it, but I don't think it is going to come. I think there is a much greater likelihood that Vince would look elsewhere, but I am honored that the fans would want to consider that I should be the one to induct him. "
Shane Douglas
Fame
Fans
I Am
" We all go to our grave thinking that we will never be forgotten, and we are forgotten ten minutes later. "
Shane Douglas
Thinking
Will
Forgotten
" 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
Me
" Vince McMahon could care less about the ECW legacy. "
Shane Douglas
Care
Less
Legacy
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Someone
Lose
Living
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Help
Talent
Road
" I was the last person in the world that wanted to leave ECW. "
Shane Douglas
Wanted
Last
World
" 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.' "
Shane Douglas
Tell
Year
You
" Optics can drive an economy. "
Shane Douglas
Drive
Optics
Economy
" My house is paid for because of wrestling, and it's given me a nice savings. "
Shane Douglas
Wrestling
House
Me
" I can speak for myself personally, I loved ECW. I loved everything about it. I loved the crew, I loved the fans, the style, working there. "
Shane Douglas
I Can
Loved
Fans
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Sitting
Always
Back
" '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
He
Whatever
Off
" John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that. "
Shane Douglas
Name
Universal
Enough
" Harley Race was eloquent in his moves - everything made sense, like a hand in a glove. "
Shane Douglas
Hand
Sense
Race
" I had suffered a multitude of injuries, as most guys in the business do. Most of them came at the end of my career. "
Shane Douglas
Injuries
Career
End
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Always
See
Race
" For a company the size of ECW, there wasn't room for multiple over-the-top personalities. "
Shane Douglas
Personalities
Company
Size
" People think all wrestlers are millionaires. It's really a blue-collar existence. "
Shane Douglas
People
Existence
Blue-Collar
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Than
Morality
Fired
" 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
Me
" Everybody has the prerogative for their own career in this business, and I firmly believe that to this day. But if you and I give each other our word - call me corny - I think you have an obligation to uphold that. "
Shane Douglas
Believe
Day
Me
" Your Shawn Michaels can lose his smile, and he's so afraid of me, he comes out and hands me his belt. Spineless! "
Shane Douglas
Lose
Your
Smile
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Good And Evil
World
Dark
" I've always been a huge mark for Samoa Joe. "
Shane Douglas
Joe
Mark
Huge
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Work
Tough
Top
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Guy
Royalty
You
" Your Bret Harts can lace my boots. "
Shane Douglas
Lace
Your
Boots
" 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. "
Shane Douglas
Business
Walk
Proud