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" I've always been a huge mark for Samoa Joe. "
Shane Douglas
Joe
Mark
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" 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. "
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Go
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" I think Ric Flair has been tarnishing his legacy since 1990 - he has done more to tarnish his career then anything I could have said or did, then anybody could have said or did. "
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" Harley Race was eloquent in his moves - everything made sense, like a hand in a glove. "
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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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Guy
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You
" You'd like to leave the world a better place than it was before. "
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World
Place
" 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. "
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" Your Shawn Michaels can lose his smile, and he's so afraid of me, he comes out and hands me his belt. Spineless! "
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Your
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" When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that. "
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" 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. "
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Red
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Deep
" Optics can drive an economy. "
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Drive
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Economy
" To me, the NWA is a thing of the past. "
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Thing
Past
" In my business, my job is to make people believe they are seeing something they're not seeing. "
Shane Douglas
Seeing
Business
Job
" I had suffered a multitude of injuries, as most guys in the business do. Most of them came at the end of my career. "
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Injuries
Career
End
" People can say what they want about Eric Bischoff, and I've heard a lot of people make negative comments about him. I'll comment on his booking. His booking is not what I look for in wrestling, but that said, I will always be appreciative and thankful to Eric Bischoff for offering me the contract he did, when did because it saved my financial life. "
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Life
Me
People
" 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
" John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that. "
Shane Douglas
Name
Universal
Enough
" 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
" 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'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. "
Shane Douglas
I Am
Said
Career
" Nobody wants to see arm bars or cross-body blocks anymore. "
Shane Douglas
Nobody
See
Wants
" 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
" I have seen enough people in my business die that I don't sit back and hope that this one or that one goes but not the other guys. I don't want to see anyone of these guys die. "
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Hope
Die
People
" 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. "
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Work
Tough
Top
" In the overall scheme of things, Tommy Dreamer and The Franchise are opposite characters. "
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Franchise
Things
Opposite
" 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. "
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I Can
Loved
Fans
" 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. "
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Honor
Look
Me
" 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. "
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Sitting
Always
Back
" Your Bret Harts can lace my boots. "
Shane Douglas
Lace
Your
Boots
" People think all wrestlers are millionaires. It's really a blue-collar existence. "
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People
Existence
Blue-Collar
" I always thought the fans deserved the best I can give them. "
Shane Douglas
Give
Fans
I Can