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" 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.' "

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" 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

" 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

" '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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "

" People think all wrestlers are millionaires. It's really a blue-collar existence. "

" 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

" Your Bret Harts can lace my boots. "

" 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. "

" In ECW, we couldn't have an off night. "

Shane Douglas

Off

Night

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Shane Douglas

Thing

Past

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

" 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. "

" With what we were doing in ECW, the first thing you had to overcome was the fear of getting hurt. "

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

" I'll tell you upfront, I think Shawn Michaels was probably the most gifted worker the business has ever seen. "

" 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

" My house is paid for because of wrestling, and it's given me a nice savings. "

Shane Douglas

Wrestling

House

" For a company the size of ECW, there wasn't room for multiple over-the-top personalities. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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've always been a huge mark for Samoa Joe. "