Shane Douglas

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

“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.”

“'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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“To me, the NWA is a thing of the past.”

“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.”

“In my business, my job is to make people believe they are seeing something they're not seeing.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I always thought the fans deserved the best I can give them.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”