Troy Martin
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
169
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-11-21 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Troy Martin
Biography
Troy Allan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned over three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) before later working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as both a wrestler and amanager. Martin held major championships in ECW, WCW and the WWF and is a five-time world champion: a four time ECW World Heavyweight Champion and one time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. On the May 28, 2009 episode of Impact!, Douglas returned to TNA and attacked Christopher Daniels after his match with A.J. Styles. The following week on Impact!, Douglas again attacked Daniels during his match before subsequently stating that he wanted a second chance in TNA like Daniels received, after the latter was, in storyline, fired from TNA. He was granted a second chance on the June 11 episode of Impact!, where he was given a match with A.J. Styles which he lost, only to attack Styles after the match. Daniels would come out to help Styles, only to have Douglas hit him with a towel containing a pair of handcuffs. At the Slammiversary pay-per-view, Douglas lost to Daniels in a second chance match, resulting in Daniels retaining his spot on the TNA roster.Following the match, Douglas left TNA once again, although asked by TNA to participate in their ECW reunion show Hardcore Justice, he refused the invitation. On March 13, 2009, Douglas returned to the National Wrestling Alliance for the first time in nearly fifteen years, wrestling for the On Fire territory in a singles match, defeating Little Guido. On March 24, 2017 at a Pro Wrestling All-Stars of Detroit event, Douglas defeated The Great Akuma in Melvindale, Michigan to become the Pro Wrestling All-Stars Heavyweight Champion. On April 21, Douglas defeated Paul Bowser by countout in an "Extreme Rules" match to successfully defend the title. He lost the title on May 12, 2017 when Breyer Wellington beat Douglas, Paul Bowser, and Atlas Hytower in a Fatal Four-Way match. Douglas was scheduled to headline the Extreme Reunion event scheduled for April 28, 2012.Unbeknownst to WWE, Douglas appeared in the audience on the March 19, 2012 episode of Raw to promote the event, but was escorted out of the arena by security after causing a disturbance. In an interview on April 6, 2014, Douglas said that he had partnered with a wealthy investor and was looking into creating a brand new wrestling promotion. Douglas said in the interview that they were offering health insurance, revenue sharing, 401K and pension plans and he hoped the promotion would start up within the next year. Martin produced, choreographed and played himself in the 2013 film Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies. In July 2016, Martin was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit is litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE
Known For
Raw
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TNA iMPACT!
TNA iMPACT!
WCW New Blood Rising
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
Divided Loyalties
Greatest Wrestling Factions
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
FIP Florida Rumble
TNA Genesis 2006
ECW: Extreme Evolution
WCW Sin
WCW Souled Out 2000
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
WCW Starrcade 1999
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
ECW November To Remember 1998
WCW Halloween Havoc '89
ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast
ECW: The Best of Cactus Jack
Forever Hardcore: The Documentary
TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 1
NWA WrestleWar 1989
ECW Fan Cam: June 9, 1995
ECW Fan Cam: July 28, 1996
TNA Slammiversary 2009
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
ECW Guilty as Charged 1999
ECW Holiday Hell 1996
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
ECW Fan Cam: June 30, 1996
NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory
ECW Heat Wave 1994
ECW Heat Wave 1996
ECW Mountain Top Madness
ECW November to Remember 1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1
WCW Halloween Havoc '92
ECW Path of Destruction
ECW November to Remember 1997
Ultimate Death Match 3
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
Ultimate Death Match 2
ECW Fan Cam: September 17, 1998
The Best of Raven vol. 2: The Second Coming
ECW Barely Legal 1997
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
ECW When Worlds Collide 1996
ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996
ECW Living Dangerously 1998
ECW Heat Wave 1997
ECW Massacre on Queens Boulevard
ECW Living Dangerously 1999
ECW 3-Way Dance
ECW Return of The Funker
ECW Crossing The Line Again
ECW High Incident
ECW Fan Cam: May 3, 1997
ECW Fan Cam: May 20, 1995
ECW Fan Cam: April 15, 1995
IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown III
Dreamer vs Raven
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995
ECW Fan Cam: March 22, 1997
ECW Fan Cam: May 16, 1997
TNA No Surrender 2006
ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998
ECW November to Remember 1994
ECW's NWA World Title Tournament
ECW Fan Cam: May 19, 1995
Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1994
ECW Fan Cam: May 10, 1996
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1996
ECW Born To Be Wired
ECW Fan Cam: April 4, 1997
ECW CyberSlam 1996
ECW Crossing The Line 1999
ECW Enter The Sandman
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
WrestleCade 2016 - The Final 3 Count
ECW: January 27, 1996
WWA The Reckoning
ECW CyberSlam 1998
WCW Thunder
ECW CyberSlam 1999
ECW: Bloodsport The Most Violent Matches
WCW Road Wild 1999
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
ECW The Buffalo Invasion
XPW: The Revolution Will Be Televised!
ECW The Night the Line Was Crossed
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994
NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days
ECW Fan Cam: August 17, 1996
ECW As Good As It Gets
ECW Fan Cam: December 10, 1994
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
ECW Double Tables
ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
ECW When Worlds Collide
WCW Mayhem 2000
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995
WCW The Great American Bash 2000
Hardcore Homecoming
ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997
The Best of Taz: Survive if He Lets You!
MLW Genesis
WrestleCade Supershow 2019
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
ECW Fan Cam: February 3, 1995
ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997
The Best of Eddie Gilbert
ECW Natural Born Killaz
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
ECW Extreme Warfare Vol. 1
ECW Deep Impact
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
ECW House Party 1996
ECW Fan Cam: May 2, 1997 (Barely Legal II)
ECW Just Another Night
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
ECW Fight the Power
ECW A Matter of Respect 1998
ECW The Doctor is In
XPW: Baptized in Blood
WCW Starrcade 1992
ECW Hardcore History
ECW Ultra Clash '93
For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley
Hardcore Homecoming: November Reign
WCW Starrcade 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
The Best of Shane Douglas
Legends Never Die
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 2000
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
ECW House Party 1999
WCW Mayhem 1999
WCW Slamboree 2000
ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash
NWA WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing
ECW Fan Cam: June 8, 1996
ECW Fan Cam: October 18, 1996
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
ECW A Matter of Respect
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Timeline: The History of ECW- 1994- As Told by Shane Doughlas
WCW Spring Stampede 2000
WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches
WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches
Breaking Kayfabe with Troy Martin
ECW Fan Cam: March 3, 1995
On the Bear Skin Rug: When Paul London Met Shane Douglas
Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
ROH: Collision Course
YouShoot: Shane Douglas
