Rants

Shane Douglas

By Scott Keith on 4 August 2018

Settle a bet for me and a friend: was Shane Douglas a "small name, big ego" type egotist who thought, because he was such a big shot in ECW, that he should have been a big deal in WCW and the WWF? Or was he, once upon a time, truly a bright rising star who's chance at making it big got snuffed out due to backstage politics and who spent his days in ECW never shutting up about it, rather than enjoying/being content with being the big fish in the small pond?

Also, why didn't he blame Jim Cornette for his lot in life over Rick Flair? The whole Dynamic Dudes/Midnight Express feud and Dynamic Dudes in general seemed to have done more damage to his long term prospects than any slight, real or imaginary that Flair might have done.

Shane was a good worker and a good talker, but he grossly overestimates his own potential worth to the business. His ceiling was probably around where he was in 93 WCW: Half of a tag team championship team who was a believable threat as a single. With all the injuries, it was kind of a miracle that Paul Heyman got him over as much as he did.