I’ve always respected Shane Douglas. The guy has a real passion/love for this business. If you listen to his stories, they never change. I wholeheartedly believe he’s telling the truth. The guy has always been criminally underrated.

This dude is always detail oriented and his story never changes - no hesitating either like Nash does in his shoots or Mr. “Ya knooooowww” Shawn Michaels does with every answer. Met Shane at Wrestlecon last month and the dude is as straight up as it gets.

I have heard him repeat the 'do you agree with that diagnosis?'-conversation. He has never changed his story. I totally believe it.

I doubt Shane is lying, the details are so precise and even for him to remember this after many years is crazy. Vince McMahon runs the WWE like a slave plantation.

I remember when I met and interview Shane before Wrestlepalooza in Marietta, GA when I was working for and independent tv station that carried ECW. During my visit Shane and everyone else was classy and treated me a nobody at the time with the utmost respect. Shane if you see this comment thank you very much sir.

In my opinion the Greatest ECW Champion of all time. Heel Shane Douglas in 1998 was Awesome. VERY underrated!

Reminds me of what CM Punk said on the infamous podcast. Vince with his "I'll owe you one" time and time again, he just uses people without rewarding loyalty.

Completely believe him. He's told the story more than once and it has never changed.

He meant 1995 not 96. Great wrestler who didn’t get the right matches setup. Could have been a good opponent for Bret in Summer 95.

Shane is very underrated wrestler of both of the 2 major companies WCW & WWF. His stories are always interesting

I don’t get why so many people shoot on Shane. I’ve always loved the dude

The Bret Hart of ECW. He was the guy, along with Benoit, Jericho and the Luchas who kept ECW a serious wrestling company rather than just guys trying to kill each other with construction equipment and other foreign objects for a bunch of sadists. His work with Brian Pillman was excellent. It's just unfortunate that rivalry never went anywhere.

The mark of a liar: story changes in one way or another each time they re-tell it. Clearly Shane Douglas is NOT a liar. He remembers everything and every detail and never has one detail missing or not the exact way he has told the story before. Love this guy, was lucky enough to meet him in NY at Wrestlecon a few years back. Awesome dude and not a BSer

Damn. I actually can relate to his injury and story after an attack on an Afghan mountainside. The fact that he could even stand to try to wrestle and try to take bumps is freaking crazy amazing. I’ve been down those types roads he described. You can feel every twig on the road. That right there tells me Shane Douglas is no joke and is hardcore. He’s freaking awesome to me now. Always loved his work even when i couldn’t stand the gimmicks he got stuck with.

I never knew why he left WWF so this was good to watch

This was a great story. Shane always was entertaining.

WWE surely missed out on Shane, if y'all never saw his body of work just check on the ECW in the mid to late 90s. he was sensational and tailormade for the Attitude Era

Shane Douglas does a great interview.

Shane is a stand up guy. Not too many people like him in the industry, certainly not in those days.

The year before this happened, Troy Martin (Mr. Martin), was a teacher at my Middle School. I got a different teacher though, so I didn't get the stories and experiences first-hand like many of my classmates. Still cool though, and back then, most people found the idea of a WWF/WCW Wrestler working as a school teacher during time off from a contract, to be a completely ridiculous and unbelievable idea. Mr. Martin, if you ever read this, maybe things would have worked out better for you, had you stayed at BHS one more year. I hope you are well!

Shane should have gone back to WCW because he would gotten guaranteed money. Like them or not, WCW paid which is why everyone headed there in the mid-90's.

If his last match was around Thanksgiving of _1996,_ it wasn't Scott (Hall) he faced on RAW. He was in WCW at the time. Had to be 1995.

Even with the hostility between Hall and Shane at the time, Razor protected him in the ring and Shane acknowledges Scott did the right thing. This is why I love fake wrestling so much.

The more I hear shoot interviews from Shane the more I like him. I'm sorry I never really appreciated him when he wrestled, more my fault than his. Seems like a great guy which unfortunately are few and far between in the wrestling biz.

I love how thorough he is with his storytelling

Vince has admitted he was abused physically, emotionally and sexually as a child. What he will not admit is that he has become a abuser/victimizer today. It is never okay.

One Man Gang / Akeem shared a similar story where that stooge Vince made promises he never kept. Again, need to make a living. It says a lot about Vince.

I was one of the Agent's in the room, I witnessed this whole thing...Shane is telling the truth..

Shane was a great technician! The dean character that Vince gave him was lame though...

As a person with an L4 & 5 herniated discs in my back, you were damn lucky to have that doctor there that night, and good for you!

He's best as the franchise and no other character

If Vince acts like that, it's no wonder certain wrestlers walked all over him.

Looking back, one of Vince McMahon's biggest blunders was in the treatment and handling of Troy Martin aka Dean Douglas during his return to WWF in 1995. The WWF was at an all time low in 95 and desperately needed good heel characters/ wrestlers. Troy Martin was more than the ideal candidate, but Vince saw fit to mistreat him personally as well as professionally, thus preventing such a talented individual from ever working for Vince again. Imagine if Mr. Martin had been given a better chance to shine in the WWF, to be able to use his talents to the best of his ability. How much of a success do you think he would have been had the management been supportive? How do you think his role in onscreen role in WWF should have played out?

Classic interview Shane Douglas is the man

I'm deep in the guts of KZfaq right now and this stuff is gold

Shane is a wrestler not a cartoon character, he couldn't get over WWE

1000th like and nice video, great quality too. Shane is awesome!!

Yep the infamous baby blue outfit, i was listening to HTMan and he said your WWE career is over when u wear that, Dino Bravo and Rock Muraco and Rougeaus and so on

I love listening to Shane talk

Shane Douglas is so #underrated

i love him!! 💖

Kevin Kelly beat up Vince mcmahon?!? Holy shit that's hilarious

Jesus Christ, Shane crawling the length of a football field on his elbows and nobody tried to help him just tells you how gross WWF was.

I’ve ruptured the disc in my back after a car crash and I’ve slipped it several times since, hands down the single worst pain I’ve ever been in. I can’t imagine wrestling with it.

I Like Him When He Was In Ecw Especially That 97 98 & Half Of 99 Run

Shane was a sane man working for a mentally disturbed boss.

Good for Shane he can walk have sex and have a normal life. It's scary that Vince's behavior is not atypical.

I wish Global Force Impact Wrestling (I call it that because of so many re-branding) would hire Shane Douglas, Tully Blanchard, and bring back Jeff Jarrett. Those three running GFIW along w/ Dutch Mantell would be incredible.

I used to not like Shane Douglas for some reason..probably his wwe character. Now that I've listened to man himself in these shoots....you can tell how down to earth no bullshit kind of guy. Shane has earned my respect to stand up against the boss and stand up for what's right.

DAMN!!! Vince is a BAD GUY!!! he thinks his talent are a bunch of Circus Animals. Vince might be the Boss but also thinks he is a Doctor.

Met him at a show near me a few years back. Super great guy. We talked for about 20 minutes. Very nice, and great to talk to

I've looked up and down for interviews with this story and each one this story has stayed the same along with the PCO and Kevin nash story.

Shane is telling the 1000% truth !!!! No one lies using the word "fulcrum" or the term "shit my kidneys"....

Shane Douglas says that his last week in the WWF was Thanksgiving 1996, but that is incorrect. His last appearance in the WWF was the "In Your House" PPV on December 17, 1995.

Here's the thing,Shane could wrestle and had good talents,the trouble was to many numptys stood in his way,and were hell bent on holding him back,and getting in his way,he was great on the mic,sadly by the time he ended up in WCW around 2000,drugs and injuries had taken their toll on him,still got to say,over all a very good reliable wrestler,shame at what could of been,esp in WWF.great interview!

Seem like very self respect guy who always stand up for his rights 👍🏼

Shane is amazing.

I miss Shane, he was a great wrestler.

Shane Douglas was CM Punk before CM Punk was CM Punk.

Wow. So much respect for him.

I really thought it would be “Ric Flair got me kicked out…” Shane’s one sided feud with Flair remains active

The dude ar 2:10 sitting in the back, and thinking the PA angrily waving him out of there was just waving hello is so funny.

Shane came to the WWE at the wrong time,since he should have waited till the late 90s/early 00s(/2000s) to arrive in the WWE where he would have had a much better success and had Grade A class matches with Steve Austin,The Rock,and Kurt Angle.

Shane Douglas got rail roadid by McMahon. Vince was playing both sides of the Ring. Shane loves wrestling

Only Bret had the courage to punch Vince

He should have slapped Vince in the goddamn face.

After 20 years working around showbiz in wrestling and comedy, I can tell you he's not lying about stuff. He seems too angry and bitter to be just making stuff up. He might not be 100% accurate with his timeline but beef with people doesn't come from nowhere. As a talent there's a certain amount of dealing with bs (co workers, the boss, writers) required to stay employed in entertainment. Triple that of a normal paying job. I could tell you people stories that you wouldn't believe about lying, backstabbing and late/unfair pay. And I'm just a journeyman talent from Jersey who lived in Hollywood for a cup of coffee. The guy who trained me was a WWF star in the 80s. In his day there was no guaranteed money. You had to trust people weren't lying to you. Shane started in that era he didn't forget.

2:19 is when you can tell that the director made hand motions telling that guy to get the fuck out of the shot

That was an amazing story

I'm glad to hear Shane's side of the story. I wasn't there but I am sure had Shane not been hurt he would've been more than happy to work Madison Square Garden.

Shane Douglas is my new favorite veteran wrestler

I've never been a wrestler, but i've been in music and dealt with other types of promoters before and this sounds familiar. Promoters can sometimes become the become big monsters and think PR, money and their promotion or show is worth any cost at the expense of anyone employed. Not saying it's 100% true, but any kind of promoter can and have been able to become monstrous. In the past, I've had promoters turn on me because I was debating risking health, safty and my family's finances. I'm talking about smaller promoters too, so I can only imagine how millionaire and billionaire entertainment promoters are treating people as disposable or impractical concerns. They can be sociopathic and psychopathic at times when it comes to their company which is their baby.

Shane, is The Man!

If this is true Vince has got some serious issues maybe from all the roids.

Love when people stand up to Vince! He thinks he can intimidate so many people, not all!

The Franchise! If only if Vince could of let him be the Franchise character in WWF then how things could of been.. But ECW wouldn't of been half as great without him.. Shane an PitBul, Shane an Taz were awesome.

That goof at 2:20...

Pay was pretty horrendous back then as the business was in a terrible drought.

Vince is the classic sociopath. There's no emotion or caring in there. If it doesn't make him money, it's a waste of time.

When he said Kevin Kelly knocked Vince on his ass 🤣 no Shane it was Kevin Wacholz Nailz 😂

PLEASE do more interviews with 1960s to mid-70s WWWF wrestlers and/or people who wee there in that era or at least are very familiar with that era of the WWWF!

I still haven't forgiven Vince since he fkd up all the territories. Shane was a great showman in person when I saw him back in the day in the small EWC venues.

Vince is Ricky from Trailer Park Boys

I saw Shane wrestling in Fresno as a kid at the local Selland Arena.

Shane Douglas for the HOF!!

This guy and Bret Hart have the best shoots because EVERYTHING they say is backed up.

Sucks what happened to him, but aside from that Shane Douglass can really talk and give great stories.

that promo was fucking awesome

I'm sure he meant Nov 95 was his last month he was long gone in 96.

Glad to hear dustin rhodes was there to help

I seem to recall Shane Douglas and Shawn Michaels being a team in SWCW down in Texas,but I may be wrong,I was a kid then.

Great story but he got his years mixed up. This had to be 1995 not 95. Scott Hall was in WCW by November 1996

Nailz (Kevin Kelly), not the Commentator Kevin Kelly, punched Vincent McMahon. Nailz was in a feud with the Big Boss Man (Bubba Rogers aka Ray Traylor), in the WWF/WWE.

Every wrestler of that era states you could take a nightly $200 draw (advance) to help out with expenses. If Shane couldnt make his mortgage, but worked 28 days a month....that's $5600 in draws for that month he could've taken. Was he not accepting those cause every other wrestler states they took em just to make sure they got paid something. As for the back issue, he has been on point on every single interview about what happenned & stayed consistent.

How do all these people in comments know what happened?

That a man couldn’t pay his $500 a month mortgage on his salary working for the biggest wrestling promotion in the US...man were the mid 90s the lean years.

if he is lying he is insane with that level of detail. the one part i have a problem with is at the 6:04 mark were he says he crawled on his elbows for about a 100 yards and nobody would help him. A 100 YARDS!!!! and nobody would help him???? that is hard to believe. vince was like that though many a wrestler would be injured and wrestled because they knew vince would screw them over if they didn't wrestle regardless of the seriousness of the medical injury. why do you think so many guys got addicted to pain killers and stuff. vince really doesn't care about wrestlers.....owen hart dies in the ring and the show still goes on... nuff said.

Vince was taking lot of money from them SD not the first guy's complaints about that.

Eric the super agent.... dont sit there !! Eric waves hi !!!!

Shanks mistake was not getting beaten up by a marine or faking a knee injury.