Shane Douglas was nicknamed "The Franchise" due to his importance to the ECW brand. He was smart, edgy, gritty and talented in the ring making him an easy target for the World Wrestling Federation's talent scouts. When Vince McMahon brought Shane in during the Fall of 1995, they took almost everything synonymous with the ECW headliner and threw it away. In fact, the only thing they kept of the character was his last name - everything else was created from scratch for the brand new, intellectually-superior gimmick of Dean Douglas. Between his ridiculous wrestling attire (his entrance gear fit more for a local community college commencement than the squared circle), his goofy glasses and, well, basically his entire character, Dean Douglas was everything Shane Douglas wasn't in ECW and it just screamed 'failure'. It also didn't help that, shortly after arriving in New York, he made enemies out of The Kliq, the infamous group that had significantly more stroke backstage than their fellow, solo counterparts. The Kliq claims that a bad attitude and poor work ethic saw to Dean Douglas having a very short stay in the WWE, but one thing is certain: Douglas left the WWF in late 1995 having achieved nowhere near the level of success he and many others had hoped he would.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
