10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 19)

4. Shane Douglas Has Never Watched His Only Rumble Appearance

Royal Rumble 1991
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Those orange trunks Shane Douglas wore for the 1991 Royal Rumble were the same ones he donned for a run alongside Johnny Ace as the 'Dynamic Dudes' in WCW. No wonder his WWF career didn't take off in the early-90's. We're only partly kidding. Even Douglas himself could see the funny side of this on the Triple Threat podcast.

On that same episode, Shane was asked his thoughts on the commentary of Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper from the Rumble. Gorilla and Piper did a wonderful job of putting Douglas over as a young star in the making who would become a big name. This doesn't surprise Shane, but it's news to him.

He's never watched his only Royal Rumble appearance back.

Douglas has never felt the need to revisit the past that way and wonder what might have been had he not left the WWF to care for his father's illness. Maybe being reminded of the match will prompt him to go back and check out what Gorilla and Roddy said.

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