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Test (wrestler)

Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin (March 17, 1975 – March 13, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring name Test.

During his nine-year tenure with the WWF/WWE, he found his greatest success as a singles performer, winning the Intercontinental and European Championships once each, and the Hardcore Championship twice. Martin found additional success in the tag team division, twice becoming a World Tag Team Champion with Booker T by winning the WWF and WCW World Tag Team Championships once each.

Early life
Martin was born on March 17, 1975, in the Southern Ontario town of Whitby (Durham Region).

Training and early career (1997–1998)
In the mid-1990s, Martin met professional wrestler Bret Hart in a restaurant. After Hart offered to train him to wrestle, Martin spent eight months training under both Hart and Leo Burke. Martin debuted in 1997, wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit under the ring names Martin Kane and T.J. Thunder. Martin continued his training with Dory Funk Jr. at Funk's Funkin' Dojo, a training center in Ocala, Florida.

The Corporation (1998–1999)
Martin debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the October 25, 1998, episode of Sunday Night Heat as an unnamed bodyguard for the band Mötley Crüe, who were performing on the show. In a scripted event, Martin threw an overzealous fan off the stage during the band's rehearsal. On the December 14, 1998, episode of Raw is War, Martin aligned himself with WWF Champion The Rock by attacking The Rock's rival Triple H. A week later on the December 21 episode of Raw, Martin made his in ring debut teaming with The Rock to defeat Triple H and X-Pac by disqualification. Martin went on to join The Corporation, a wrestling stable consisting of numerous other wrestlers. During this time, he received the ring name "Test", since he usually checked the mic saying "test...test..."

On the January 11, 1999, episode of Raw is War, Test competed in a Corporation vs. D-X Corporate Rumble, which was won by Chyna, making her the 30th entrant in the upcoming Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match but was eliminated by Steve Austin. On the March 8 episode of Raw, Test defeated X-Pac. At WrestleMania XV on March 28, Test teamed with D'Lo Brown in a WWF Tag Team Championship title match against Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart where Jarrett and Hart retained their titles. Along with Triple H, he helped Shane McMahon retain the European Championship against X-Pac at WrestleMania XV. After being removed from the Corporation, Martin joined The Union who were known to carry 2x4 boards of wood with them. The group briefly feuded with the Corporation and at Over the Edge, The Union defeated The Corporate Ministry in an Eight-man elimination tag team match, before quietly disbanding.

Relationship with Stephanie McMahon and T & A (1999–2000)
Test then began an on-screen relationship with Stephanie McMahon that would lead to a "Love her or Leave her" match at SummerSlam. He went on to defeat Shane McMahon at SummerSlam in 1999, gaining Shane's blessing, which led to an on-screen engagement between Stephanie and Test. Later in the storyline, The British Bulldog hit Stephanie with a trash can, which caused her to develop amnesia. Plans for the wedding continued however, and on the night of the wedding Test defeated Triple H with a quick 3-count from a referee in a Vince McMahon mask. Triple H later showed a video which revealed that he had drugged Stephanie and had taken her to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he married her in a drive-through ceremony. Stephanie then turned on Test and aligned herself with Triple H, ushering in the McMahon-Helmsley Era. Test then had a short feud with DX. On the December 6 episode of Raw, Test and Kane were defeated by Triple H and X-Pac. DX would go on to break his nose and force him into matches like a handicap match against Big Boss Man and Albert. On the December 12 episode of Heat, Test faced Al Snow in a losing effort. The next night on Raw is War, Test teamed with Triple H to face the New Age Outlaws resulting in Triple H turning on and assaulting him. The next week on Raw is War, Triple H would continue to torment him by putting him in a handicap match against the New Age Outlaws, calling it a "Christmas present". On the January 17 episode of Raw is War, Test defeated The Big Boss Man to win the WWF Hardcore Championship. At the Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by The Big Show. Test then lost the WWF Hardcore Championship to Crash Holly on the February 24 episode of SmackDown!. Test then turned heel and formed a tag team with Albert. The two were known as T & A (Test and Albert) and were managed by Trish Stratus. At WrestleMania 2000 they defeated Al Snow and Steve Blackman. Then at Backlash, T & A (with Trish Stratus) defeated the Dudley Boyz. At King of the Ring, T & A were defeated in a Four corners elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship by Edge & Christian. At Fully Loaded, T & A and Trish Stratus lost to the Hardy Boyz and Lita in a Six-person mixed tag team match. At Unforgiven, Test competed in a Hardcore Open Invitational for the WWF Hardcore Championship which was won by Steve Blackman. At No Mercy, T & A and Trish Stratus competed against the Acolytes Protection Agency (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and Lita, which ended in a no contest because of T & A attacking The APA before the match. At Survivor Series, T & A and Trish Stratus faced Steve Blackman, Crash Holly and Molly Holly in a losing effort.

The Invasion and various feuds (2000–2002)
On December 28, 2000, Albert attacked Test at the orders of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, effectively disbanding T & A and turning Test face again.

Again a singles wrestler, Test eliminated William Regal during the 2001 Royal Rumble match and subsequently defeated him the next night on Raw is War to win the WWF European Championship. Test then feuded with Eddie Guerrero, losing the European Championship to him at WrestleMania X-Seven following interference from Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn. On the April 30 episode of Raw is War, Test defeated Triple H by disqualification after Triple H hit him with a chair and powerbombed him through the announce table. At Judgment Day, Test competed in a Triple threat hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship which was won by Rhyno. On the June 14 episode of SmackDown!, Test defeated Rhyno to win the Hardcore Championship but he would lose the title back to Rhyno on the June 25 episode of Raw is War.

During the Invasion storyline, the APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) were suspicious of Test's friendship with WCW owner Shane McMahon, prior to Shane's heel turn and the formation of the ECW half of The Alliance. They decided to attack Test because they thought he was the mole within the WWF, only to find out he wasn't. In retaliation, on the August 9, 2001, episode of SmackDown!, Test joined The Alliance by helping Alliance members Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon defeat the APA for the WWF Tag Team Championship, turning heel once again. Test teamed with The Dudley Boyz to defeat the APA and Spike Dudley in a six-man tag team match at SummerSlam when Test pinned Bradshaw. The next day on Raw is War, ECW owner Stephanie McMahon approached Test with the task of beating Chris Jericho after Rhyno failed to do so at SummerSlam. Despite past conflicts, they shook hands, thus finally resolving the grudge between himself and Stephanie. Test went on to defeat Jericho. He then began teaming with Booker T regularly in September 2001. Together they defeated The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) on the September 27 episode of SmackDown! to win the WCW Tag Team Championship. However they would go on to lose the titles to The Hardy Boyz on the October 8 episode of Raw. At No Mercy, Test defeated Kane. On the November 1 episode of SmackDown!, Test and Booker T defeated The Rock and Chris Jericho to win the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Test defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship on the November 5 episode of Raw. On the November 12 episode of Raw, Test and Booker T lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to the Hardy Boyz. Test lost the WWF Intercontinental Championship back to Edge in a unification match at Survivor Series for the WCW United States Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship. On the same night, he won a battle royal which granted him on-screen immunity from being fired for a year after attacking and taking the place of Scotty 2 Hotty. For the next few weeks, a storyline was built around Test using that immunity to justify attacking fellow wrestlers but the storyline went nowhere and shortly after the year turned it was dropped. At Vengeance, Test and Christian were defeated by Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert. At the 2002 Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. At No Way Out, Test and Booker T faced Tazz and Spike Dudley for the WWF Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. At WrestleMania X8, Test, Mr. Perfect and Lance Storm lost to Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert in six-man tag team match on Sunday Night Heat.

At the 2002 WWF draft lottery, Test was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. On the May 2 episode of SmackDown!, Test and Christian defeated Mark Henry and Faarooq. On the May 9 episode of SmackDown!, Test defeated Mark Henry. On the May 23 episode of SmackDown!, Test defeated Randy Orton. On the May 30 episode of SmackDown!, Test defeated Triple H. On the June 13 episode of SmackDown!, Test defeated The Hurricane in a King of the Ring qualifier. The next week, Test defeated Hardcore Holly in a Quarterfinals match but would go on to lose in the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament to the eventual winner, Brock Lesnar. On the July 4 episode of SmackDown!, Test, Christian and Lance Storm formed The Un-Americans. On the July 25 episode of SmackDown!, John Cena poked fun at him so he slapped him which led to a match where Cena won. On the July 29 episode of Raw, The Un-Americans left SmackDown! and joined the Raw brand. Later that night they attacked The Undertaker.

The storyline culminated in a match at SummerSlam where Undertaker defeated Test. The Un-Americans lost to the team of Kane, Goldust, Booker T and Bubba Ray Dudley at Unforgiven and after a series of losses The Un-Americans divided, and the stable split in brawling fashion and disbanded in September 2002.

Relationship with Stacy Keibler and departure (2002–2004)
In October 2002, after the Un-Americans dissolved, Test received Stacy Keibler as his on-screen girlfriend and "image consultant". This began by Keibler telling Test he should embrace his fanbase and call them his "Testicles", in line with The Rock's fan group, the "People", Kane's "Kaneanites", Chris Jericho's "Jerichoholics" and Hulk Hogan's "Hulkamaniacs". This eventually culminated with Test cutting off his long hair and trading his trademark leather pants for normal wrestling trunks. The couple were originally heels, but due to the popularity of the gimmick, quickly became faces. At the 2003 Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Batista. In May, Test formed a tag team with the returning Scott Steiner, at the request of Keibler, and at Judgment Day, they faced La Résistance in a losing effort. Later in the night, he went on to compete in a battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship, but it was eventually won by Christian. Test and Keibler eventually split up due to the ongoing mistreatment of Keibler at the hands of Test, while turning him heel again and developed a misogynist streak. At Bad Blood, Steiner defeated Test for Keibler's managerial services. On the August 18 episode of Raw, Test defeated Steiner, winning the services of Keibler and announcing his intentions to "make her a whore". At Unforgiven, Test again defeated Steiner, forcing him to become his manservant. Steiner then attacked Keibler, blaming her for the loss and for him having to take orders from another man. Test then freed Steiner from his obligation, and the pair became a tag team once again, as now both treated Keibler like a slave. The two challenged for the World Tag Team Championship on multiple occasions but came up short each time. The pair were then fired by Mick Foley (therefore freeing Keibler from their control), who was the on-screen Co-General Manager for two nights, thus finally ending the year-long angle. They were then re-hired by Eric Bischoff, upon his return to the position of Raw General Manager. At Armageddon, Test and Scott Steiner competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles.

Test then had a short feud with Steven Richards in January 2004, which started after Test kicked Victoria (Richard's on-screen girlfriend) in the jaw. They fought several times on Sunday Night Heat, with Richards winning every match. On the January 19 episode of Raw, Test competed in a Triple Threat Royal Rumble Qualifying Match against Goldberg and Steiner. After Goldberg won the match Test and Steiner would officially disband. At the Royal Rumble, Test was found knocked out backstage by some officials and the Raw Sheriff Stone Cold Steve Austin when it was his turn to enter. Austin ordered someone to quickly replace Test as the 21st rumble entrant. The person who attacked him and replaced him was revealed to be Mick Foley. Test would gain some revenge on the February 2 episode of Raw, when he and Randy Orton attacked Foley in a backstage area. Test would start competing against the likes of Rico and Stevie Richards regularly on Heat. On the March 1 episode of Raw, Test and Matt Hardy were defeated by Rob Van Dam and Booker T. Test would go on to compete on house shows until he reaggravated the neck injury that had kept him out of action the past few months.

Martin had spinal fusion surgery performed by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in July 2004. On November 1, 2004, it was announced that he was released from his WWE contract along with A-Train and Billy Gunn.

Independent circuit, Italy, and Australia (2005–2006)
Test returned to the ring in May 2005, and began accepting bookings with various independent promotions. On August 27, 2005, Test wrestled at WrestleReunion 2 teaming with The Masked Superstar, Steve Corino, and The Original Evil Clown losing to D'Lo Brown, The Blue Meanie, Tom Prichard and Dusty Rhodes in Philadelphia. One of his most notable victories during this tenure was against former TNA wrestler Samoa Joe for World Series Wrestling in Australia. His most prominent role in the independent circuit was in the Nu-Wrestling Evolution promotion in Italy, where he took on the ring name "Big Foot", due to his "big boot" finishing move. He also feuded with Mark Jindrak in January 2006 in Italy.

Return to WWE (2006–2007)
On March 22, 2006, WWE.com announced that Test had verbally agreed to return to WWE. Subsequently, vignettes began to play during ECW on Sci Fi, announcing that Test was debuting on the ECW brand. He officially made his return on the July 4 episode of ECW, defeating Al Snow. In late-July, Test aligned with the fellow ECW newcomers, Mike Knox, Big Show, and Matt Striker to feud with the "ECW Originals", which consisted of Rob Van Dam, Sabu, and The Sandman. On the August 1 episode of ECW, Test and Mike Knox defeated Sandman and Tommy Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match, with Test pinning Dreamer. On the September 5 episode of ECW, Test and Mike Knox lost to Rob Van Dam and Sabu in an Extreme Rules Match. On the October 3 episode of ECW, Test defeated Rob Van Dam in an Extreme Rules Match.

On the November 7 episode of ECW, Test defeated Tommy Dreamer to earn a spot in the Extreme Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember. Test was a member of Team Big Show (Big Show, himself, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay and Umaga) facing Team Cena (John Cena, Kane, Bobby Lashley, Sabu and Rob Van Dam) at Survivor Series. During the match, Test eliminated Rob Van Dam but was eventually eliminated by Sabu. Team Big Show eventually lost. At December to Dismember, he eliminated Hardcore Holly and Rob Van Dam in the Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Championship, before being pinned by the eventual winner Bobby Lashley. On the January 16, 2007, episode of ECW, Test competed in a triple threat match for the ECW World Championship, which was won by Bobby Lashley. The following week, Test faced Lashley for the ECW World Championship but failed to win the title. He would fail to defeat Lashley for the title on two further occasions, at the 2007 Royal Rumble and on the January 30 episode of ECW.

Following these defeats, Test would disappear from WWE television. On February 18, WWE commentator Jim Ross, confirmed on his blog that Test had been suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE "Wellness Program". A week after Ross made the announcement, it was reported that Test was officially released from his WWE contract. Martin released a statement through his MySpace saying that the release was mutual and he had requested it.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007)
After his departure, Martin debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a face under his real name on the August 2, 2007, episode of TNA Impact!. He allied himself with Abyss and Sting and helped them defeat A.J. Styles and Christian Cage in a tag team ladder match. At Hard Justice, Martin wrestled his first and only match for TNA as "The Punisher" Andrew Martin, as he teamed with Sting and Abyss to defeat Christian's Coalition (Cage, Tomko, and A.J. Styles) in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match, after Styles was slammed into a pile of broken glass and pinned by Abyss.

Late career (2007–2009)
On December 19, 2007, Martin announced that he would embark on a final tour of Britain, Ireland and France in February and March 2008 before retiring from professional wrestling. Martin finished his retirement tour in France, losing to Rene Dupree in a series of matches. However, Martin did wrestle two more matches in Japan in 2009. Martin defeated Lance Hoyt on February 1 and Mitsuya Nagai on February 3.

Personal life
Martin dated WWE Diva Stacy Keibler from 2001 until 2005. He also dated Barbara Blank, better known in WWE as Kelly Kelly, from 2007 until just before his death in March 2009.

On September 14, 2007, and April 5, 2008, Martin was arrested for driving under the influence in Hillsborough County and Pasco County, Florida. He was booked into jail both times, but was released the following day after posting bail.

Death
Martin was found dead in his Tampa, Florida apartment on March 13, 2009, four days prior to what would have been his 34th birthday. Police were contacted after a neighbor reportedly realized Martin had been laying motionless on his couch for some time, prompting them to call 911. Authorities retrieved Martin's body after scaling his balcony and confirming his death. Toxicology reports revealed that Martin's death was caused by an accidental overdose of oxycodone. It was reported that in August 2008, Martin entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in West Palm Beach, Florida after reaching out to WWE, his former employer, for help regarding his substance abuse. Martin's body was cremated and his remains were flown to his family in his hometown of Whitby, Ontario.

Forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu later determined that Martin had severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition caused by repeated concussions and subconcussive head injuries. Fellow Canadian wrestler and one of Martin's idols, Chris Benoit, also suffered from CTE before his death in June 2007, and it was determined to be a factor in the Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 37 of the 500 top singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001
 * Wild West Wrestling
 * WWW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment
 * WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Booker T
 * WWF European Championship (1 time)
 * WWF Hardcore Championship (2 times)
 * WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
 * WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Booker T

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Shane Douglas

Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, manager, and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Martin held a dozen championships between ECW, WCW, and the WWF and is a six-time world champion: a four-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time XPW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. As ECW Champion, he holds the records for most combined days as champion (874) and the longest single reign (406 days). Martin is also a two-time ECW World Television Champion, a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion.

Martin was also the first of three men (the others being Mick Foley and Chris Jericho) to hold a championship in all three major U.S. promotions of the 1990s, after he was awarded the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1995.

Martin achieved the greatest success of his career in ECW, where he debuted in 1993 and captured the ECW Heavyweight Championship twice in his first year with the company. He gained attention when he won a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, where he publicly rejected the NWA title belt and helped ECW in evolving from an NWA territory to a national promotion. Within ECW, he was dubbed "The Franchise" in reference to his status as the franchise player of the promotion. WWE, who purchased that organization, asserted: "Without Shane Douglas, there would have been no ECW." He headlined many events for ECW including three editions of the company's premier pay-per-view event November to Remember in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Early life
Martin was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, one of six children of a veteran of World War II, who died in 1991. He graduated cum laude from Bethany College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in history and political science. He is an alumnus of the Psi chapter of Beta Theta Pi. After earning his degrees, he was offered to join the Saba University School of Medicine but declined in order to continue wrestling.

Early years (1980–1989)
Martin was trained by Dominic DeNucci in the Pittsburgh suburb of Freedom, Pennsylvania, alongside Mick Foley in the mid-1980s. He had been wrestling professionally to earn money since 1982. When he started, he used the character of Troy Orndorff, the fictional nephew of Paul Orndorff. In 1986, he wrestled Randy Savage at a WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping using his real name. He also wrestled "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in the debut episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge, once again using his real name. Later that year, he began wrestling as a fan favorite for the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) using the name Shane Douglas, which was given to him by "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt (the "Douglas" last name was inspired by Black Rain and The Jewel of the Nile film star Michael Douglas, who at the time had just appeared in the 1987 film Wall Street). Douglas defeated Gilbert for the UWF Television Championship on August 3, 1987, but did not rise above mid-card status. Douglas lost the title on September 2 to Terry Taylor.

World Championship Wrestling (1988–1990)
In 1988, Douglas signed with the promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW), then a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He retained his Shane Douglas ring name and was put into a tag team of skateboarders known as The Dynamic Dudes with Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis, the younger brother of Road Warrior Animal).

Mick Foley has opined that since neither Ace nor Douglas knew how to skateboard, the fans saw through the character and refused to buy into it. Jim Cornette, who was managing The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) at the time, decided to manage the duo to help them get over.

When Eaton and Lane in storyline did not approve, they forced a match between the two teams with Cornette remaining neutral at ringside. He ended up turning on Douglas and Ace and the teams feuded for a couple of months. Cornette's turn was to have established The Dynamic Dudes as a top fan favorite tag team, but the turn backfired and made The Midnight Express more popular than they already were.

The Dynamic Dudes broke up in 1990 after Ace began competing progressively more for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), which was breaking its ties to the NWA. Jim Cornette also states that the end of the Dynamic Dudes came when Douglas went over his head to Jim Herd about having a finish changed to make him look stronger. Cornette, who was part of the booking committee, washed his hands of working with them afterwards. Shane argued that they had been repeatedly promised a big push and were instead being booked to lose all of their big matches, then getting criticized for not getting over as a top team. The Dudes would last wrestle together in March 1990, and Douglas soon left WCW after broken promises to give him a push, and wrestled on the American independent circuit.

World Wrestling Federation (1990–1991)
In 1990, Douglas signed a deal with the World Wrestling Federation and made his debut on the June 18 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, defeating Bob Bradley, in a match taped in Toronto, Ontario, on May 27. Douglas remained undefeated in his first month, defeating Bob Bradley, Paul Diamond, and Steve Lombardi in a series of matches. He then moved up to begin a house show series in late June against Haku and suffered his first loss on June 28 in Denver, Colorado. He remained without a win in subsequent rematches. He made his syndicated television debut on the August 26 episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge, teaming with jobber Mark Thomas in a loss to The Orient Express.

In August 1990, he received his first break when he was tapped as the temporary replacement to an injured Shawn Michaels in The Rockers tag-team. Douglas teamed with Jannetty six times in matches against The Orient Express. On August 27, he defeated Buddy Rose in a dark match at the SummerSlam '90 PPV. On the September 17 episode of Prime Time Wrestling, Douglas wrestled Haku to a draw, and he was largely undefeated against low level competition throughout the fall. At the Survivor Series '90 PPV Douglas defeated Buddy Rose in another dark match, and on January 3, 1991, at a house show in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he scored the biggest victory of his nascent WWF career when he upset Dino Bravo. Four days later on the January 7, 1991, episode of Prime Time Wrestling he would pin Haku, and was strongly positioned as a rising young star.

His most memorable WWF performance took place at the 1991 Royal Rumble, where he entered as the seventeenth entrant and lasted for 26 minutes and 23 seconds before being eliminated by Brian Knobbs. Shortly after, he left the company to take care of his ailing father.

Douglas would make intermittent appearances in 1991, subbing for various wrestlers on house shows. He returned on May 8 in Youngstown, Ohio, and lost to Ricky Steamboat. In June he returned for a pair of house shows and was defeated by Colonel Mustafa. He made his final televised appearance on the June 15th episode of Prime Time Wrestling, losing to Dino Bravo in a match taped at Madison Square Garden. Douglas closed out his first WWF run with two victories - a win on July 29 in a dark match at a WWF Superstars taping against Bob Bradley, and a victory over The Orient Express on August 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he teamed with Marty Jannetty.

Return to WCW (1992–1993)
Douglas returned to WCW on the September 12, 1992, episode of Saturday Night as a fan favorite, where he defeated Super Invader in his return match by using Magnum T. A.'s finishing move, belly to belly suplex, which was noted by Magnum, the following week on Saturday Night. On the October 17 episode of Saturday Night, Douglas had a match with Brian Pillman, which began a rivalry between the duo. He made his pay-per-view return at Halloween Havoc, where he teamed with Tom Zenk and Johnny Gunn to compete against Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Michael Hayes in a winning effort.

While feuding with Pillman, Douglas formed a tag team with Ricky Steamboat to take on Pillman and Steve Austin in a tag team match on the October 24 episode of Worldwide. The following month, Steamboat and Douglas won the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Championships from Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham on the November 18 Clash of the Champions XXI. Steamboat and Douglas made a successful title defense against Windham and Pillman at Starrcade.

Steamboat and Douglas began a lengthy rivalry with Pillman and his new tag team partner Steve Austin. Steamboat and Douglas successfully defended the tag titles against Austin and Pillman on the January 13, 1993 Clash of the Champions XXII, before dropping the titles to Austin and Pillman on the March 27, 1993, episode of Worldwide. Soon after losing the tag titles, Douglas began a rivalry with the World Television Champion Paul Orndorff, where he came up short against Orndorff in two respective matches in the Computer Contenders Challenge on the May 1 episode of Worldwide and the May 8 episode of Power Hour, before departing the company for Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW). Douglas had been scheduled to team with Steamboat in a steel cage match for a title shot at the NWA and WCW World Tag Team Championship at Slamboree, but was replaced by Tom Zenk in a mask.

The Franchise (1993–1994)
Martin debuted in the upstart ECW during its formative years on the August 24, 1993, episode of Eastern Championship Wrestling and solidified his status as a villain by joining Hotstuff International. In his first match, Douglas defeated Don E. Allen and Herve Renesto in a handicap match. Douglas quickly rose to the top of the roster, winning the promotion's Heavyweight Championship on the September 14 episode of Eastern Championship Wrestling, after champion Tito Santana forfeited the title. Douglas successfully defended the title against The Sandman at the UltraClash event. At NWA Bloodfest, Douglas retained the title against J.T. Smith before dropping the title to Sabu later that night.

On the December 14 episode of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Douglas substituted for an injured Johnny Gunn to defend the Tag Team Championship alongside Gunn's partner Tommy Dreamer against Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac, during which Douglas turned on Dreamer by attacking him with a steel chain. The following week, Douglas defeated Dreamer via disqualification by hitting Dreamer with a steel chain and handing over the chain to Dreamer, which fooled the referee to believe that Dreamer had hit him with the chain. This strategy would be adopted by Eddie Guerrero a decade later. Douglas defeated Dreamer at Holiday Hell to end the feud.

Douglas developed a gimmick of a foul-mouthed, incredibly arrogant villain (an attitude that would define him permanently and give him success), and gave himself the nickname "The Franchise". His best friend Sherri Martel became his valet. Douglas gained notoriety when he wrestled Terry Funk and Sabu to a one-hour draw in the company's first-ever three-way dance for the ECW Heavyweight Championship at The Night the Line Was Crossed. Douglas dethroned Funk in an Ultimate Jeopardy steel cage match to win his second Heavyweight Championship at Ultimate Jeopardy. Since its founding, ECW had been a member of the NWA. Douglas was instrumental in the development of "extreme wrestling" when he defeated The Tazmaniac, Dean Malenko and 2 Cold Scorpio to win a tournament to become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion on August 27. In an angle which only he, Tod Gordon, and Paul Heyman knew about, Douglas threw down the NWA title belt and stated that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion". Douglas raised the ECW Heavyweight Championship belt and declared it to be a world championship belt, renaming it the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. WWE recognizes this moment as the beginning of ECW Championship and Douglas as the first ECW Champion. According to the Forever Hardcore DVD, Douglas only decided to throw down the NWA belt after NWA president Dennis Coralluzzo buried Douglas on Mike Tenay's radio show. On the August 30 edition of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, Gordon announced he was folding Eastern Championship Wrestling, and in its place forming Extreme Championship Wrestling, a new promotion independent of the NWA. Capitalizing on the controversy that surrounded his literally "throwing down" the NWA belt and the promo following it, Douglas was encouraged to express his true feelings in interviews by the ECW bookers. This helped raise ECW's prominence in the eyes of wrestling fans and journalists and allowed it to become an alternative to WCW and the WWF and Douglas cemented a legacy in the history of ECW. Douglas closed 1994 with successful title defenses of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Ron Simmons.

Triple Threat (1995)
In early 1995, Douglas formed the Triple Threat faction, aligning himself with Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. He started the year with successful title defenses of the World Heavyweight Championship against Tully Blanchard and Marty Jannetty. He then entered a feud with The Sandman during a match at Three Way Dance, where Sandman's valet, Woman, seemed to have aligned herself with Douglas by helping him in retaining the title against Sandman by handing him Sandman's Singapore cane to attack him and get the win. However, it turned out to be a ruse when she aided Sandman in defeating Douglas for the title at Hostile City Showdown. Douglas' lengthy reign ended at 385 days, which is the second longest reign in the title history.

After failing to regain the title, Douglas began a rivalry with Cactus Jack, as each man wanted to capture the title from Sandman and saw the other as competition. During this time, Douglas went on a tirade about the lawlessness of ECW and brought in Bill Alfonso as a troubleshooting referee to restore order. After teasing a departure for the WWF, Douglas finally left ECW for the WWF in July 1995, making his last appearance during a world title match between Sandman and Cactus Jack at Heat Wave, during which he attacked both men and left.

Return to WWF (1995-1996)
In 1995, Douglas returned to the WWF with a college dean character under the ring name Dean Douglas, making his first appearance on the July 29 episode of Superstars. To establish himself, he filmed several vignettes with a chalkboard, lecturing wrestlers and fans. He would also be shown taking notes of his opponents at ringside during some matches, and frequently carried a paddle (dubbed the "Board of Education") with him to the ring. He would usually present a "Report Card" in which he would degrade the performances of heroic wrestlers after their matches.

Douglas began a rivalry with Razor Ramon after grading him "MF" for miserable failure after Razor's loss to Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam. Douglas made his in-ring return to WWF on the September 9 episode of Superstars, where he defeated 1-2-3 Kid by disqualification after Razor attacked Douglas. This resulted in a match between Douglas and Razor at In Your House 3, which Douglas won after interference by the Kid.

He was set to wrestle Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship at In Your House 4, but Michaels forfeited the title due to injuries incurred after being attacked and beaten by a Marine in Syracuse, New York. Douglas, however, immediately had to defend the title against rival Razor Ramon. Ramon would go on to defeat Douglas, ending his reign at only twenty minutes. Douglas was randomly paired with Razor, Owen Hart and Yokozuna against Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, British Bulldog and Sycho Sid in a Wildcard Survivor Series match at Survivor Series. Douglas was eliminated by Michaels after Razor attacked him. His team went on to lose the match.

Douglas failed to recapture the Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon on the December 4 episode of Monday Night Raw. His last televised match was on the December 9 episode of Superstars, where he defeated enhancement talent Tony Williams. His last appearance on WWF television was at In Your House 5, when he was booked to wrestle Ahmed Johnson. According to the storyline, his back was not in wrestling condition, so he introduced Buddy Landel as his substitute, who was subsequently defeated by Johnson in just forty-two seconds. His very last day working in WWF was at Madison Square Garden where he was diagnosed with a severe muscle spasm in his back that if agitated could have paralyzed him. Despite doctors telling Vince McMahon it was a legitimate injury, Vince became angry at the news and tried to intimidate Shane into denying it, and was explicitly told by Vince McMahon to leave the company on January 1, 1996. However, Vince made him go out that evening and deliver a promo, in which he announced his injury. Douglas has been very outspoken about how Vince paid him much less than what was agreed upon, and because of his treatment before he refuses to ever work for Vince again.

World Television Champion (1996)
After leaving the WWF, Douglas made his surprise return to ECW at the House Party event on January 5, 1996, where he briefly reprised his Dean Douglas character, correcting Buh Buh Ray Dudley's grammar after a match, thus becoming a fan favorite. His televised return aired on the January 9 episode of Hardcore TV, where he confronted Stevie Richards and Blue Meanie, denounced his Dean gimmick and declared "the Franchise is back!". During this time, he had a memorable feud with Cactus Jack as Cactus was getting ready to leave for WWF and cutting promos encouraging Tommy Dreamer to side with him, deriding ECW's hardcore style and promoting clean wrestling. Douglas eventually pinned Jack in a match at CyberSlam after performing a drop toe-hold onto an opened steel chair after Jack's partner Mikey Whipwreck betrayed Jack. Upon his return, Douglas also targeted the World Heavyweight Champion Raven and received several title shots but came up short due to heavy interference by members of Raven's Flock.

After failing in his attempts to regain the World Heavyweight Championship, Douglas won the World Television Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio at A Matter of Respect and eventually turned into a villain by showing disrespect to the title. After the match, 2 Cold Scorpio attacked him. A month later, Douglas was scheduled to defend the title against Scorpio at Fight The Power, but Scorpio was injured, which resulted in Douglas retaining the title against El Puerto Ricano, Don E. Allen, Devon Storm and Mikey Whipwreck in quick succession before losing it to Pitbull #2 after Douglas insulted The Pitbulls' manager, Francine and gave her a belly to belly suplex. At Heat Wave, Douglas won his second World Television Championship by defeating champion Chris Jericho, 2 Cold Scorpio and Pitbull #2 in a four corners match, after Francine turned on them and aided Douglas in winning the match. With Francine by his side, Douglas continued to feud with Pitbull #2 and retained his title against the latter in subsequent rematches for the remainder of the year.

Triple Threat reformation and final storylines (1996–1999)
In the fall of 1996, Douglas reformed the Triple Threat with new members Chris Candido and Brian Lee. Douglas and Francine entered a feud with Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty, which culminated in a series of matches between the two pairs throughout late 1996 and early 1997.

Triple Threat feuded with Douglas' enemies Tommy Dreamer and The Pitbulls throughout the first half of 1997, while Douglas continued his successful title defenses of the World Television Championship against Pitbull #2. Douglas retained his title against Pitbull #1, as well, in an "I Quit" match at Hostile City Showdown. During this time, a mysterious man began stalking Francine and displayed mannerisms of Rick Rude. After Douglas retained his title against Pitbull #2 at ECW's first pay-per-view Barely Legal, Brian Lee revealed himself to be the mysterious stalker and delivered a Chokeslam to Douglas. As a result, Lee was removed from Triple Threat due to his betrayal and left ECW. Triple Threat gained Bam Bam Bigelow in Lee's place, who joined the group as Douglas' partner in a tag team match against The Pitbulls at Chapter 2.

At Wrestlepalooza, Douglas retained his title against Chris Chetti. Later that night, Douglas interrupted Taz's promo after a match between Taz and Sabu. Douglas defended his title against Taz, with the stipulation that Taz would not be able to compete in ECW for sixty days. Douglas lost the title in under three minutes after Taz made him submit to the Tazmission. Douglas' reign ended at 329 days. He then turned his attention on capturing the World Heavyweight Championship from Terry Funk and challenged him for the title at Heat Wave but lost by disqualification. Douglas received another shot on the August 14 episode of Hardcore TV, but lost. Shortly after, Sabu won the title but Douglas remained in the title picture. At Hardcore Heaven, Douglas defeated Sabu and Funk in a three-way dance to win the title for the third time. In September 1997, Douglas retained the title against Tommy Dreamer at Terry Funk's WrestleFest and against Phil Lafon in a no disqualification match at As Good as It Gets.

Douglas lost his title to Bam Bam Bigelow on the October 24 episode of Hardcore TV after Rick Rude chose Bigelow as Douglas' challenger. As a result, Bigelow was kicked out of Triple Threat and replaced by Lance Storm. After failing in a rematch at Ultimate Jeopardy, Douglas regained the title by defeating Bigelow at the November to Remember pay-per-view, beginning his fourth reign as champion. Douglas was injured in the match and was sidelined for nearly two months, making his return to action on January 30, 1998. At Hostile City Showdown, Bigelow rejoined Triple Threat by turning on his partner Taz during a match against Triple Threat. Bigelow's return lead to Lance Storm being kicked out of the group, which began a feud between Storm and the Triple Threat. At Living Dangerously, Douglas and Chris Candido faced Storm and his mystery partner, who was revealed to be Al Snow. Snow pinned Douglas following a Snow Plow. This earned Snow a title shot against Douglas for the world title at Wrestlepalooza, where Douglas retained the title.

Douglas suffered an injury which prevented him from competing for a couple of months but he continued to appear on television, during which Triple Threat began feuding with Taz, Rob Van Dam and Sabu. The two teams squared off in a match at November to Remember, where Triple Threat lost. After the match, Bigelow left ECW and Chris Candido abandoned Douglas, resulting in Triple Threat being disbanded.

Douglas continued his feud with Taz, which culminated in a match between the two at Guilty as Charged in 1999, where Douglas lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Taz after Douglas was attacked by former teammate Chris Candido, allowing Taz to win with a Tazmission. Douglas' fourth ECW World Heavyweight Championship reign was the longest reign in the title's history, lasting 406 days. Douglas faced Taz in a rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship at House Party, where he lost. On February 12 at Crossing the Line '99, Douglas allied with his long-time nemesis Tommy Dreamer to feud with Impact Players after both men claimed to be the "New Franchise" but Douglas elected Dreamer as his successor, turning Douglas face for the first time in nearly 3 years. After the face turn, Douglas would perform in a heroic role for the first since he disrespected the ECW Television title in 1996 and continued to feud with the Impact Players. At Living Dangerously, Dreamer and Douglas defeated Impact Players. Douglas wrestled his last match in ECW on April 15, where he defeated Justin Credible after a Pittsburgh Plunge. On May 15, Douglas was scheduled to represent ECW on the interpromotional Break the Barrier event. However, after a disagreement with Paul Heyman, Douglas delivered a controversial shoot promo at the event which ended with his quitting ECW one day before its Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view.

The Revolution and New Blood (1999–2000)
After quitting ECW, Douglas made a surprise return to WCW on the July 19, 1999, episode of Nitro, where he joined with former Triple Threat members Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko and fellow ECW alumnus Perry Saturn to form The Revolution and pledged to cut the "cancer" out of WCW. This was a reference to Ric Flair, with whom Douglas had an off-screen grudge. Asya was later added to the group in place of Benoit, who left the team. The group wrestled other groups including West Texas Rednecks, First Family, Filthy Animals, and Varsity Club during its run. The group was rarely featured prominently and never really challenged the dominant wrestlers of WCW. This led to them never really getting popular as an idea, though both Benoit and Malenko were successful individually. The lack of success would eventually lead to the demise of the group after Malenko and Saturn left WCW. Following the disbanding of the Revolution, Douglas managed The Wall at the Souled Out pay-per-view in 2000, before taking a hiatus from television as the company did not have any plans for him at the time.

Douglas returned to WCW television on the April 10 episode of Nitro, where he aligned himself with Vince Russo and joined The New Blood group run by Russo and Eric Bischoff, which feuded with the older established The Millionaire's Club, which included his on-screen and real life off-camera nemesis Ric Flair. Douglas faced Flair for the first time on that same night in a match, which Douglas lost by disqualification. At Spring Stampede, Douglas was paired with Buff Bagwell in a four-team tournament for the vacated World Tag Team Championship, where they defeated Harlem Heat 2000 in the semi-finals and the makeshift team of Ric Flair and Lex Luger in the finals, after Brian Adams and Bryan Clark delivered a High Times. Douglas resumed his feud with Flair, which culminated in a match between the two at Slamboree, which Douglas won, with the help of Flair's son David Flair in disguise of a masked man. On the May 15 episode of Nitro, Douglas defended the tag title alongside The Wall, who substituted for Buff Bagwell in a match against KroniK, which KroniK won.

Douglas received an opportunity for the World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett on the May 31 episode of Thunder, where he failed to win the title after the WCW Commissioner Ernest Miller delivered a Feliner to Douglas. Douglas competed against The Wall in a Best of Five Tables match at The Great American Bash, which Douglas won by driving Wall through three tables.

Return of The Franchise and United States Champion (2000–2001)
At Bash at the Beach, Douglas defeated his former tag team partner Buff Bagwell, by debuting his new finishing move called Franchiser and with assistance by Torrie Wilson, who turned on Bagwell. With Wilson as his manager, Douglas began using his ECW nickname "The Franchise" and began using "Cut the damn music!" catchphrase during his entrance to the ring and then delivered a promo on the microphone. Douglas participated in a tournament for the vacated United States Heavyweight Championship on the July 18 episode of Monday Nitro, where he defeated Billy Kidman in the quarter-finals but lost to eventual winner Lance Storm in the semi-finals.

Douglas would begin a rivalry with Kidman, who had previously been aligned with Torrie Wilson. During this rivalry, Kidman notably displayed footage of a supposed sex tape between Douglas and Wilson, in which Douglas suffered erectile dysfunction. This lead to a "Viagra on a Pole" match, which Douglas won. At the New Blood Rising pay-per-view, Kidman defeated Douglas in a Strap match. However, Douglas and Torrie Wilson defeated Kidman and Madusa in a scaffold match at Fall Brawl.

In the fall of 2000, Douglas became allied with the Natural Born Thrillers, during which he helped their leader Mike Sanders win a kickboxing match against Ernest Miller at Halloween Havoc, which lead to Douglas facing Miller in a match at Mayhem, which Miller won. Douglas would then enter a rivalry with Misfits in Action leader General Rection over Rection's United States Heavyweight Championship. He faced Rection for the title at Starrcade, but lost by disqualification after Chavo Guerrero Jr. informed the referee that Douglas was trying to use a chain to hit Rection. In 2001, Douglas defeated Rection in a first blood chain match to capture the title at the Sin pay-per-view. Douglas dropped the belt to Rick Steiner on the February 5 episode of Nitro. This was Douglas' last WCW match in the company and he sat out the rest of his WCW contract until it was purchased by the WWF on March 23, 2001. After WCW closed down, Douglas refused to return to the WWF because of paternity leave due to his wife's pregnancy.

Xtreme Pro Wrestling (2002–2003)
After the WWF purchased both WCW and ECW in 2001, Douglas Went to Xtreme Pro Wrestling in July 2002, where he won its World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Johnny Webb at the Night of Champions event. Douglas later helped expand the promotion from its base in Los Angeles to Philadelphia, and XPW held its first show in Philadelphia on August 31. Douglas would later become the final World Heavyweight Champion in XPW history, as the promotion held its final event on March 8, 2003, in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

The New Church and The New Franchise (2003–2004)
Following the closure of XPW, Martin signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June 2003. Under his Shane Douglas ring name, he debuted in TNA on the company's weekly pay-per-view on June 11, where he immediately reignited his feud with Raven by costing him an opportunity for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The two ended up joining separate factions as Douglas became a member of The New Church and Raven formed The Gathering. Douglas made his TNA in-ring debut on July 2, where he defeated CM Punk in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Douglas and Raven clashed throughout the summer of 2003, with both men trading wins in a couple of matches.

When this feud ran down, Douglas broke away from The New Church on October 1 and began a quest to find "The New Franchise". He was joined by Tracy as his new valet after his match against Sandman on November 5 and Michael Shane was introduced as Douglas' protege and the trio formed their new group called "The New Franchise" on November 26. Douglas took him under his wing throughout the end of 2003 and beginning of 2004, as the two joined the company's tag team division. The duo were entered into a tournament for the vacated NWA World Tag Team Championship, where they lost to Christopher Daniels and Low Ki on March 24. The following week, Douglas and Shane participated in a four-way tag team match to receive a shot at the tag team titles, but came up short. On May 5, Shane turned on Douglas and the two squared off in a match, which Douglas won. After the match, Traci joined Shane to abandon Douglas.

Various roles and managing The Naturals (2004–2007)
When the grouping of Shane and Douglas broke up, Douglas went into a semi-in-ring retirement. He became an onscreen commentator and interviewer for TNA's new weekly television show, Impact!, and their monthly pay-per-views. In addition to this on-screen role, he worked backstage as a road agent and took a few independent bookings.

Douglas returned to television on the May 18, 2006, episode of Impact!, appearing on the entrance ramp as Andy Douglas (no relation) made the save for his tag team partner Chase Stevens after a brutal squash match against Samoa Joe. He would scout The Naturals again on the May 25 episode of Impact!, when Andy Douglas lost his match. A few weeks later, on June 15, Shane confronted them on their recent losing streak and their squandered talent, referring to their former manager and Douglas's ex-Triple Threat teammate Chris Candido in the process. He offered to become their manager, which they accepted. During the promo when he offered his services, he spoke his true feelings on World Wrestling Entertainment's revival of Extreme Championship Wrestling, admonishing Vince McMahon for "exploiting the memory" of the company he helped build nearly 15 years earlier. After becoming their mentor, pre-recorded videos showed Douglas training The Naturals have been shown on TNA programming, though he doesn't stand at ringside during their matches like most other managers. Once they were deemed ready for competition, Douglas billed them as "The Newly Franchised Naturals".

On the December 21 episode of Impact! after The Naturals lost to Team 3D in a tables match, a fed up Douglas turned his back on them, claiming that his experiment was over. Despite the failed "experiment", prior to the departure of The Naturals from TNA, Chase Stevens was featured in a match on the pre-show of the Final Resolution pay-per-view in 2007. During the match, Stevens wore the gold-and-black "Franchised" Naturals attire. Douglas came out after his match to heatedly confront Stevens about wearing his colors, leading to an in-ring confrontation between the two. After the angle was dropped, Douglas remained completely unseen on TNA programming. On October 10, 2007, TNA announced that Douglas was released from his TNA contract.

Return and feud with Christopher Daniels (2009)
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.

Return to the independent circuit (2009–present)
On March 13, 2009, Douglas returned to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) for the first time since he dropped the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 15 years, wrestling for the NWA On Fire territory in a singles match, and defeating ECW alumnus Little Guido.

In 2012, Douglas announced that he would take part in Extreme Reunion, an event consisting of former ECW Originals. It was the first in a series of three events. The event was held on April 28 in the National Guard Armory of Philadelphia. The second event, Extreme Rising, was held on June 29 in New York and on June 30 in Philadelphia. There was a third show promoted by the same group, held on November 17 in Pittsburgh called Remember November. In the main event Douglas wrestled Matt Hardy to a no-contest.

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.

On May 13, 2017, at XICW Best In Detroit 20 in Clinton Township, Michigan, Douglas beat Joe Coleman to become the XICW Xtreme Intense Champion.

On March 3, 2018, at the World BigTime Wrestling (WBW) Extreme Warfare event in Lucas County, Ohio, Douglas defeated Shawn Blaze for the WBW Heavyweight Championship. He lost the belt back to Blaze on May 5, 2018, after the WBW commissioner interfered with the match. Douglas also feuded with Bobby Fulton, squaring off against the former Fantastic in a series of hardcore matches.

On March 11, 2018, at XICW March Madness & Mayhem in Fraser, Michigan, Shane Douglas lost the XICW Xtreme Intense Title to Kongo Kong.

Booking and promoting
Douglas was a booker for the Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) promotion during the 2000s. Under his directive, XPW moved from California to Philadelphia and featured many former Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) stars.

In mid-2005, Douglas conceived and, alongside Jeremy Borash, promoted and booked Hardcore Homecoming, a series of reunion events. The first event occurred on June 10, two days before World Wrestling Entertainment's own ECW reunion show, ECW One Night Stand. Hardcore Homecoming's final show occurred on November 5.

On April 9, 2009, it was announced that Douglas and Nite Owl Production were to promote a follow-up to Hardcore Homecoming called November to Remember: The Final Chair Shot. Originally, the event was to occur on June 10, 2008, the anniversary of the original Hardcore Homecoming event, but the date was rescheduled to 2009 to coincide with an American Cancer Society charity event hosted by Douglas' former valet Francine.

In 2012, Douglas founded the Extreme Reunion (later Extreme Rising) promotion. Douglas was scheduled to headline an 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. Extreme Rising closed in 2014.

Personal life
In 1993 during his first stint with World Championship Wrestling, he began teaching emotional support classes, economics, and the history of the United States at Beaver Area High School. While not wrestling, Martin works as a motivational speaker.

Martin married Michelle Burke on August 17, 1987. They divorced on November 24, 1994. Five years later, Martin married Carla Marie Reeves on August 13, 1999. Their first son, Connor, was born in April 2001, and their second son, Caden Andrew, was born on December 6, 2005. Soon after his second son was born, Martin checked himself into a drug rehabilitation program due to a painkiller addiction. Since 2006, Martin has remained drug-free. He discussed this on Steve Austin's podcast during a two-part episode in April 2015. Martin and his wife divorced in 2017.

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 was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. The lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018.

Championships and accomplishments

 * Adrenaline Championship Wrestling
 * ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * American Pro Wrestling Alliance
 * APWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Appalachian Championship Wrestling
 * ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Shane Storm
 * ACW Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Cannon and Nick Hamrick
 * Big Time Wrestling (Massachusetts)
 * BTW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * Blue Water Championship Wrestling
 * BWCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Border City Wrestling
 * BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Busted Knuckle Pro Wrestling
 * BKPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
 * ECW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)1
 * ECW World Television Championship (2 times)
 * NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * NWA World Title Tournament (1994)
 * Hardcore Hall of Fame
 * Class of 2014
 * H2O Wrestling: Hardcore Hustle Organization
 * H2O Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * International Wrestling Association
 * IWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Lancaster Championship Wrestling
 * LCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Mega Pro Wrestling
 * Extreme Tournament (2013)
 * Major League Wrestling
 * MLW Championship (1 time, inaugural, unrecognized)
 * MLW Championship tournament (2002)
 * National Championship Wrestling
 * UK Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * NEOPro Wrestling
 * NEOPro Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Wilbur Whitlock
 * North American Wrestling Alliance
 * NAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * North Carolina Wrestling Association
 * NCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Championship Wrestling
 * PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling All-Stars Of Detroit
 * PWASD Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him #20 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1996
 * PWI ranked him #118 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
 * PWI ranked him #82 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Ricky Steamboat in 2003
 * Pro Wrestling Uncensored
 * PWU Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling World-1
 * World-1 Television Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling eXpress
 * PWX Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Southeastern Championship Wrestling
 * NWA Continental Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lord Humongous
 * Superstar Wrestling Federation
 * SWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * United States Wrestling League
 * USWL Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * USA Pro Wrestling
 * USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Universal Championship Wrestling
 * UCW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Universal Wrestling Federation
 * UWF World Television Championship (1 time)
 * World Championship Wrestling
 * WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
 * WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ricky Steamboat (1) and Buff Bagwell (1)
 * NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Steamboat
 * World Classic Professional Big Time Wrestling
 * WCPBTW Legends American Grand Prix Championship (1 time)
 * World Wrestling Federation
 * WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
 * Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
 * XICW Xtreme Intense Championship (1 time)
 * Xtreme Pro Wrestling
 * XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Other titles
 * This Dream House Championship (1 time, current)
 * WBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * XPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)

1 Douglas' twice won the title while the promotion was a National Wrestling Alliance affiliate named Eastern Championship Wrestling. During his second reign, the promotion was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling. Douglas held the title an additional two times after these events.

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Governorates of Syria

Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah). The governorates are divided into sixty-five districts (manāṭiq, singular minṭaqah), which are further divided into subdistricts (nawāḥī, singular nāḥiyah). The nawāḥī contain villages, which are the smallest administrative units.

Each governorate is headed by a governor, appointed by the president, subject to cabinet approval. The governor is responsible for administration, health, social services, education, tourism, public works, transportation, domestic trade, agriculture, industry, civil defense, and maintenance of law and order in the governorate. The minister of each local administration works closely with each governor to coordinate and supervise local development projects. The governor is assisted by a provincial council, all of whose members are popularly elected for four-year terms. In addition, each council elects from among its members an executive bureau which administers the day to day issues between provincial council sessions. Each executive officer is charged with specific functions.

Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor. These officials work on local matters with elected district councils and serve as intermediaries between the central government and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders.

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Talk:Enamel paint

Antirust Enamel
There is no description for antirust enamel. A quick google search reveals nothing. I don't think there is any such thing. Caffeine927 (talk) 23:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC) How about in an artistic form? Can you use it on clay or anything ceramic? nikki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.215.97 (talk) 11:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

 * I tried again and found one reference.
 * http://snsvo1.seekandsource.com/guardwel/vopage1.html
 * According to the last sentence on this page, the safe is panted with antitrust enamel paint.
 * Yet this is the only page in the results that refers to actual paint (other than this page).Caffeine927 (talk) 21:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

 * After thinkng about it, I have decided to remove Antitrust Enamel from the list.Caffeine927 (talk) 19:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Um...I believe this was meant to refer to antirust or anti-rust enamel. -Verdatum (talk) 14:26, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

redundancy
"An enamel paint is a paint that air dries to a hard, usually glossy, finish. In reality, most commercially-available enamel paints are significantly softer than either vitreous enamel or stoved synthetic resins."

is effectively redundant to "With respect to paints enamel simply is a term implying a hard surface paint. It is in no way a fanciful term trying to imply that an ordinary latex or oil-based paint has the same properties as true, fired vitreous enamel." Which is not accurate. It is not "in no way a fanciful term..." nor is it entirely a fanciful term. So talking about it at all, without a reputable source is just silly. That's why I removed the second paragraph. If you feel it should remain, please justify. -Verdatum (talk) 17:18, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Guitars
"# Guitars - may be used as a DIY solution to dead and scuffy guitar." buh whut? Is the thought that enamel may be used on guitars to improve them? As it is I can't understand the meaning. Perhaps I'm dense. 23:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

enamel is a one-way reaction
this needs to be mentioned. CorvetteZ51 (talk) 16:47, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

how to you destroy it?
What if the enamel paint gets on your hands while you paint? Can you get it off again, and how? Water and soap? Or would it stick to you forever? 79.215.213.105 (talk) 09:39, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

You can get it off with the relevant paint remover. You can most of it off with soap and water. You can wait for it to naturally come off.

Usually a combination of these. Bendel boy (talk) 14:41, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths

Lovers' Legends: The Greek Myths (ISBN 0-9714686-0-5) is a 2002 book by Andrew Calimach about homosexuality and paederasty in Greek myth.

Lovers' Legends Unbound
Lovers' Legends Unbound is a theatrical production directed by Agnes Lev, performed by Timothy Carter, with incidental music composed and performed by Steve Gorn. The work was released by Haiduk Press in 2004 as an audio-CD together with an illustrated libretto.

Taken from a review of the piece by Keith Matthews, "The study of male homosexuality in Ancient Greece only began in the 1970s, particularly following the publication of Kenneth Dover's Greek Homosexuality in 1978. This book helped to strip away many of the misconceptions about same-sex love in the Classical world that had grown up during the nineteenth century and that were becoming commonplace with the growth of the Gay Liberation movement from the late 1960s. What Dover sought to demonstrate was that in Classical Athens, there was an institutionalized form of same-sex behavior, whereby an older man (the ’εραστης, ‘desirer’) is inflamed with passion for a youth (the ’ερομενος, ‘the desired’) and eases his path into full adult life. He suggested that this almost ritualized ‘education’ of the youth might have deeper roots in a Primitive Indo-European initiation rite that has left traces in other cultures."

Table of Contents

 * Tantalus and the Olympians
 * Pelops in Pisa
 * Laius and Chrysippus
 * Zeus and Ganymede
 * Hercules and Hylas
 * Orpheus
 * Apollo and Hyacinthus
 * Narcissus
 * Achilles and Patroclus
 * Hippodamia

Framing the tales is Pseudo-Lucian's "Different Loves".

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Phil Simms

Phillip Martin Simms (born November 3, 1955) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the New York Giants. After playing college football for the Morehead State Eagles, Simms was selected in the first round by the New York Giants as the seventh overall pick in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), as well as the highest passer rating in a Super Bowl at 150.9; both of these records still stand. He was also named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.

He finished his career with 33,462 passing yards and has since gone on to be a career broadcaster of NFL games—first as an analyst for ESPN, then as an in-game color commentator with NBC and CBS. He left CBS in 2024. He is the father of former NFL quarterback, assistant coach, and current NFL football analyst Chris Simms and former quarterback Matt Simms.

Early life
Simms was born in Springfield, Kentucky, on his grandfather's farm, a place now called Maple Hill Manor in Washington County, where he attended St. Dominic's Elementary. While in elementary school, his family moved to Louisville and he went to St. Rita Catholic grade school. Simms was the quarterback of the Trojans of Southern High School in Louisville and graduated in 1974.

College career
Simms chose to attend NCAA Division I FCS (formerly Division 1 AA) Morehead State of the Ohio Valley Conference in nearby Morehead.

The Morehead State Eagles ran a ball-control offense, and Simms' numbers were unspectacular—in his senior season he completed 92 of 173 passes for a 53.2% completion percentage and had six touchdown passes, 11 interceptions, and 1,229 yards. The Ohio Valley moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978, but the Eagles went 2–6–1; they failed to make the postseason during his college career. Simms finished with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48.9% completion percentage. He also totaled 32 touchdowns, 45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards.

NFL Draft
Before the 1979 NFL Draft, new San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh flew to Morehead State with assistant coach Sam Wyche to work out Simms. Walsh was so impressed that he planned to draft Simms in the third round, preferring him over the quarterback they ultimately took, Joe Montana of Notre Dame. But the New York Giants decided to make Simms their first round pick (seventh overall) to the surprise of many. As Simms acknowledged, "most people have never heard of me." When Simms's name was announced by Commissioner Pete Rozelle in front of the audience at the draft in New York, his selection was booed loudly by the Giants fans in attendance. He was the second quarterback taken; Jack Thompson of Washington State went to Cincinnati with the third overall pick. Simms was not then happy being a Giant either, "All I was thinking was which teams I would rather play for—the Green Bay Packers, the Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego, San Francisco..." But he became popular with his teammates, who jokingly dubbed him "Prince Valiant" in his rookie training camp.

Rookie year
Simms won the first five starts of his rookie year in 1979; he was 6–4 as a starter, threw for 1,743 yards and 13 touchdown passes, and was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team. He was runner-up for Rookie of the Year, behind future teammate Ottis Anderson.

Early career: 1980–1986
Simms' next four years were marred by injuries and inconsistent play. He finished the 1980 season with 15 touchdowns and 19 interceptions, while completing a subpar 48.0% of his passes for 2,321 yards. In 1981, Simms threw for 2,031 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions on 54.4% completion percentage before suffering a separated shoulder in a November 15 loss to the Washington Redskins. With Simms out, the Giants went on a run led by Scott Brunner and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. Simms suffered a torn knee ligament in a preseason game against the New York Jets, preventing him from playing the entire 1982 season. Following the season, Ray Perkins resigned as head coach to take over the same position at the University of Alabama, and was replaced by the team's defensive coordinator Bill Parcells. In the coming years this change would prove crucial to the Giants and Simms.

One of Parcells' first decisions as coach was to replace Simms as the starting quarterback with Brunner. Simms asked to be traded after the benching, but his request was ignored. During the sixth game of the Giants' 1983 Season, Simms came in to replace the struggling Brunner against the Philadelphia Eagles. On his third drive, Simms suffered a season-ending injury when the thumb on his throwing hand hit a player's helmet on his follow-through. The injury was reported as a dislocation, but according to the book, Simms to McConkey, written by Phil McConkey, Simms, and Dick Schaap, the injury was much more severe, with the thumb literally hanging off after impact, and the bone sticking out through the skin.

During his first few years on the team, Giants fans were merciless in their treatment of Simms, who they felt was a disappointment. He commented that his wife "had to sit up in the stands and listen to them cuss me." However, in 1984, after many seasons plagued by injuries and up-and-down play, Simms finally emerged as a team offensive leader. During his 1983 injury, offensive coordinator Ron Erhardt talked Simms into watching more game film, something he had not regularly done in college or the pros. He gained a better understanding of NFL defenses, his team's formations, and pass protection schemes, and improved his ability to audible at the line of scrimmage. He also changed his strength training regimen in an attempt to make his body more resistant to injury. He passed for 4,044 yards (second most in the National Football Conference (NFC), 22 touchdown passes, and led the Giants to a playoff berth.

He was voted to the Pro Bowl and named Pro Bowl MVP as he led the NFC to a comeback win over the American Football Conference (AFC) by throwing three touchdowns. In 1985, he passed for 3,829 yards, 22 touchdowns, and led the Giants to 10 victories, the most for a Giants team since 1963. In a game against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 1985 season, Simms passed for 513 yards—the fifth most passing yards in a single game in NFL history. In 1986, he passed for 3,487 yards and 21 touchdown passes during a season in which the Giants won 14 games. In week 11, he completed a desperate fourth-and-17 pass to Bobby Johnson late in the game to set up Raul Allegre's game-winning field goal, which gave the Giants a 22–20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Simms later commented:

"It's my favorite game in my career, because it's everything I always wanted to be as a player. I wanted to be tough, making big throws, immune to pressure, not worried about outcomes. It was truly like standing on the tee box in golf and there's trees on each side and water and you just go 'Man, I'm gonna rip it down the middle.' And no other thought crosses your mind." On January 25, 1987, the Giants faced the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI. In the biggest game of his life, Simms had one of the finest performances in Super Bowl history. He completed 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards, setting Super Bowl records for consecutive completions (10), accuracy (88%), and passer rating (150.9). In addition, he threw 3 touchdown passes and his passer rating set an NFL postseason record. "This might be the best game a quarterback has ever played", Giants coach Bill Parcells later said. Two of the most famous plays from the game were the flea flicker to McConkey, and the touchdown pass caught by McConkey off of the fingertips of Giants tight end, Mark Bavaro. The Giants defeated the Broncos 39–20, and Simms was named MVP of Super Bowl XXI. He is credited for being the first to use the phrase "I'm going to Disney World!" following a championship victory.

Later career: 1987–1993
Simms performed well in the strike-shortened 1987 NFL season, finishing with the second highest quarterback rating in the NFC. He threw for 2,230 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions. He passed for 3,359 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions while completing 54.9% of his passes in the 1988 season. The Giants rebounded from a 6–9 record in 1987 to finish 10–6 but fell just short of the playoffs due to the NFL tie-breaker system. In 1989, the Giants started 8–1 and finished 12–4, Simms passed for 3,061 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions on 56.3% completion percentage. He performed consistently most of the season except for a two-game stretch against the Eagles and 49ers where he produced seven turnovers, six of which resulted in points for the opposition. He also struggled in the Giants' playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams, and the Giants lost 19–13. In 1990, Simms was having one of his finest seasons, leading the NFC with the highest quarterback rating (92.7) and the Giants to an 11–3 record, but his season was cut short due to a broken foot suffered in the Week 15 game against the Giants' eventual Super Bowl XXV opponent, the Buffalo Bills. The Giants defeated the Bills 20–19 in the Super Bowl with Jeff Hostetler filling in at quarterback.

After the Giants' Super Bowl victory, Parcells resigned and was replaced by the team's running backs coach, Ray Handley. One of Handley's first decisions was to select Hostetler as the team's starting quarterback following his performance in Super Bowl XXV. Simms saw only spot action in two games prior to Week 13, when Hostetler broke his back in a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Simms finished the game and reclaimed the starting job, but won only once in his remaining four starts as the Giants failed to return to the playoffs at 8–8.

Simms was named the starter for the 1992 season after beating out Hostetler for the job in preseason. Simms suffered a severe arm injury in a Week 4 loss to the Los Angeles Raiders and missed the remainder of the season. Between the 1991 and 1992 seasons, he amassed a combined 1,905 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions while completing 59.3% of his passes. The Giants finished the 1992 season at 6–10, which led to Handley's firing and the hiring of former Denver Broncos coach Dan Reeves. As part of an overall house cleaning, Reeves released Hostetler and named Simms his starting quarterback. Simms started all 16 games in 1993, being one of only seven quarterbacks to do so, and led the Giants to a resurgent 11–5 season including a victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs. He underwent shoulder surgery after the 1993 NFL season to repair a torn labrum. The surgery was successful, and team doctor Russell F. Warren's prognosis for recovery was excellent, and Simms was expected to be ready in time for training camp. However, later during that offseason, Simms was released by the Giants, and subsequently decided to retire. Upon his release, co-owner Wellington Mara called it "a day of overwhelming sadness.".

Simms considered playing for the Cardinals in 1994 and the Browns in 1995, but eventually decided to stay retired.

In his 14 seasons with the Giants, Simms completed 2,576 out of 4,647 passes for 33,462 yards and 199 touchdowns. His career passing yardage total ranked him at 11th in NFL history at the time of his retirement. He added 349 carries for 1,252 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns on the ground. He set team records for most passes completed and attempted in one game (40 and 62, respectively), season (286, 533), and career (2,576, 4,647), most career touchdown passes (199) and most 300-yard games in a career (21). Simms still owns some of the New York Giants passing records, although Eli Manning has surpassed most of them: season passes (387 completed, 618 attempted), career completed passes (4,895), career touchdowns (366), career 300-yard games (53). Sports Illustrated considered Simms to be the "Most Underrated Quarterback" in NFL history in their August 27, 2001, issue entitled, "The Most Overrated and Underrated".

Giants franchise records
As of the 2017 NFL off-season, Simms still held at least 13 Giants franchise records, including:
 * Most Passing Yards (game): 513 (1985-10-13 @CIN)
 * Most Passing Yards (game, as a rookie): 300 (1979-10-14 SFO)
 * Most Intercepted (rookie season): 14 (1979; tied with Joe Pisarcik)
 * Best Passer Rating (playoff season): 131.8 (1986)
 * Best Passer Rating (playoff game): 150.9 (1987-01-25 DEN)
 * Most Sacked (career): 477
 * Most Sacked (season): 55 (1984)
 * Most Sacked (game): 9 (1981-11-01 NYJ)
 * Most Sacked (playoff game): 6 (1984-12-29 @SFO and 1986-01-05 @CHI; tied with Eli Manning)
 * Most Sacked (rookie season): 39 (1979)
 * Most Yds/Pass Att (game): 13.63 (1984-09-02 PHI)
 * Most Yds/Pass Att (playoff game): 10.72 (1987-01-25 DEN)
 * Most 300+ yard passing games (rookie season): 1

Post NFL career
On September 4, 1995, Simms' jersey was retired in a halftime ceremony of a game versus the Dallas Cowboys. During an emotional speech, Simms stated that he wanted to don his jersey one final time, and throw "one more pass" to teammate Lawrence Taylor. Simms later commented, "[a]ll of a sudden it kind of hit me, I've put Lawrence in a really tough spot; national TV, he's got dress shoes and a sports jacket on, and he's had a few beers and he's going to run down the field and I'm going to throw him a pass." Simms then motioned for Taylor to run a longer pattern, and after 30–40 yards, threw him the pass. Taylor later stated that the situation made him more nervous than any play of his career, "I'm saying to myself (as the pass is being thrown), 'If I drop this pass, I got to run my black ass all the way to Upper Saddle River because there ain't no way I'm going to be able to stay in that stadium'." Taylor caught the pass however, and the capacity crowd in attendance cheered in approval.

After his retirement as a player in 1994, Simms first joined ESPN then went on to join NBC's lead broadcast crew, teaming with Dick Enberg and Paul Maguire on that network's coverage of Super Bowl XXX and Super Bowl XXXII. Simms also announced weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics and served as a sideline reporter on the NBA on NBC for NBC Sports. In 1998, he moved to CBS with the AFC package, teaming first with Greg Gumbel (through the end of the 2003 season) and later with Jim Nantz on the CBS's lead broadcast team. He also worked with Armen Keteyian, Bonnie Bernstein, Lesley Visser, and Tracy Wolfson. Since 2009 he has been a host of Inside the NFL on Showtime (another CBS holding) with James Brown and Cris Collinsworth. In 2017, he was replaced by Tony Romo as a color commentator and joined the CBS pregame show The NFL Today. He departed CBS following his contract's expiration at the end of the 2023 season.

Simms was part of the commentary team along with Nantz in the Madden NFL 13, 25, 15, and 16 video games.

Outside of football broadcasting, Simms co-hosted the Miss Universe 2002 pageant with actress and model Daisy Fuentes. He made an appearance as himself on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 2007, and in February 2010 made an appearance on The Price Is Right (with Nantz) to present a Super Bowl XLIV showcase. In the same month, he appeared as himself (again with Nantz) on the How I Met Your Mother episode "Rabbit or Duck". On November 13, 2014, Simms appeared uncredited on the episode "Just a Regular Irregular" of the CBS television series Elementary. Simms's cameo was as a consultant to Sherlock Holmes in the art of knife throwing. Furthermore, Simms was forced to settle a debt with Holmes by loaning him a Super Bowl ring for the purpose of advancing the investigation.

Personal life
Simms and his wife, Diana, live in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. They have three children: Chris, Deirdre, and Matt. His son-in-law is former NFL linebacker Brian Toal, who was schoolmates with Matt. Simms is fond of New Jersey, remarking in 1987: "I wasn't overjoyed about coming to New York. When I thought of New York, I thought of New York City. But out here, it's just like anywhere else."

In 2011, Simms was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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List of programs broadcast by Citytv

This is a list of television programs broadcast by Citytv, a Canadian television system owned by Rogers Media.

Reality

 * Canada's Got Talent (2012; 2022)

Drama

 * Hudson & Rex (2019)
 * The Wedding Planners (2020)
 * Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)

Daytime programming

 * Cityline (talk show) (February 20, 1984–present)

News programming

 * CityNews (September 12, 1977–present)
 * Breakfast Television (September 9, 1989–present)

Sports programming

 * NHL on Sportsnet (October 8, 2014–present):
 * Hockey Night in Canada (October 11, 2014 – present; selected games involving Winnipeg Jets, Montreal Canadiens and/or Ottawa Senators)

Multicultural programming (Toronto)

 * Café da Manhã
 * Correio da Manhã em Destaque
 * Eye On Asia
 * Festival Italiano di Johnny Lombardi
 * Gente da Nossa
 * Panorama
 * Polish Studio

Children's programming (Saskatchewan)

 * Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (2022)
 * Hi Opie!
 * Hero Elementary (2021)
 * Louis Says
 * Monkey See, Monkey Do
 * Now You Know
 * Opie's Home
 * PAW Patrol
 * This is Emily Yeung
 * Why Am I?
 * Wibbly Pig

Original series

 * Awaaz E Punjab (Punjabi language program, June 1987 – August 1994)
 * The Baby Blue Movie (softcore pornography)
 * Barely Cooking (adult cooking show)
 * The Bachelor Canada (Moved to W Network)
 * Bazaar with Gene Taylor (talk/comedy)
 * Black Community Mixtapes (2023)
 * The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018)
 * Bollywood Masala TV
 * Budweiser Stage at Home (2020)
 * Canada's Next Top Model (2006–2007)
 * Caribbean Variety TV
 * City Lights (1973–1988)
 * City Limits
 * CityOnline (news talk show)
 * Croatian weekly TV show "Hrvatski putokazi" (1974–1977)
 * Dead Still (2020)
 * Dharti Sohni Pakistan TV (Urdu and Punjabi language)
 * Dil Dil Pakistan, named for the song "Dil Dil Pakistan"
 * Discover Your World (adventure film, 1985 – 1987)
 * Ed's Night Party (variety show)
 * Electric Circus (1988–2003)
 * FashionTelevision
 * Great Movies (banner for primetime films, 1970s–2000s)
 * Greek Paradise
 * Hello Japan
 * Rogers Hometown Hockey
 * Indo-Caribbean Visions
 * Late Great Movies (banner for overnight films, 1980s–2000s)
 * Life on Venus Ave. (1991–1996)
 * LunchTelevision
 * MediaTelevision
 * Mehek: The Fragrance Of Pakistan (Urdu and Punjabi language, 1986–1992)
 * Mix TV Russian
 * More Great Movies (banner for afternoon films, 1990s)
 * MovieTelevision
 * The NewMusic (music video show)
 * Not So Great Movies (banner for Sunday afternoon B-movies, 1980s–1990s)
 * Ooh La La
 * Package Deal (2013–2014)
 * QT: QueerTelevision
 * Relic Hunter (1999–2006)
 * Sajri Sawer (Punjabi language Program)
 * Seed
 * SexTV
 * Shahre Ma TV (Iranian culture)
 * The Shulman File with Morton Shulman
 * Sounds Of Asia (1984–1992)
 * Speak Easy with Gene Taylor (talk/comedy)
 * Speakers' Corner (social commentary)
 * Star!News Weekend (entertainment)
 * Startv (entertainment)
 * Sunnyside (sitcom, 2015)
 * Toronto Rocks
 * tvframes
 * Vice on City (March 11, 2015 – 2016)
 * Visions Of Punjab TV
 * The War Years
 * Young Drunk Punk (2015)
 * Bad Blood (2017–2018)
 * The Murders (2019)
 * VeraCity (2020)
 * Wong & Winchester (2023)
 * Fall in Love Fridays – Premieres of original films produced by Rogers and other companies domestically, mainly meant for the American Hallmark Channel.

Canadian syndicated series

 * Beastmaster
 * The Collector (2004–2007)
 * First Wave (1999–2003)
 * The Galloping Gourmet
 * Glenn Martin, DDS (2009–2015)
 * The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
 * Kidsworld
 * Lexx (1999–2003)
 * Murdoch Mysteries
 * Naked News
 * Nirvanna the Band the Show
 * Rocket Robin Hood
 * Stargate SG-1 (2004–2008)
 * Strange Paradise (1970s)
 * Survivorman
 * The Trouble with Tracy

Comedies

 * 2 Broke Girls (September 19, 2011 – April 17, 2017)
 * 30 Rock (2009–2013)
 * Accidentally on Purpose (2009–2010)
 * America's Funniest Home Videos (2006–2008; 2010–2014)
 * American Auto (2021–23)
 * Ben & Kate (2012–13)
 * Black-ish (2014–22)
 * Bless the Harts (2019–21)
 * Bob's Burgers (2015–21; 2023–24)
 * Bordertown (2016)
 * Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–21)
 * Chuck (comedy)
 * Community
 * Cougar Town (2009–2011)
 * Duncanville (2020–2022)
 * Enlisted (2014)
 * Entourage (2008)
 * Everybody Hates Chris (2006–2009)
 * FailArmy (2015–21)
 * Friends (1997–2009) (reruns)
 * Grand Crew (2021–23)
 * The Great North (2021)
 * Green Acres (1970s)
 * Happy Endings (2011–2013)
 * Happy Tree Friends (2008)
 * How I Met Your Mother (2009–2015)
 * The Jeffersons (reruns)
 * Kenan (2021–22)
 * Krapopolis (2023–24)
 * Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
 * The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018)
 * Last Man Standing (2011–2013)
 * Life in Pieces (2015-2019)
 * The Lucy Show
 * Malibu Country (2012–2013)
 * The Middle
 * Modern Family (2009–2019)
 * Mom (2013–23)
 * Mother Up!
 * Mr. Mayor (2021–22)
 * Murphy Brown (2018)
 * My Three Sons (1970s)
 * New Girl
 * The Orville (2017-2019)
 * Parks and Recreation (2009–2015)
 * Perfect Harmony (2019–2020)
 * Rachael Ray (Sept. 18, 2006–Sept. 2014)
 * Raising Hope (2011–2014)
 * Rel (2018–2019)
 * Rules of Engagement (2010–2012)
 * Scrubs (2009–2010)
 * Seinfeld (1995–2004) (reruns)
 * Sex and the City (1998)
 * Shameless
 * The Simpsons (2018–21; 2023–24)
 * Single Parents (2018–2019)
 * Son of Zorn
 * Speechless (2017–2019)
 * Spin City (2004–2005)
 * Suburgatory (2011–2013)
 * Super Fun Night (2013–2014)
 * Supernanny
 * That's My Bush! (2001)
 * Two and a Half Men (reruns)
 * Ugly Betty (comedy drama)
 * Young Rock (2021–23)

Dramas

 * American Whiskey Bar
 * The Assets (drama)
 * Battlestar Galactica (2006–2008)
 * Bluff City Law (2019)
 * Body of Proof (2011–2013)
 * The Blacklist (2017–2018)
 * The Carrie Diaries
 * Catch-22 (2019)
 * Chase (2010–2011)
 * The Cool Kids (2018–2019)
 * Cougar Town
 * Council of Dads (2020)
 * Crusoe (2008–2009)
 * Easy Money (2008–2009)
 * The Endgame (2022)
 * The Event (2010–2011)
 * Empire (2015)
 * Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
 * Fringe (2010–2013)
 * The Gifted (2017–2019)
 * Glee (musical comedy drama)
 * Godfather of Harlem (2020)
 * Killer Women (2014)
 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (reruns)
 * Law & Order: UK
 * Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
 * Lipstick Jungle (2008–2009)
 * Lucky 7 (2013)
 * Manifest (2018–21)
 * Men in Trees (2006–2008)
 * A Million Little Things (2018–21)
 * Nip/Tuck
 * Parenthood (2010–2011)
 * Person of Interest (2011–2013)
 * Private Practice (2011–2013)
 * Privileged (2008–2009)
 * The Quest
 * Reaper (2007–2008)
 * The Resident (2018)
 * Revenge
 * Roswell (2000–2002)
 * The Republic of Sarah (2021)
 * The Rockford Files (reruns)
 * Ryan's Hope
 * Scandal (2012–2015)
 * The Secret Life of the American Teenager
 * Smallville (2002–2005)
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–2003)
 * Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–2001)
 * Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
 * Supernatural
 * Terra Nova (2011)
 * Trauma (2009–2010)
 * The Twilight Zone (2019)
 * Undercovers (2010)
 * Vagrant Queen (2020)
 * Valentine (2008–2009)
 * V.I.P. (1998–2000)
 * The Whole Truth (2010)

Reality

 * The 5th Wheel (2001–2004)
 * 13: Fear is Real (2009)
 * 60 Minutes (1978–1979)
 * Access Hollywood (2006–2008)
 * American Gladiators
 * America's Next Top Model
 * Banzai
 * Beauty and the Geek (reality/competition)
 * The Biggest Loser (2009–2012)
 * Blind Date (1999–2004)
 * Bring the Funny (2019)
 * Capital One College Bowl (2021–22)
 * Card Sharks (2019–21)
 * Celebrity Fit Club (2008–2009)
 * Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017)
 * The Chew (2011–2018)
 * The Cindy Margolis Show (2000)
 * Daily Mail TV (2018–2022)
 * Dancing with the Stars (2017–22)
 * The Doctors (2017–2022)
 * Ellen (2004–2008)
 * EP Daily (2009–2015)
 * Extra
 * Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2009–2012)
 * Extreme Weight Loss
 * The Final Straw (2022)
 * Girls Behaving Badly (2003–2004)
 * Glam God (2008)
 * Hard Copy
 * Hell's Kitchen (2008–2011)
 * The Howie Mandel Show (1998–1999)
 * The Jay Leno Show (2009–2010)
 * The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002–2004)
 * Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003–14)
 * Joe Millionaire (2003)
 * The John Walsh Show (2002–2003)
 * Judge Judy (2009–2014)
 * Katie (talk show)
 * Kaya (2008–2009)
 * Labor of Love (2020)
 * Maury (1997–2006)
 * Match Game (1970s–1981)
 * The Mike Douglas Show
 * Mind Games (2014)
 * National Enquirer TV (1999–2000)
 * Opportunity Knocks (2008)
 * The Oprah Winfrey Show (1987–1994)
 * Ordinary Joe (2021–22)
 * Paradise Hotel (2019)
 * The People's Court (2021–23)
 * The Phil Donahue Show
 * Pussycat Dolls Present (2007–2008)
 * Reviews on the Run (2010–2014)
 * Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (2008)
 * Sex Wars (2000–2001)
 * Stylista (2008)
 * Tattletales (1970s)
 * Temptation Island (2001–2003)
 * The Tonight Show
 * The World's Best (2019)
 * World Poker Tour
 * WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (2006)

Children's programming (Saskatchewan)

 * The Adventures of the Aftermath Crew (2000–01)
 * The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon
 * The Adventures of Paddington Bear
 * The Animals of Farthing Wood (2000–03)
 * Anna Banana
 * Are You Ready?
 * Arthur
 * Babar
 * Backyard Bug Adventures (2002–05)
 * Backyard Science (2004–05)
 * Bananas in Pyjamas
 * Ballooner Landing (1993–98)
 * Ball Town
 * Be Alert Bert (2000–03)
 * Beezoo's Attic
 * Bertie the Bat
 * Between the Lions
 * Belly Button Buddies
 * Benjamin's Farm (2008–09)
 * The Big Garage
 * Boffins
 * Boo!
 * Bookmice (1995–99; 2001–05)
 * Bright Sparks (1991–95)
 * Budgie the Little Helicopter
 * Bug City
 * The Busy World of Richard Scarry
 * The Caribou Kitchen (1997; 2000–05)
 * CG Kids (2003–10)
 * Charlie and Lola
 * Chicken Minute (1997–2001)
 * Cro
 * Dino Dan
 * Dinosaur Train
 * The Dodo Club (1992–95; 1997)
 * Doggy Day School
 * Doowett
 * Dream Street (2000–03)
 * East of the Moon (1998–2001)
 * The Electric Company
 * Elliot Moose (2000–03)
 * Eric's World
 * Eureeka's Castle (1992–96)
 * Eye of the Storm
 * Faerie Tale Theatre (1992–96)
 * Franny's Feet
 * The Friendly Giant
 * F.R.O.G.
 * Fun Food Frenzy (2001–04)
 * George Shrinks
 * Get Outta Town (2005; 2007–08)
 * Grandpa's Garden (2004–05)
 * Groundling Marsh
 * Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
 * Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle (2000–04)
 * Henry's Cat
 * Here's How!
 * Hi-5
 * The Hoobs
 * I Dare You
 * Incredible Story Studios (1998–2005)
 * Inuk
 * Iris, The Happy Professor (1994–2005)
 * Johnson and Friends (1993–95)
 * The Jungle Room (2007–11)
 * The Kids of Degrassi Street
 * Kids Planet Video (1998–2002)
 * Kids@Discovery
 * KidZone (1991–99)
 * Kitty Cats
 * The Koala Brothers (2005–11)
 * Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1994)
 * Lift Off
 * Little Bear
 * Little Robots
 * Little Star
 * Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
 * The Magic Library
 * Magic Mountain (2000–01)
 * The Magic School Bus
 * Maisy
 * Making Stuff
 * Manon
 * Martha Speaks
 * Mathica's Mathshop (1995–99; 2001–05)
 * The MAXimum Dimension (1999–2004)
 * Maya the Bee
 * Mighty Machines
 * Minuscule
 * Miss BG
 * Moko: The Young Explorer
 * Moomin
 * Mr Majeika (1992–97)
 * Mr Moon
 * Mustard Pancakes (2005–11)
 * My Little Planet (1999; 2000–01)
 * Nellie the Elephant
 * Nelly and Caesar
 * Noah's Island (2000–03)
 * Noonbory and the Super 7
 * The Ocean Room
 * Open Book
 * Ozzie the Owl
 * Paper, Scissors, Glue (2002–05)
 * Paul Hann and Friends (1991–96)
 * PB Bear and Friends
 * Pingu
 * Pinky Dinky Doo
 * Planet Echo
 * Polka Dot Door (1991–96)
 * Polka Dot Shorts (1997–2002)
 * Poppy Cat
 * Pop It!
 * Popular Mechanics for Kids
 * Prairie Berry Pie (2000–07)
 * Press Gang (1993–98)
 * The Prime Radicals (2011–13)
 * The Puzzle Place (1998–2001)
 * Quizzine
 * The Raggy Dolls (1994–95; 1997–99)
 * Rainbow Fish
 * Really Bend it Like Beckham (2004–05)
 * Renegadepress.com (2004–05)
 * Return to the Magic Library
 * Ricky's Room
 * Riddle of Wizard's Oak (1991–93; 1997–99)
 * The Riddlers
 * Rob the Robot
 * Rockabye Bubble (2001–04)
 * Rolie Polie Olie
 * Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
 * Salty's Lighthouse (2000–02)
 * Sesame Street (1991–92)
 * The Shelley T. Turtle Show
 * Shining Time Station (2000–04)
 * Sid the Science Kid
 * The Silver Brumby (2000–03)
 * Snailympics (2000–04)
 * Space Stretch
 * Spellz (2008–11)
 * Spot
 * Stuff
 * Suzuki's Nature Quest (2001–02; 2004)
 * SWAP-TV
 * Taste Buds
 * Teddybears
 * Teletubbies (1999–2007)
 * Teletubbies Everywhere (2003–07)
 * Think Big
 * This is Daniel Cook
 * Timothy Goes to School
 * Tiga Talk
 * Tipi Tales
 * Today's Special (1993)
 * The Toothbrush Family (2000–01; 2003–04)
 * Tots TV (1994–2004)
 * The Toy Castle (2000–10)
 * Tractor Tom (2003–05)
 * Twinkle Toes
 * Vrrrooommm! (2000–03)
 * Wapos Bay
 * The Way Things Work
 * What-a-Mess
 * The Wind in the Willows
 * Wishbone
 * Why?
 * Wonder Why?
 * The World of David the Gnome (1993–98; 2002–07)
 * A World Of Wonders
 * Worzel Gummidge (1994–96; 1998)
 * Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1996–97; 1999–2001)
 * Yoho Ahoy
 * Zoboomafoo

title: List of programs broadcast by Citytv