Professional wrestling boasts a rich history of legends who blend athletics and entertainment. One of these is champion Troy Allan Martin, better known by his ring name of "The Franchise" Shane Douglas.

After graduating from New Brighton in 1982, Shane began wrestling professionally, in part to help pay for college. Shane trained weekend with Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer Dominic DeNucci. Unbeknownst to Shane, Shane's parents had asked Dominic to train Shane only if Shane stayed in college. Dominic agreed. Shane graduated cum laude from Bethany College in 1986 with degrees in history and political science. Shane later received an offer to join the Saba University School of Medicine, but he declined.

In 1987, Shane won the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) Television Championship title. At the Clash of the Champions XXI in 1992, Shane partnered with Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat to win the unified World Tag Team titles for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and its World Championship Wrestling (WCW) affiliate, with a successful defense at the next Clash of the Champions.

From 1993 to 1995, Shane wrestled for Eastern Championship Wrestling, adopting "The Franchise" nickname to reflect his importance to that promotion. Shane won the ECW World Heavyweight title on September 9, 1993, and successfully defended the title against the Sandman and JT Smith, before losing the title to Sabu. Shane regained the title on March 26, 1994. On August 27, 1994, Shane defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament, but he threw down in rejection the NWA belt and instead declared himself "the new ECW Heavyweight Champion of the world", an act consistently cited as one of wrestling's top five most notable acts in history. It is that moxie that has defined Shane's entire career. Eastern Championship Wrestling was replaced with Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Shane helped ECW grow into a national phenomenon. Shane headlined many events for ECW, including its premier pay-per-view "November to Remember" events in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Over his career, Shane has won some of the most prestigious titles in the wrestling world, such as the UWF World Television title, the ECW World Television title, the ECW World Heavyweight title, the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title, the WWF (now WWE) Intercontinental title, and the NWA World Heavyweight title. Overall, Shane has been a five-time singles world champion, once with the NWA and four times with the ECW, and he has held the NWA and WCW tag team titles. In 2014, Shane was inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame.

Today, Shane remains active in the wrestling industry, hosting his own podcast and offering select independent bookings and motivational speaking engagements to promote his brand. Shane is the father of two sons: Connor and Caden.