History YMMV / ShaneDouglas

* BreakupBreakout: From the Dynamic Dudes, at least in the U.S. John Laurinaitis became a name in Japan and later in the offices of WCW and WWE.

* MemeticLoser: In addition to the examples above, Shane's post-wrestling employment at Targets has been the subject of much ridicule.
** There was also his ''great'' guerilla marketing campaign on Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}, consisting of him standing up in the front row with a Wrestling/{{ECW}} shirt on, to no applause, and a free ticket out of the arena.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: At ''ECW Holiday Hell 96'', he and Francine defeated Wrestling/TommyDreamer and Wrestling/{{Beulah McGillicutty}} when Douglas pinned Beulah with his Belly To Belly Suplex. Merely winning the match by pinning a woman would be offensive enough, but his making sure to ''hook the leg'' of a woman he outweighed by around 120 lbs. takes it to the necessary levels of outrageousness. The match was shown on ECW TV, so Douglas hooking the leg also sent the message to any newer viewers that Shane Douglas is the biggest jerk in the universe.

%%* HarsherInHindsight: Given what bitter, miserable jerks Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace became, The Dynamic Dudes became this.

* HarsherInHindsight: Given what bitter, miserable jerks Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace became, The Dynamic Dudes rise from mere SnarkBait to this.

* MemeticLoser: In addition to the examples above, Shanes post-wrestling employment at Targets has been the subject of much ridicule.

** There was also his ''great'' guerilla marketing campaign on Wrestling/{{RAW}}, consisting of him standing up in the front row with a Wrestling/{{ECW}} shirt on, to no applause, and a free ticket out of the arena.

* BadassDecay[=/=]DorkAge: WCW in 2000, particularly his lame feud with Wrestling/BillyKidman over Wrestling/TorrieWilson and [=Viagra=].

* TheScrappy[=/=]XPacHeat:

** There was also his ''great'' guerilla marketing campaign on Wrestling/{{RAW}}, consisting of him standing up in the front row with a Wrestling/{{ECW}} shirt on to no applause, and a free ticket out of the arena.

** There was also his *great* guerilla marketing campaign on Wrestling/{{RAW}}, consisting of him standing up in the front row with a Wrestling/{{ECW}} shirt on to no applause and a free ticket out of the arena.

* MemeticLoser: In addition to the examples above, Shanes one time employment at Targets has been the subject of much ridicule.

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]GeniusBonus: When ChrisBenoit and DeanMalenko were displaced following the breakup of the Four Horsemen in 1999, Douglas brought them into the Revolution, along with PerrySaturn. Most ECW fans who watched WCW would remember right off that Douglas, Benoit, and Malenko were the original Triple Threat. Considering Douglas's goal for ECW was to redefine the wrestling business, he decided to do that same thing in WCW with two guys that he could trust. Likewise, the breakdown of the Horsemen was caused by Ric Flair's insistence to use Benoit and Malenko as dragons for his son, David, who was United States Heavyweight Champion at the time. Plus, one of the big reasons why Shane Douglas hated Flair was because he held young talent down. Ultimately, seeing Benoit and Malenko in that situation was enough for The Franchise to prove his point about Flair.
** Another FridgeBrilliance example. Douglas is from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}. He has a pronounced Pittsburgh accent, his ring gear was normally black and gold, which are colors frequently identified with the city. He also would support Pittsburgh sports teams with caps for the Steelers, Penguins or Pirates. Keep in mind where ECW was based, Philadelphia. Two cities which have a deep rivalry (and in the case of the Penguins-Flyers fans) outright antipathy towards each other. Whenever ECW was in Western PA, the fans would cheer Douglas, but for the shows in the home base, Douglas was outright hated and it helped to make him more of a heel.
* TheScrappy[=/=]XPacHeat: The Dynamic Dudes were so hated that when Wrestling/JimCornette, who had surprised many by abandoning Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress for the Dudes, turned heel on them at ''NWA Clash of the Champions IX'', the crowd ''cheered'' for Cornette.

** "NO SHANE DOUGLAS!" an enterprising fan shouted in the Impact Zone, after Dixie Carter offered Tommy Dreamer a PPV with "one stipulation" attached.

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]GeniusBonus: When ChrisBenoit and DeanMalenko were displaced following the breakup of the Four Horsemen in 1999, Douglas brought them into the Revolution, along with PerrySaturn. Most ECW fans who watched WCW would remember right off that Douglas, Benoit, and Malenko were the original Triple Threat. Considering Douglas's goal for ECW was to redefine the wrestling business, he decided to do that same thing in WCW with two guys that he could trust.

** Another FridgeBrilliance example. Douglas is from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}. He has a pronounced Pittsburgh accent, his ring gear was normally black and gold, which are colors frequently identified with the city. He also would support Pittsburgh sports teams with caps for the Steelers, Penguins or Pirates. Keep in mind where ECW was based, Philadelphia. Two cities which have a deep rivalry (and in the case of the Penguins-Flyers fans) outright antipathy towards each other. Whenever ECW was in Western PA, the fans would cheer Douglas.

** "NO SHANE DOUGLAS!" one enterprising fan shouted in the Impact Zone, after Dixie Carter offered Tommy Dreamer a PPV with "one stipulation" attached.

** At ''Extreme Reunion'' 2012 he got chants of "Fuck you Shane!" and "Just Retire!"

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]GeniusBonus: When ChrisBenoit and DeanMalenko were displaced following the breakup of the Four Horsemen in 1999, Douglas brought them into the Revolution, along with PerrySaturn. Most ECW fans who watched WCW would remember right off that Douglas, Benoit, and Malenko were the original Triple Threat. Considering Douglas's goal for ECW was to redefine the wrestling business, he decided to reunite with two guys that he could trust, on a bigger platform.

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]GeniusBonus: When ChrisBenoit and DeanMalenko were displaced following the breakup of the Four Horsemen in 1999, Douglas brought them into the Revolution, along with PerrySaturn. Most ECW fans who watched WCW would remember right off that Douglas, Benoit, and Malenko were the original Triple Threat.

* TheScrappy[=/=]XPacHeat: The Dynamic Dudes were so hated that when Wrestling/JimCornette, who had surprised many by abandoning Wrestling/TheMidnightExpress for the Dudes, turned heel on them at ''NWA Clash of the Champions IX'', the crowd ''cheered'' for Cornette.

* MoralEventHorizon: Breaking Pitbull #1 (Gary Wolfe)'s neck.

* MoralEventHorizon: Breaking Pitbull #1 (Gary Wolfe)'s neck.

* BadassDecay[=/=]DorkAge: WCW in 2000, particularly his lame feud with Wrestling/BillyKidman over Wrestling/TorrieWilson and [=Viagra=].