NEWS: Shane Douglas Calls Out Sasha Banks; Goes on Sexist Rant Against Women's Wrestling

September 17, 2017

NEWS: Shane Douglas Calls Out Sasha Banks; Goes on Sexist Rant Against Women's Wrestling

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NEWS: Sasha Banks stirred the proverbial waves of controversy recently with her remarks on Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast. Banks referred to her autograph seeking fans as "stalkers," setting the inter-webs ablaze with controversy. Many fans agreed with her comments and many did not. The response was similar in the world of professional wrestling. With fellow wrestlers like Bubba Dudley already calling Banks out for her statement, former ECW star, Shane Douglas, decided to hop on the anti-Banks train and make some pretty incendiary comments of his own,

"It's ridiculous. There is a real simple fix here and I mean an incredibly simple fix. If you don't like being and I'm using my fingers to make quotations marks ‘stalked’ by the fans, quit. Go be a waitress, go be a teacher, go be an attorney, go be a business owner and go do whatever it is you want to do out of the limelight if that has become such a heavy burden for you. When you come into this business you have to know up front that as you are coming in all you can hope for is to have any kind of a career. When you get blessed to have a really good career and be on the top of that industry than shut the fuck up and ride the ride. Take the bullshit with you because yes, there is a lot of bullshit to take with you, I agree, but if you don't like that the fix is so simple and that is just quit and walk away. I don't see her lining up to do that."

Those comments are fair enough; however, Douglas did not stop there. He went on to refer to WWE female Superstars as "divas" and demeaned their work entirely,

"It appalls me because with the fans and let’s be clear — without the fans none of us are anything. We are nothing without the fans and if the fans don't tune in to want to see Sasha Banks or Shane Douglas or fill in the blank than pretty likely the promoter and in her case Vince McMahon can say that the fans don't give a shit about her and I should send her back down to the minor leagues or get rid of her. I'd also remind her that if she hasn't learned the history of the business she's in or the company that she is in that ‘Divas’ that are there are a dime a dozen and a flavor of the week. Unlike an Undertaker who had 25 victories in a row at WrestleMania which is an incredible feat even me talking as a worker and to name a women's wrestler that has come close to matching that doesn't happen. Sit back and enjoy the ride, Sasha. Be thankful that those fans give a shit to want to sit there and wait for you and ‘stalk’ you because they are the ones that are paying your salary and without them Vince McMahon wouldn't be handing you that check or without them Vince McMahon wouldn't even have you in that spot and without them you wouldn't be on the show that you are on that has caused you so much duress. If you don't like it, again the fix is so simple, just call Mr. McMahon up and say thank you for everything but I am quitting. Problem solved. Let's see if she takes that avenue."

It is a well known fact within the industry that no one works harder than the female Superstars of the WWE. The standards that they are held to are nearly impossible to live up to; standards that most male Superstars don't even come close to upholding. Douglas, in fact, couldn't really cut it when he had his opportunity in the WWE. He came into the company with high expectations; but, failed to get over with the fans and quickly fizzled without any impact. He is an afterthought in WWE history, cursed with a career like many others; forced to make incendiary and sexist comments about superior talent, proving that he is indeed a "dime a dozen."