3 Count 3 Count was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) which formed in 1999 . The group consisted of Shane Helms , Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias and they were given a boy band gimmick . For a brief time , Tank Abbott was added to the group as a manager and enforcer . History . Creation . Shane Helms and Shannon Moore both signed contracts in May 1999 . Almost immediately , in December 1999 , Jimmy Hart put them together with Evan Karagias as a group to both capitalize on and make fun of the success of boy bands at the time . Their gimmick was first introduced to the public with vignettes disguised as music videos for their ( Hart penned ) pop song " Can ' t Get You Outta My Heart " . From there they progressed to performing live on " WCW Monday Nitro " , dancing on green circles in the ring and lip syncing their song before their matches . Later on they recorded a new song , " Dance With 3 Count " , which replaced " Can ' t Get You Outta My Heart " as their theme music . They had a long - standing feud with another cruiserweight trio known as the Jung Dragons . Helms and Moore squared off in the first round of the WCW Cruiserweight title tournament , with Moore advancing at the expense of his partner . The group were received as heels , and after three months captured ( together ) the WCW Hardcore Championship by pinning Brian Knobbs on February 28 , 2000 . They lost the title back to Knobbs a month later , when he pinned all three members consecutively . In the process , however , Moore became the youngest champion in WCW history . Tank Abbott . After losing the Hardcore championship Helms was legitimately taken out of action with a broken nose . Upon his return 3 Count was joined by David " Tank " Abbott , a storyline huge fan . Abbot hung around ringside when 3 Count performed and began protecting them from other wrestlers , and eventually started inserting himself as an ( uninvited ) back - up dancer during performances . 3 Count ' s feud with the Jung Dragons continued as the Dragons tried to steal Three Count ' s Gold album and recording contract . This led to a ladder match at New Blood Rising . Abbott helped 3 Count to win , and afterwards left with both the album and the contract . Abbott claimed that he should be the lead singer of 3 Count , with which Helms , Moore and Karagias disagreed , leading to a feud between 3 Count and Abbott . It ended when Abbott left WCW soon after . Break up . After feuding with the Misfits in Action , 3 Count began to have problems , as Moore and Helms accused Karagias of attempting to hog the limelight . Evenutally , Moore and Helms kicked Karagias out of the group , and he joined forces with Jamie Knoble of the Jung Dragons , on whom the other Jung Dragons member had turned . Moore and Helms continued together to feud with the remaining Dragons ( Kaz Hayashi and Jimmy Yang ) and the new team of Karagias and Knoble . The three teams met in a Triangle match at Mayhem in November 2000 , which 3 Count won . They also met in a number one contenders match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship ladder match at Starrcade , in which both Moore and Helms grabbed the contract at the same moment . As a result , Moore and Helms had match to determine who would challenge for the title , which Helms won . He lost the subsequent Cruiserweight Championship match , however , against Chavo Guerrero at WCW Sin in January 2001 . Helms and Moore split when , during a number one contenders match for the Cruiserweight title at SuperBrawl Revenge , Moore attacked Helms instead of Hayashi of the Jung Dragons . Helms , however , later eliminated Moore , and went on to the win the match . Aftermath . As WCW was slowly dying , Moore and Karagias put aside their differences and formed a tag team which vied for the short lived WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship , but never got their hands on them before the company closed . Helms , however , won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship . Moore , Helms , and Karagias would go on to the then World Wrestling Federation . The 3 Count trademark is still owned by Turner Broadcasting System Inc .