Brent Albright Brent Alan Albright ( November 28 , 1978 ) is an American professional wrestler , perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , during which he appeared on " Friday Night SmackDown ! " as Gunner Scott . He is a former world heavyweight champion , having defeated Adam Pearce in New York , New York at the Ring of Honor ' s " Death Before Dishonor VI " event on August 2 , 2008 to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Career . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2004 - 2006 ) . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2004 - 2006 ) . Albright signed a development contract in early 2004 and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling . During his time with Ohio Valley Wrestling , Albright was both OVW Heavyweight Champion and OVW Television Champion , as well as co - holder of the OVW Southern Tag - Team Championship with World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Chris Masters . Albright was the first ' Triple Crown ' winner in OVW , winning all 3 major titles . Albright was the first - ever OVW ' Beat the Champ ' TV champion , which is now simply called the OVW TV title . He defeated Seth Skyfire on January 26 , 2005 to win the title . He held that title until April 30 , 2005 when he won his first Ohio Valley Wrestling Championship by defeating Matt Morgan with the ' Crowbar ' . Albright vacated the TV title shortly after winning the OVW title . He was also the first ' Dual Title Holder ' in OVW history . He held the OVW championship until August 3 , when he lost to Johnny Jeter . Shortly after losing the OVW title , Albright began a feud with Ken Doane over the OVW TV title in a feud that started over Doane accusing Albright of disrespecting the TV title . In October 2005 , in the midst of the feud with Doane , Albright also began feuding with CM Punk , who had recently debuted in OVW , when Punk refused to shake Albright ' s hand after he had pinned him in a match . This would be the issue that their feud centered around . Albright would offer his hand however Punk would refuse to shake it . Punk would then mock Albright and extend his hand out for a handshake , but then pull it back at the last second . In the end , Albright picked up the victory and forced CM Punk to finally shake his hand . Punk would actually attack Albright prior to his TV title match against Doane and then took Albright ' s place , going on to win the TV title when Albright accidentally hit Doane with a chair . Albright and Punk would fight week after week with a challenge for the TV Title . And week after week , Albright ' s frustrations grew more as he would somehow manage to find a way to defeat Punk in the ring but on each occasion Punk would find a way to maintain his title , using either a time limit or an injury to hang on to the belt . Punk would continue to tell Albright that he was the better wrestler in the ring , but Punk was the smarter wrestler and was still the champ . He would tell Albright " You got Punk ' d " . In December 2005 , Albright , Ken Doane and CM Punk competed in the first ever Triple Threat match in Ohio Valley Wrestling for the TV Title . Punk won the match when he made Albright tap out to the Anaconda Vice while Albright also had Doane in a Sharpshooter . On January 4 , 2006 , Albright was in a rematch with Doane and Punk for the title . Doane was forced to leave the match early due to injury and was replaced by Aaron Stevens . Albright seemingly gained his revenge on Punk , eliminating him from the match with the crowbar , only to have Punk return and attack him , leading to Stevens winning the championship . On the January 11 , 2006 OVW show , Albright won a chance for a match against Stevens for the TV Title at an upcoming WWE house show in Louisville , Kentucky by actually teaming up with CM Punk in a match against Paul Burchill and Ken Doane . Punk and Albright won the match when Punk made Burchill tap out to the Anaconda Vice , but Albright went on to lose the rematch against Stevens . The feud between Punk and Albright took a new turn when the two began teaming together weekly , competing with each other in a game of oneupmanship . Punk challenged Albright to see who could make their opponent tap out the quickest in a match with The Highlanders . Albright made Rory tap out in less than a minute , only to be attacked by Punk and choked out with the Anaconda Vice . Afterwards , just like many times before , Punk would tell Albright that he had been ' Punk ' d ' . After saving Punk from a 5 on 1 attack by the Spirit Squad , Albright told Punk that they would never be able to settle their differences as long as the Spirit Squad was around . The next week , Punk and Albright teamed up to take on all 5 members of the Spirit Squad in a match that saw Albright set - up Punk . Albright turned on Punk , giving the impression that being ' Punk ' d ' for months had finally gotten into his head to the point to where he was obsessed with returning the favor on Punk . Albright introduced a new element to their feud upon his heel turn : his grandfather ' s thick leather strap , which Albright used to continually whip Punk . On the March 1 , 2006 OVW show , CM Punk and Brent Albright met in the finals of a tournament to crown a new OVW Heavyweight Champion ( vacated by Matt Cappotelli ) . Punk suffered a knee injury in the match , and consequently had to be carried out on a stretcher , only to be attacked and whipped by Albright with the strap . Albright dragged Punk back to the ring , and after surviving a comeback by Punk , managed to lock in the STF . Though Punk did not tap out , Albright managed to hold the lock in so that Punk would pass out , giving Brent the victory and making him a two - time OVW Heavyweight Champion . The next week , Albright vowed that Punk would never get a title shot at the OVW title unless he shook Albright ' s hand . A defeated Punk came out , but instead of shaking Albright ' s hand he hand - cuffed him to the top rope and viciously strapped him with Albright ' s own leather strap . This led to a strap match between the two on the May 3 , 2006 OVW show , where Albright lost the title to Punk . SmackDown ! ( 2006 ) . Albright made his WWE debut on the April 7 , 2006 edition of " SmackDown ! " . He was billed as Gunner Scott , getting no ( on screen ) entrance and was portrayed as a jobber until he suddenly defeated Booker T ( due to the Boogeyman ' s music being played and distracting Booker T ) . Later during the show , Chris Benoit met him backstage and praised him on his winning debut , possibly setting the stage for Scott being groomed as Benoit ' s protégé . On the May 19 , 2006 edition of " SmackDown ! " Gunner Scott would team up for the first time with his " mentor " , Benoit , to take on Booker T and Finlay . Scott would win the match , pinning Booker T once again with another distraction in the form of Bobby Lashley . On the June 16 episode , Albright teamed up with Matt Hardy to take on Finlay and William Regal in a losing effort . On June 28 , 2006 , Albright was sent back down to OVW . His last appearance on " SmackDown ! " was on the June 30 episode , against Mr . Kennedy in a losing effort . After the match he was placed in a body bag by The Great Khali . After that , Albright returned to OVW and went back to using Brent Albright as his ring name . He engaged in a feud with Charles Evans for Evans ' OVW Television Championship . He would eventually be released from his WWE contract on October 12 , 2006 . Ring of Honor ( 2006 - present ) . Albright made his debut for Ring of Honor on October 27 , 2006 , in Dayton , Ohio with a loss to Christopher Daniels . In his second outing he participated in a gauntlet match where he defeated both Trik Davis and Jason Blade , after which the crowd chanted " Please Come Back " and " Welcome Home " . After competing in Ring of Honor for over a month to earn a roster spot , he finally did on November 26 , 2006 . Shortly after earning a roster spot , he turned heel after attacking Colt Cabana on the orders of Lacey . He became known as " The Gun for Hire " Brent Albright , willing to take payments to inflict injury on an opponent . At the " International Challenge " , he received a payment from Bryan Danielson to injure Homicide ' s shoulder shortly before their ROH World Championship match at " Final Battle 2006 " . He was , alongside B . J . Whitmer and Adam Pearce , a member of ROH ' s Hangmen 3 stable . In April 2008 " Sweet N ' Sour " Larry Sweeney bought all three men ' s contracts and merged them into Sweet N ' Sour Inc . Whitmer balked and was booted from the group . On May 10 , 2008 Albright quit the group himself following a Tag Team Scramble match where he and Chris Hero lost to Delirious and Pelle Primeau . He suplexed every member of the group minus Sweeney who escaped . After not appearing in ROH for nearly six months , Albright returned to the company at the March 5 tapings of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " . National Wrestling Alliance . Brent made the finals of the NWA Reclaiming the Glory tournament to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion . On September 1 , 2007 he lost to " Scrap Iron " Adam Pearce in the tournament finale in Bayamon , Puerto Rico and began chasing Pearce for the title . On August 2 , 2008 in New York City Albright defeated Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , however Pearce quickly regained the belt on September 20 at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia . Brent Albright also wrestles for NWA Showcase and has had matches against Trevor Murdock , and many other top NWA wrestlers . Personal life . Albright is married to his former in ring manager Kaci Cannon ( Stephanie Capshew ) . They have two children , a son ( born 2001 ) and a daughter ( born 2008 ) . Albright and his family returned to Oklahoma , where they currently reside , shortly after his release from WWE . Albright ' s younger brother , Blake , also wrestles professionally on the independent scene . Albright graduated from Union High School in Tulsa , Oklahoma , in 1997 .