Ink Inc . Ink Inc . was a tag team in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling consisting of Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal . History . On the April 19 , 2010 , episode of Impact ! Shannon Moore insulted the TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan , who was looking for a new tag team partner , provoking a rivalry between the two . The following week Morgan cost Moore his shot at the TNA X Division Championship and then went on to defend his own championship , teaming with Jesse Neal . After successfully defending the title , Morgan attacked Neal , at which point Moore ran out to aid Neal . This led to the pair forming a tag team known as Ink Inc . , and on the May 3 episode of Impact ! Moore and Neal defeated Douglas Williams and Brian Kendrick in their first match as a team . On May 16 at Sacrifice 2010 , Ink Inc . failed in their attempt to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship from The Band ( Kevin Nash and Scott Hall ) , when Neal ' s trainer Brother Ray interfered in the match and attacked Neal . The following month , on the June 17 episode of Impact ! , Ink Inc . defeated The Band ( Kevin Nash and Eric Young ) to advance to the finals of a tournament for a shot at the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship . In the finals the following week , Ink Inc . was defeated by Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) , when Brother Ray attacked Neal backstage prior to the match . At the July 26 and 27 tapings of Xplosion , Ink Inc . entered a four team tournament to determine the new number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship . After defeating Generation Me ( Jeremy and Max Buck ) in the semifinals , Ink Inc . was defeated in the finals by Desmond Wolfe and Magnus . At Bound for Glory 2010 , Ink Inc . defeated Eric Young and Orlando Jordan , winning their first match on pay - per - view . On the October 28 episode of Impact ! , Ink Inc . received a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ) in a three - way match , which also included Generation Me , but failed to win the championship . On December 5 at the Final Resolution 2010 pay - per - view , Ink Inc . lost to Beer Money , Inc . in a number one contender ' s match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . On the March 3 edition of Impact ! Ink Inc . asked for and were granted a shot at Beer Money ' s TNA World Tag Team Championship at Victory Road 2010 . On March 13 at Victory Road , Ink Inc . failed in their attempt to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . After the match Moore turned heel by refusing to shake hands with the champions and instead spat beer in Storm ' s face . A similar show of disrespect was carried out by Moore on the March 24 edition of Impact ! , after Ink Inc . had been defeated by Crimson and Scott Steiner . On April 17 at Lockdown 2010 , Ink Inc . defeated The British Invasion ( Douglas Williams and Magnus ) , Crimson and Scott Steiner and Eric Young and Orlando Jordan in a four tag team steel cage match to become the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship . The following month at Sacrifice 2010 , Ink Inc . was defeated by Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez ) becoming faces once again . In the finish of the match , Neal suffered a neck injury , which would sideline him for the next four months . Ink Inc . returned on the September 22 edition of Impact Wrestling , attacking Mexican America , now the TNA World Tag Team Champions , at a tattoo parlour . On the October 13 edition of Impact Wrestling , Toxxin aligned herself with Ink Inc . by saving them from Mexican America . On October 16 , during the Bound for Glory Preshow , Ink Inc . unsuccessfully challenged Mexican America for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . On November 13 at Turning Point 2010 , Ink Inc . again failed to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a six - person tag team match , which also included Toxxin and Mexican America ' s Sarita . On November 17 , Jesse Neal announced that he was parting ways with TNA after the following weekend ' s house shows . Despite the outburst , Neal appeared on the December 1 edition of Impact Wrestling , teaming with Moore in a three way TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contenders match , where they were defeated by the team of D ' Angelo Dinero and Devon . Neal finished his dates with TNA on December 12 and afterwards left the promotion . Soon later , Toxxin also left the promotion .