Sam Shaw Sam Shaw ( January 17 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler . He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , assigned to its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) . Professional wrestling career . Early career . Sam Shaw would make his professional wrestling debut on September 21 , 2007 , at World League Wrestling where he teamed up with Tookie Tucker and defeated Marco Cordova and Otis Idol . Shaw lost to Bruce Santee on August 3 , 2009 at Full Impact Pro . On August 21 , 2010 took on VFX at Victory Pro Wrestling in a match for VPW New York State Championship and was also part of a 23 Man Gold Rush Rumble and lost both matches . On May 18 Shaw teamed up with QT Marshall and lost to The Briscoes . He has also wrestled sporadically for Pro Wrestling Extreme . Vintage Wrestling ( 2009 - 2015 ) . On April 18 , 2009 , Shaw debuted for Vintage Wrestling defeating Nooie Lee on his debut . Just over a month later on May 30 , Shaw defeated Glacier to become the first Vintage Heavyweight Champion . Over the months Shaw would defend his championship on multiple occasions against the likes of Tyson Tomko and Jesse Neal . Shaw would finally lose the championship to Thomas Marr on February 2 , 2010 . On April 17 , Shaw would become a second time champion after winning the vacant Vintage Heavyweight Championship and would lose it to Jesse Neal on September 11 . In 2011 , Shaw participated in the King Of The State tournament and reached the finals before losing to Francisco Ciatso . On May 14 , Shaw would win his third Vintage Heavyweight Championship by defeating Aaron Epic . On September 3 , Shaw was part of a title vs title match where the Vintage Heavyweight Championship and the Vintage Internet Championship were on the line , Shaw won the match after Simon Sez was disqualified which also meant the championship would not change hands . He lost the Vintage Heavyweight Championship to Francisco Ciatso on June 6 , 2012 . His last match for the company took place a month later in a fatal four way match for the Vintage Heavyweight Championship which Milo Beasley won . Florida Underground Wrestling ( 2011 - 2012 ) . On August 8 , in his debut match for Florida Underground Wrestling , he took on Romeo Razel and Sideshow in a three way match and won , this would lead to a shot at the FUW Heavyweight Champion , Bruce Santee , which Shaw lost . On June 28 , 2012 he took on Wes Brisco FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship which he lost . His last match for FUW came in the form of a win on June 30 against James Alexander . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2010 , 2012 - 2015 ) . Shaw ' s first appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was on August 8 , 2010 in Hardcore Justice as Lupus , Shaw attacked Tommy Dreamer in his match against Raven before he was attacked by special referee Mick Foley with a Mandible Claw . Shaw ' s first match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling came on August 9 , 2010 , in a dark match against Jesse Neal which he lost . In 2012 , Shaw was a participant in the monthly Gut Check on IMPACT . Although Shaw ' s chances were nearly ruined after a brutal attack by Aces & Eights gang , Shaw got a second chance the following week and was defeated by Doug Williams in his Gut Check match . The Gut Check judges were impressed and awarded Shaw a contract and a spot on the TNA roster . In actuality , Shaw was signed to a developmental cotract . Shaw returned to " Impact Wrestling " on November 22 , defeating fellow Gut Check winner Alex Silva . On June 21 , 2015 , Shaw posted on Twitter that it is " Time to explore new artistic ventures " and thanked TNA signaling his time with the company had ended . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2012 - 2013 ) . Shaw was then assigned to TNA ' s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) , making his televised debut on October 13 , 2012 . He then began teaming with Alex Silva , forming a regular tag team over the coming weeks known as Team GutCheck . On December 1 , Shaw and Silva defeated Jessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to Crimson and Jason Wayne on January 16 , 2013 . Shaw and Silva won the tag titles back on February 27 and held the titles until April 3 when they were defeated by The Coalition ( Crimson & Jason Wayne ) . From April 10 , Shaw wrestled solely as a singles competitor for the remainder of his time in OVW . On June 19 Shaw won a OVW Television Championship match against Randy Royal by disqualification however , did not capture the title . Global Force Wrestling ( 2016 ) . On November 19 , Shaw made his Global Force Wrestling and Tried - N - True Pro Wrestling debut at TNT / GFW Road To The Gold , taking part in the Tried - N - True Title Tournament . He won his first round match defeating TNA ' s Chris Melendez . He advanced to the second round where he defeated Alex Taylor .