Gunner Chad Lail ( June 6 , 1982 ) is an American professional wrestler , bodybuilder and actor better known by the ring name Phill Shatter and for his five - year tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Gunner . Professional wrestling career . After serving in the Iraq War , Phill Shatter signed with NWA Anarchy along with fellow Iraq War veteran Truitt Fields . Although they began competing as a tag team , Shatter eventually turn ed on Fields and joined manager Jeff G . Bailey ' s NWA Elite table . Shatter feuded with Iceberg before receiving a championship match against NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Champion Ace Rocwell . Shatter won the match and the title . Shatter later won the NWA National Heavyweight Championship from Crusher Hansen on January 17 , 2009 , and is currently the longest reigning champion in the title ' s history . Shatter recently defeated Chase Stevens , for the S . A . W . International Heavyweight Title . Ring of Honor ( 2010 ) . Shatter appeared at Ring of Honor ' s The Big Bang ! pay - per - view on April 3 , 2010 , defeating Zack Salvation in the opening match of the pay - per - view . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2009 – 2015 ) . At the June 23 , 2009 , tapings of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s " Impact ! " television show , Shatter made his TNA debut , along with Mikael Judas , as TNA ' s on - air security . On the July 29 , 2010 edition of TNA Impact ! taping , Shatter , now using the name Gunner and Mikael Judas , using the name Murphy , came out after an altercation involving Jeff Hardy and Mr . Anderson with Matt Morgan , and attacked Hardy and Anderson , thus turning heel . They then teamed with Morgan in a handicap match , where they were defeated by Hardy and Anderson . After appearing with Morgan the following week , Gunner and Murphy ' s angle with him was discontinued and they went back to being regular security guards . On the October 21 edition of " Impact ! " Gunner and Murphy aligned themselves with Jeff Jarrett and helped him beat down Samoa Joe . At Turning Point Gunner and Murphy interfered in a match between Jarrett and Joe , helping Jarrett pick up the win . On the following edition of " Impact ! " Gunner and Murphy made their in – ring return , losing to Samoa Joe in a handicap match . At the December 9 tapings of " Xplosion " Gunner and Murphy picked up their first win in TNA , defeating Ink Inc . ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ) in a tag team match . On February 13 , 2011 , at Against All Odds , Gunner and Murphy wrestled their first TNA PPV match , a six - man tag team match , where they teamed with their Immortal stablemate Rob Terry in a losing effort against James Storm , Robert Roode and Scott Steiner . In February both Gunner and Murphy signed two – year contracts with TNA , which saw them moved from their roles as just security guards into the active roster . On the February 24 edition of Impact ! , Gunner and Murphy defeated Eric Young and Orlando Jordan to earn their first shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship , held by Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) . They would receive their shot at the title on the following edition of Impact ! , but were defeated by Beer Money , Inc . On March 14 at the tapings of the March 17 edition of Impact ! , Gunner defeated Murphy and Rob Terry in a three – way match to win the vacant TNA Television Championship . He would lose the title to Eric Young on May 17 , at the tapings of the May 26 edition of Impact Wrestling . On the June 9 edition of Impact Wrestling , Gunner pinned World Heavyweight Champion Sting in a tag team main event , in which he teamed with Mr . Anderson against Sting with Eric Young . The following week , Gunner asked new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mr . Anderson for a shot at his title and eventually put him through a table , when he declined . In the main event of the show , Gunner defeated Anderson in a non - title match . From June to September , Gunner was one of the twelve participants in the Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . When the group stage of the tournament concluded , Gunner finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at No Surrender along with James Storm , Robert Roode and his Immortal stablemate , Bully Ray . On September 11 at No Surrender , Gunner was eliminated from the tournament , when he was defeated by Bobby Roode via submission . Gunner then began feuding with Immortal ' s former referee , Garett Bischoff , losing to him via disqualification , following interference from Ric Flair , on the November 10 edition of Impact Wrestling . This was followed by Bischoff picking up two pinfall victories over Gunner on the November 17 and December 8 editions of Impact Wrestling where he would injure Garett by piledriving him into the concrete floor . He would do the same to Jesse Neal and Douglas Williams on the December 15 and 29 editions of Impact Wrestling . On the January 5 , 2012 , edition of Impact Wrestling , Gunner fought Rob Van Dam to a double countout but failed to injure him after Van Dam retaliated and back body dropped him onto the concrete . Three days later at Genesis , Gunner defeated Van Dam after dropping him onto the concrete floor with a DDT . On February 12 at Against All Odds , Gunner , with Eric Bischoff in his corner , defeated Garett Bischoff , who had Hulk Hogan in his corner , in a singles match . On April 15 at Lockdown , Gunner represented Team Eric Bischoff in the annual Lethal Lockdown match , where the opposing team was led by Garett Bischoff , who ended up winning the match for his team . On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Gunner unsuccessfully challenged Devon for the TNA Television Championship . After Impact Wrestling , Gunner took hiatus from television . On May 17 , Lail announced that he had signed a new three - year contract with TNA . Singles competition ( 2012 – 2013 ) . After a three - month hiatus , Gunner returned to Impact Wrestling on July 26 , 2012 when he , along with Kid Kash , confronted and eventually attacked the debuting Chavo Guerrero , Jr . , before he was saved by Hernandez . On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Gunner and Kash were defeated in a tag team match by Guerrero and Hernandez . Gunner and Kash faced Guerrero and Hernandez , now the TNA World Tag Team Champions , in a rematch on the October 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , but were again defeated . After another hiatus , Gunner returned on January 12 , 2013 , at TNA One Night Only ' s Joker ' s Wild event , teaming with Crimson in a losing effort against Christian York and James Storm after Storm hit the " Last Call " on Gunner . The pay - per - view was aired on May 3 . Teaming and feuding with James Storm ( 2013 – 2014 ) . Gunner returned to Impact Wrestling on May 23 attacking Robbie E and Shark Boy and being chosen as James Storm ' s partner in his four - way elimination match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship at Slammiversary XI , thus turning face . On June 2 at the pay - per - view , Gunner and Storm won the match over Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ) , Bobby Roode and Austin Aries , and defending champions Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Hernandez to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship . Gunner and Storm returned on the August 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , teaming up with ODB to defeat The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ) and Mickie James in a six - person mixed tag team match . On October 20 at Bound for Glory , Gunner and Storm lost the World Tag Team Championship to The BroMans in their first title defense , ending their reign at 140 days . Gunner and Storm received their rematch on the October 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , but were again defeated by the BroMans . On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Gunner competed in the " Feast or Fired " match where he was one of the four participants to retrieve a briefcase , which was revealed to contain a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the following week . Gunner put the briefcase on the line against Storm on the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling , but the match ended in a double countout , with Gunner retaining the case . Gunner then retained the case again against Storm at Genesis , where the case was suspended from a pole . Gunner and Storm finally reunited at the January 30 , 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling , when they were challenged by Bad Influence for Gunner ' s case , which he would retain . On the February 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Gunner cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match but lost to Magnus , after Storm turned on Gunner and hit him with a Last Call superkick as Gunner went for a diving headbutt . On March 9 at Lockdown , Gunner defeated Storm in a Steel Cage Last Man Standing match . On the March 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , after Storm berated Gunner ' s father , Gunner attacked Storm , but Storm managed to turn it around , handcuffing him to the middle rope and threatening Gunner ’ s father at ringside . Storm walked away , but returned to smash a beer bottle over his father ' s head . On April 27 , 2014 , Gunner defeated James Storm at Sacrifice in a " I Quit Match " . On the May 1 , 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling , Gunner took part in a one night tournament to challenge Eric Young for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . He defeated Mr . Anderson in the first match after an interference by James Storm and in the finals of the tournament he was defeated by Bobby Roode and failed to win a chance for the title . On May 10 at Victory Road 2014 , Gunner won a 12 - man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match . Storyline with Samuel Shaw and departure ( 2014 - 2015 ) . On the May 22 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Gunner appeared in the hospital where he was with Samuel Shaw . Short steel links displayed video footage where Gunner talked to Shaw about his illness . On July 3 the " Impact Wrestling " Gunner and Samuel Shaw came back and talked with Mr . Anderson ' s and Christy Hemme , during which Shaw acted like a face . However , on the October 22 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Gunner and Shaw teamed together in a losing match against Low Ki and Samoa Joe during the second round of the Tag Team Tournament . During that match , Brittany distracted Gunner , causing the eventual defeat of their team . Afterwards , Shaw turned heel by attacking Gunner . Two weeks later , on Impact Wrestling Gunner defeated Shaw in a no - disqualification match . on the January 23 , 2015 episode on Impact Wrestling , Gunner competed in the Feast or Fired match but failed to retrieve a case in the match . on the February 20 episode on Impact Wrestling , Gunner competed in a 20 - man # 1 contender ' s gauntlet match but failed to win the match . on April 3 , 2015 , Gunner defeated Jessie Godderz for a match on TNA Xplosion this turned out to be Gunner ' s last TNA match . On June 19 , 2015 Gunner thanked TNA on his Twitter and announced he was taking bookings signaling that his time with TNA had ended . Return to Independent circuit ( 2015 – present ) . On 19 April 2015 at an AML wrestling event , Gunner faced Luke Hawx where the match ended in a double disqualification . on June 6 , 2015 Gunner teamed with AJ Steele , Drew Adler and Logan Creed to defeated Francisco Ciatso , Jacob Ashworth , Jagged Edge and Simon Sez at a SFCW event . Film career . Lail made his film debut during 2015 with a role in " Navy Seals vs . Zombies " as a Seal team member . He also appeared in a 2015 episode of the television mini - series " The Parallax Theory " , as a mob leader . Lail appeared in the 2016 action comedy " Carter & June " . Personal life . Lail is married to Jayme Jameson who is also a professional wrestler . As of 2016 , Lail has decreased his in - ring appearances , becoming a part - time wrestler while also entering professional bodybuilding and film acting .