Shannon Moore

**Shannon Moore** (born July 27, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for several years in the 2000s. He has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy as a child, and they later trained him to wrestle. He debuted in 1995, and competed for several North Carolina-based promotions, winning several Light Heavyweight Championships. He also wrestled for the Hardys' promotion, Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), where he won the OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the OMEGA New Frontiers Championship once. In 1999, he signed with WCW, and became part of **3 Count**, a boy band parody. The three members of 3 Count jointly won the WCW Hardcore Championship in 2000. In 2001, he briefly held the NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship with Shane Helms.

He later joined the then-WWF in 2001, and was assigned to Heartland Wrestling Association, a developmental territory, where he won the HWA Tag Team Championship with Evan Karagias. After debuting on the SmackDown brand, he became a follower of "Mattitude" and appeared regularly as Matt Hardy's sidekick. Between late 2003 and 2005, Moore was used mainly in WWE's cruiserweight division, until his release in July 2005. After a stint on the independent circuit, Moore joined TNA in December 2005. In March 2006, he re-signed with WWE, initially appearing on the ECW brand, before returning to SmackDown in 2007. He formed a tag team with Jimmy Wang Yang, and the pair challenged unsuccessfully for the WWE Tag Team Championship on several occasions. Following his release in August 2008, he once again returned to the independent circuit, before rejoining TNA in January 2010. He soon formed a tag team, known as **INK Inc.**, with Jesse Neal in April.

Aside from wrestling, Moore is also a tattoo artist, and owned a tattoo parlor known as Gas Chamber Ink in Southern Pines, North Carolina. He is also a musician, having written his own entrance music, and was part of the band Peroxwhy?gen with Jeff Hardy.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Halo* (Corkscrew senton bomb)
	+ *Mooregasm* (Diving somersault neckbreaker)
	+ *Bottom's Up* (Leg drop bulldog)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Diving hurricanrana
	+ Exploder suplex
	+ Moonsault to the outside
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- Drop
		- Enzuigiri
		- Spinning heel
	+ Northern Lights suplex
	+ Springboard crossbody
	+ Sunset flip powerbomb

* **Managers**
	+ Brandi Richardson
	+ Lindsay Jane
	+ Tank Abbott
	+ Toxxin

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Prince of Punk"
	+ "The Reject"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **World Championship Wrestling**
		- "Can't Get You Out of My Heart" by 3 Count
		- "Do the Three Count" by 3 Count
	+ **World Wrestling Entertainment**
		- "Moore-On" by Jim Johnston
		- "I'll Do Anything" by Ronn L. Chick, Dennis Winslow & Robert J. Walsh
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
		- "Chicken Huntin'" (Slaughterhouse Remix) by Insane Clown Posse
		- "Tattooed Attitude" by Dale Oliver & Shannon Moore

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Atomic Wrestling Entertainment / Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling**
	+ AWE / ARW Heavyweight Championship (3 times, current)
	+ ARW Next Level Championship (2 times)
* **Full Throttle Pro Wrestling**
	+ FTPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Free-Style Championship Wrestling**
	+ FCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Heartland Wrestling Association**
	+ HWA Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
	+ HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Evan Karagias
* **New Frontier Wrestling Alliance**
	+ NFWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ NFWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Carolina Warrior
* **NWA Wildside / National Championship Wrestling**
	+ NCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shane Helms
* **Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts**
	+ OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ OMEGA New Frontiers Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#67** of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the *PWI 500* in 2002
* **Revolution Wrestling Authority**
	+ RWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Southern Championship Wrestling**
	+ SCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **World Championship Wrestling**
	+ WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
* **World Stars of Wrestling**
	+ WSW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling**
	+ XICW Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)