Evan Karagias

In 1997, Karagias began his career in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) with appearances on WCW's weekly wrestling shows as "The Outrageous Karagias" being used as a jobber. While performing as a jobber, Karagias had a few high points which included his first appearance at a pay-per-view, a battle royal at Slamboree 1998, and several shots at WCW championships such as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and WCW World Television Championship.

In October 1999, Karagias was seen more and more with Madusa. He was allowed to compete in the WCW World Title tournament, but quickly allowed Madusa to pin him after a kiss. After her elimination, Madusa put all her focus on managing Karagias. Karagias then became the number one contender to the Cruiserweight Championship, which was held by Disco Inferno. At Mayhem, Karagias challenged Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and won after Inferno was attacked by Creative Control. Karagias began to have problems with Madusa, since Karagias appeared to have a wandering eye towards the Nitro Girls, specifically Spice. This led to a catfight between the two ladies, with Karagias in the middle. Afterwards, Madusa challenged Karagias to a Cruiserweight Championship match at Starrcade. During the match Spice gave Karagias a low blow, allowing Madusa to pin him and become the first female ever to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship.

In December 1999, Karagias returned to the ring alongside Shane Helms and Shannon Moore to form 3 Count, the boy band of WCW. They immediately claimed to have a musical hit, coming out before their matches and lip-synching to "Can't Get You Out Of My Heart" while dancing on green circles. Usually, they were interrupted by their opposition. They started out by feuding with The Jung Dragons and would appear in 6-man tag team action frequently.

3 Count soon focused their attention on Norman Smiley, who showed his dislike for their music. Their first pay-per-view match was at SuperBrawl 2000, where Smiley, due to his injured ribs, was beaten in a handicap match and 3 Count got the win. The 3 Count team then declared that they were hardcore, leading to numerous fights with the Hardcore Champion "Nasty Boy" Brian Knobbs. At the end of February 2000, they managed an upset, taking out the champion and getting the WCW Hardcore Championship for themselves. Sharing it as a team, they went into Uncensored 2000 to battle Knobbs once again, this time in a gauntlet match. After Helms was eliminated, Karagias came out. Without his teammates to aid him, however, Karagias was crushed by Knobbs, who then defeated Moore, getting his Hardcore Championship back.

In late summer, the 3 Count returned to television, singing a new song, "Dance With 3 Count". This earned them the favor of Tank Abbott, who loved listening to them sing, and would attack anyone who tried to stop them. Abbott soon became 3 Count's manager/security guard/back-up dancer, sometimes bringing out a green square for himself to dance on. Abbott and 3 Count soon began a running feud with the trio's old adversaries, the Jung Dragons. Their repeated encounters led to a ladder match at New Blood Rising, with a recording contract and a gold record hanging from the ceiling. The match was won after interference by Abbott clearing the way for Karagias to climb the ladder and get the contract, winning the match and apparently getting 3 Count a record deal. After the match, Abbott took the contract and the gold record and left. Later on, Abbott announced that he should be the lead singer, with 3 Count as his back-up band. This proved to be too much for 3 Count, who told Abbott that they were through. A minor feud with Abbott soon erupted, which went nowhere because Abbott soon left WCW.

Karagias became more egotistical, taking over the center circle during 3 Count matches. In November, it all came to a head when 3 Count was once again wrestling the Jung Dragons. After Karagias took the pinfall away from Helms and Moore, the duo turned on him, taking out their former leader. Karagias soon joined up with Jamie Knoble, who had been unmasked and kicked out of the Jung Dragons by Leia Meow, their manager. They formed a third tag team, intent on battling it out with 3 Count and the Dragons. The three teams' wars with each other soon culminated in a triangle tag team match at Mayhem, which was won by 3 Count.The three groups continued to feud into the next month, when it was announced that there was going to be a three way ladder match at Starrcade 2000 and once again, Karagias' old partners, 3 Count, won the match.

At SuperBrawl Revenge, the three tag teams were brought together once again for a four corners elimination match. 3 Count would once again cost Karagias the match by eliminating him. Later in the match, Moore surprisingly turned on Helms, attacking him and shortly after, Karagias turned on Knoble rejoined Moore, returning to 3 Count. Karagias and Moore would remain a tag team for the final months of WCW. They competed in the first WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship tournament, taking out Jason Jett and Scotty O in the first round. They were then bested by the veterans, Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman, and thus did not appear at WCW Greed, watching instead from the sidelines. They did make an appearance on the final WCW show in March, wrestling for a shot at the Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions, Kid Romeo and Elix Skipper. They were bested once again by Mysterio and Kidman, and watched as The Filthy Animals went on to defeat Romeo and Skipper for the belts.

When WCW folded in early 2001 and was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation, Evan's contract was immediately purchased by the WWF as well. He made his debut for WWF during the Invasion as a member of The Alliance. After a severe concussion in the ring, he was rarely seen and was released after nine months without ever being used as a wrestler.