47 Facts About Shannon Moore

Shannon Moore was born on July 27,1979 and is an American professional wrestler.

Shannon Moore is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment for several years in the 2000s.

Shannon Moore has worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Shannon Moore currently wrestles for Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling where he is the current ARW Heavyweight Champion in his 3rd reign.

Shannon Moore debuted in 1995 and competed for several North Carolina-based promotions, winning several Light Heavyweight Championships.

Shannon Moore wrestled for the Hardys' promotion, Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, where he won the OMEGA Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the OMEGA New Frontiers Championship once.

Shannon Moore 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.

Between late 2003 and 2005, Shannon Moore was used mainly in WWE's cruiserweight division, until his release in July 2005.

Shannon Moore formed a tag team with Jimmy Wang Yang, and the pair challenged unsuccessfully for the WWE Tag Team Championship on several occasions.

Shannon Moore soon formed a tag team, known as Ink Inc.

Shannon Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy as a child and competed in their own backyard wrestling circuit.

Shannon Moore began working on the independent circuit, wrestling for the North Carolina-based Southern Championship Wrestling and National Championship Wrestling promotions as "Kid Dynamo", and won the Light Heavyweight Championship in both.

In 1999, Shannon Moore was hired by World Championship Wrestling by Chris Kanyon, who had been granted the authority to employ twenty-one young cruiserweights for the Atlanta-based promotion.

Shannon Moore was placed in a faction known as "3 Count" by Jimmy Hart.

Shannon Moore was assigned to the Heartland Wrestling Association, a Louisville-based WWF developmental territory.

In early 2002, Shannon Moore won the HWA Cruiserweight Championship on two occasions.

Shannon Moore became a "Mattitude Follower" and started dressing like Hardy, accompanying him to ringside and interfering in his matches.

Shannon Moore helped Hardy to lose several pounds in order to qualify for a WWE Cruiserweight Championship match at No Way Out.

Shannon Moore was subordinate to Moore and, as such, was referred to as a "Moore-on".

Immediately afterward, Shannon Moore teamed with Hardcore Holly to defeat A-Train and Morgan, earning Holly a championship match against Lesnar.

In 2004, at WrestleMania XX Shannon Moore took part in a "Cruiserweight Open" for the Cruiserweight Championship, but was eliminated by Ultimo Dragon.

Shannon Moore received a WWE Championship match on the December 30,2004 episode of SmackDown, but was quickly defeated by JBL.

Shannon Moore appeared at the No Way Out pay-per-view in February 2005, competing in a gauntlet match for the Cruiserweight Championship, but was eliminated by Paul London.

Shannon Moore appeared at an AWA Superstars of Wrestling show, competing in a tournament for the WSL World Light Heavyweight Championship.

Shannon Moore defeated Dexter Poindexter, Ricky Landell, and "Amazing" N8 Mattson before losing to "Krazy K" Kirby Mack in the finals.

Shannon Moore then teamed with Samoa Joe to defeat Styles and Daniels.

On March 17,2006, WWE released an interview with Shannon Moore talking about his imminent return to the company.

In July 2006, Shannon Moore began appearing as part of WWE's ECW brand, making his first appearances in vignettes calling himself "The Reject".

Shannon Moore was eliminated from the Cruiserweight Open by the defending WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms.

Shannon Moore then established himself as a fan favorite by teaming with Scotty 2 Hotty and Jimmy Wang Yang to defeat Helms, Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Shannon Moore competed in the "Cruiserweight Open" at The Great American Bash along with Noble, Funaki, Wang Yang, and Guerrero.

Shannon Moore began feuding with Noble, appearing in several backstage vignettes together, where he mocked Noble for his obsession with Hornswoggle.

In October 2007, Shannon Moore formed a tag team with Yang, with the two defeating Deuce 'n Domino.

On September 28,2008, Moore won the World Stars of Wrestling World Championship by defeating Joe E Legend.

At Lockdown Shannon Moore received another shot at the now vacant X Division Championship in a three-way steel cage match, where he faced Homicide and the eventual winner of the match, Kazarian.

Shannon Moore aided Neal, prompting the pair to form a tag team known as Ink Inc At Sacrifice Ink Inc failed in their attempt to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship from The Band, when Neal's trainer Brother Ray interfered in the match and attacked Neal.

On January 17,2015, at Best in Detroit 8 Shannon Moore lost the XICW Midwest Heavyweight Title to Rhyno.

On December 3,2016, at Full Throttle Pro Wrestling Event "Fight Club: Round 2" Shannon Moore defeated Braydon Knight and became the inaugural FTPW Heavyweight Champion.

On May 19,2017, at Atomic Wrestling Entertainment Event "Mayhem" Shannon Moore defeated Cj O'Doyle for the AWE Heavyweight Title.

Shannon Moore is part of Matt and Jeff Hardy's side project, a reality show called The Hardy Show.

Shannon Moore appears on the DVD OMEGA: Uncommon Passion, which details the history of the OMEGA promotion initiative.

Shannon Moore has known Jeff and Matt Hardy since around 1987.

Shannon Moore cites Shawn Michaels, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Andre the Giant, and The Ultimate Warrior as his influences.

Shannon Moore has multiple tattoos including one on the inside of his lip that says "extinct".

Shannon Moore has two tattoos across his fingers saying "Hard Knox" and "Made 1979".

Shannon Moore operated a tattoo shop called Gas Chamber Ink in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Shannon Moore has a total of three piercings; one in each ear and one in his septum.