Shannon Moore

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Not to be confused with political writer Shannyn Moore.

Shannon Moore
Moore in 2005
Born (1979-07-27) July 27, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)El Gran Luchadore
Kid Dynamo[1]
Shannon Moore[2]
Prince of Punk[3]
Billed height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[4]
Billed weight207 lb (94 kg)[4]
Billed fromCameron, North Carolina[3]
Whispering Pines, North Carolina[2]
Trained byMatt Hardy[5]
Jeff Hardy[5]
DebutApril 8, 1995[1]

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). He currently wrestles for Atomic Legacy Wrestling (ALW) where he is the current ALW Heavyweight Champion in his 3rd reign.

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.

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  2. ^ a b "Shannon Moore Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Shannon Moore". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
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