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Shannon Brian Moore (born July 27, 1979 in Cameron, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestler currently under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

He has also performed both for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in its X Division.

Wrestling career

Moore befriended Matt and Jeff Hardy as a boy, and competed in their backyard wrestling circuit. After the Hardy Boys began wrestling professionally, they trained Moore, and he debuted on April 8, 1995 against Jeff. Moore began working in the independent circuit, wrestling for the North Carolina-based Southern Championship Wrestling and National Championship Wrestling promotions as Kid Dynamo. In addition, he frequently wrestled for OMEGA, the promotion operated by the Hardy Boys. In the late 1990s Moore began wrestling for the Georgia-based Music City Wrestling promotion.

World Championship Wrestling

In 1999, Moore was hired by WCW by Chris Kanyon, who had been granted the authority to employ twenty-one young cruiserweights by the Atlanta, Georgia-based promotion. He was placed in a stable known as 3 Count by Jimmy Hart. 3 Count, which consisted of Moore, Evan Karagias and Shane Helms, was a trio of young male wrestlers who utilised the gimmick of boy band members. 3 Count debuted in WCW in November 1999, and began lip-synching the song "Can't Get You Out Of My Heart" in the ring before their matches.

On the February 28, 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 3 Count defeated Brian Knobbs to win the WCW Hardcore Championship by all 3 of the team's members simultaneously pinning him. Doing this, Moore became the youngest Hardcore champion in WCW history, a record he never relinquished. 3 Count reigned as co-champions until March 19, 2000, at Uncensored in Miami, Florida, where Knobbs regained the title by consecutively pinning all three men.

3 Count were not involved in the Millionaires Club versus New Blood angle that took place during the summer of 2000 because Helms was sidelined with a broken nose. The stable reconvened in the late summer of 2000 and began performing a new song, "Dance With 3 Count". Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial artist Tank Abbott became an avid fan of 3 Count, and began protecting them during their performances, attacking anyone who disrupted them. He also acted as their talent manager and occasional back-up dancer.

3 Count began to fall apart in late 2000, with Karagias joining forces with Jamie San, a former member of the Jung Dragons. At StarrCade 2000, Moore and Helms defeated San (renamed Jamie Noble), and Karagias and the remaining Jung Dragons in a three way tag team ladder match. The six men went on to feud with one another in early 2001, with Helms pinning Moore in a cruiserweight elimination match at SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18. Moore and Karagias joined forces once again to take part in a tournament for the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championships, but were eliminated by Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr..

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

After WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Moore signed a contract with them and was assigned to the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA), an Ohio-based WWF developmental territory. He teamed with Karagias in HWA until Karagias was released by the WWF. In July 2002, Moore was promoted to the primary WWE roster and assigned to the SmackDown! brand.

Moore competed in the cruiserweight division for several months before becoming an acolyte of Matt Hardy Version 1.0, then proselytizing a philosophy known as "Mattitude". Moore became a "Mattitude Follower" (abbreviated to "MF'er"), and began dressing like Hardy and accompanying him to ringside. Moore would often unsuccessfully attempt to help Hardy win matches, resulting in Hardy attacking Moore in order to vent his frustrations, or would lose to a more physically dominant opponent, with Hardy again assaulting Moore as a result, claiming that he had failed to comprehend Hardy's coaching. Moore also assisted Hardy in his bid to win the 2003 Royal Rumble, again unsuccessfully, and helped Hardy lose several pounds in order to qualify for a WWE Cruiserweight Championship title shot. On February 23, 2003 at No Way Out, Moore distracted Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman, enabling Hardy to pin him and win the title.

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