Samuel Robert Shaw born January 17, is an American professional wrestler. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Shaw started his professional wrestling career in on the independent circuit. He was released in April , and returned once more to the independent circuit before returning to WWE in August Shaw was born in January , in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended Allen D. Nease High School in St. Shaw made his way to Orlando to work as an illustrator for Universal Studios, after which he returned to his hometown of Jacksonville and began working for the Riverside Arts Market drawing caricatures, with a side business creating "pet ornaments", drawing pictures of people's pets on Christmas ornaments.
Shaw was also part of a Gold Rush Rumble. He lost both matches. Marshall in a losing effort to the Briscoe Brothers for Ring of Honor.
He has also wrestled sporadically for Pro Wrestling Extreme. Over the months, Shaw would defend his championship on multiple occasions against the likes of Tyson Tomko and Jesse Neal. Shaw would finally lose the championship to Thomas Marr on February 2, On September 3, Shaw was part of a title vs title match where the Vintage Heavyweight Championship and the Vintage Internet Championship were on the line, Shaw won the match after Simon Sez was disqualified which also meant the championship would not change hands.
His last match for the company took place a month later in a fatal four-way match for the Vintage Heavyweight Championship which Milo Beasley won. Shaw lost to Bradley at Slammiversary. However, they lost the titles to The Coalition on April 3, He would have his in-ring return the following week one-on-one against Godderz. During the interview, he asked to be called "Samuel Shaw" and also portrayed a character similar to Patrick Bateman of the film and book American Psycho , [ 18 ] as well as a ring attire similar to the clothes worn by Dexter Morgan.
On the January 2, episode of Impact Wrestling , Shaw made his debut as a heel by defeating Norv Fernum via submission, during which he made continuous glares at Hemme who was at ringside. Anderson in a rage after watching Hemme and Anderson converse for several minutes.
