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Name: Matt Shanahan

Nickname: The Punk, The God of Punks

Weight: 324 lb.

Height: 6'8 ft.

Hometown: Philladelphia, Pennsylvania

Appearance:

Enterance:

In-Ring:

Backstage:

Common moves:
Big boot
Punt to the head
Clothesline
Swinging neckbreaker
DDT
Suplex
Powerbomb
Facebuster
Camel Clutch

Signature Moves:

Around the Corner:

Dark Alleyway:

Dumpster Slam:

Punk's Philosophy: Matt kicks his opponent in the gut making them bend over. He then bounces off the ropes and punts them straight in the head. He keeps running as his opponent falls to the ground, he hits them with a leg drop!

Finisher: Chapter Four:

Sidewinder:

Special Finisher:

The Last Corner: An Around The Corner off the top rope.

Title history/Acheivements :
1. 1x WWA hardcore Champion (The original WWA, not World Wrestling Action.)
2. 1x GWE Hardcore Champion
3. 1x EWA King of Kings Champion
4. 1x NGWE xXx Champion
5. 3x WWE:U Tag Team Champions (First with Alexander Dramien, then with The Outcasts [Matt and Nuke])(Current w/ Punks of Steel)
6. 1x AOWW Battleground Champion
7. 1x GTF Spotlight Champion
8. 1x NAW Tag Team Champion (w/Alex)
9. 1x BCW World Heavyweight Champion (First and last to hold it)
10. First Ever FFA:TF US Champion (Current)
11. Won the first ever match in FFA:TF
12. Was the first to make a pin in the Backstage Wars in FFA:TF
13. 1x ICW World Champion
14. 1x CWL All Out Champion
15. 1x EEW Estremo Champion
16. ICW Hall of Famer 2008!
17. WWFG Hardcore Champion (Last to hold)
18. WWFG Punkism Champion (First to ever hold. Created the title.)
19. 1x ICW Championship
20. Unofficially the first person to have ever held both ICW World Titles at some point in their career. <- Note the "Unofficially".
(*Bold = Still has said title. )

GM Acheivements:
1. Gm of PHCW
2. Former Co-GM of NJCW

Other Acheivements:
1. EEW Speeder of the Year 2007
2. Member of the Hardcore Punks (With Alexander Dramien)
3. Member of U.A.T.F (Uh... Forget who was in this one. sweatdrop )
4. Member of The Talented Pit (With Cartwright, and a few other people)
5. Member of The Punks of Steel (With CJ Steel and The Rev)
6. Leader of The Punk N' Rev Salvation (With The Reverand)
7. Member of The Angered Alliance (With Saint Joey)
8. Member of the Midnight Punks (with Marxx)
9. Co-Leader of the Outcasts (With Nuke Fusion, Lance Hawkwind, and Christina Parks) [Formerly of Nuke, Scott Storm, The Rev, and Xavier Cross)
10. Participated in Gaia X-Cup 2007- Team OECW
11. Crew member of EEW
12. Vice Captain of PHCW
13. Crew member of GWE
14. Crew member of OECW
15. Crew member of NGHW
16. Crew member of the EEW Territory league/NJCW
17. Vice Captain of ICW
18. Crew member in WWFG
19. Creator of the Pit of Hell match!

Off-Gaia Achievements
1. Head of Junior Class in ACW:Unversity
2. CWO2 Hardcore Champion
3. First ever GCW/AE Intercontinental Champion

Personal Bio: He was raised on the streets ever since childhood. He can't be trusted,and usually doesn't have a second thought about turning on allies for his own personal gain. He's very arrogant and doesn't care what people think of him.

His most rememberable and most painful match has to be his match in GWE, The Asylum Match where he won the GWE Hardcore Title. He suffered major injury from the match,but did as he said he would. He beat Kodiak and injured him so badly that it would be awhile until they would meet again.

The rivalry of Kody and Matt perspired in DUW when Matt was in despair about losing his first hardcore match,which he believed he was unbeatable at. Kody confronted him,and it went from there. Kody stole Matt's WWA Hardcore Title,which didn't make Matt too happy. The feud eventually arose in every Federation that they were in together. Matt still cannot believe how the their feud has grow,and has yet to get any smaller.

Matt's first official match was his match against Pimp on EEW Speed. He barely won, winning by pushing Pimp off a ladder. Their feud was forgotten after The Punk had claimed to have 'moved on', but was proven wrong when after 2 months of staying away from Pimp, he interfered in his match by knocking him out cold with a baseball bat then delivering a Chapter Four straight through a table. Matt would then go to face Pimp in a match at EEW's December to Dismember in a Ladder match.

Matt went into tag team action in late December 2007, with the high-flying German, Alexander Dramien, forming the tag team known as The Hardcore Punks. The combined force of strength and speed became dominate, winning them their first major Tag titles, the WWE: Unlimited Tag Titles at Striken. The team moved on to NAW to win the tag titles there also, but as months progressed, tension began to grow between the two. The tag team was then disbanded when Alexander broke his neck, and Matt claimed he was 'Better off without him'.

Matt's latest and most successful tag team is the Punk N' Rev Salvation, consisting of himself and 'The Rev' Chris Nightshade. The team was formed around March 2008. They began to preach the word of 'Punkism', a religion created by Matt. The tag team has been involved in many matches, but has never been as successful as the Hardcore Punks.

After 2007, not much happened for The Punk. He feuded against Mike Landry over Ashley Massaro, losing to him in a Watch Your Step match. After the match, The Punk left the arena early, losing his spot in the Royal Rumble and leaving Nuke Fusion to defend the tag titles by himself. Many fans wondered what was wrong with The Punk, but he triumphantly returned and became partners with CJ Steel, forming the Punks of Steel.

Matt also went into ICW and eventually won the ICW World Heavyweight Title, before being challenged by The Rock. He lost to The Rock twice in the row, and when it was finally for the ICW World Title, The Punk no-showed due to a back injury from the Rock Bottom. The next month, however, he returned to accept the challenge of Falco, facing off against Falco, The Rock, and Damian Le in a Falcon's Nest match for the TV and World Titles. He lost this match, sadly.

Matt has began to climb back up the ladder of success since his disappearance, winning titles such as the EEW Estremo Championship, the CWL All Out Championship, and even winning back the WWE:U Tag Team Championship with CJ Steel.

During the entire year of 2009, Shanahan was rarely seen around the world of wrestling. He made occasional returns, promising many things, but always disappearing before coming through with them. Many things were blamed for this: drug addiction, alcoholism, depression, and even a 'WoW addiction' was mentioned. It is now confirmed that none of these reasons were true.

There have been rumors that Shanahan will be returning in early 2010.

Song: Face: 'The Wicker Man' by Iron Maiden
Heel: 'Hateful Design' by Graveworm
Alternative/Special: 'Almost Easy' by Avenged Sevenfold

Themes of The Punk' Past:
'Remember The Name' by Fort Minor
'MIA' by Avenged Sevenfold
'Spit It Out' by Slipknot
(I'm sure there's more... )
Heel/Face/Tweener: Tweener, but can be Heel or Face.

Match Type Expertise: Pit of Hell, Inferno, Hardcore

Match Type Weakness: Items(Ambulance, Casket, Item on a pole, etc.), Watch Your Step, Over The Top Rope

Catchphrases:
"... DO IT LIVE!"
"... That ******** thing sucked!"

Businesses that have been disgraced by Matt:

1. WWE: Twisted Flow
2. RWA (Real Wrestling Alternative
3. GWF (Gaia Wrestling Federation)
4. WWE: Unlimited
5. OECW (Outdoor Extremem Champion Wrestling)
6. DCW ( Durem Championship Wrestling)
7. WWE Action Faction
8. GWWF/GzW (Gaia World Wresting Federation/Gaia zone Wrestling)
9. EEW (Extreme Entertainment Wrestling)
10. FIP (Full Impact Pro)
11. SWA (Sacrifice Wrestling Alliance)
12. AOWW (All-Out War Wrestling
13. GWE (Gaia Wrestling Entertainment)
14. NGWE (New Generation Wrestling Entertainment)
15. WSX (Wrestling Socity X)
16. WWA (World Wrestling Alternative)
17. WWFG (World Wrestling Federation Guild)
18. NGHW (Never Gunna Happen Wrestling)
19. PHCW (Philadelphia Hardcore Championship Wrestling)
20. TNA (Total Non-stop Action)
21. BCW (British Championship Wrestling)
22. NJCW (New Jeresy(Japan) Championship Wrestling)
23. CSWF (Canadian Supreme Wrestling Federation)
24. WWE: TWE (The Wrestling Effect)
25. XCW (Xtreme Championship Wrestling)
26. PAW (Professional Alumni Wrestling)
27. NAW (New Age Wrestling)
28. GCPW (Gaia Championship Professional Wrestling)
29. ICW (International Championship Wrestling)
30. WCWF (World Championship Wrestling Federation)
31. BCW (Beatdown Championship Wrestling)
32. GORE Pro Wrestling
33. CWL (Championship Wrestling League)
34. WWE: Evolution
35. JAPW (Jersey All Pro Wrestling)
36. FFA: Twisted Flow
37. PWS (Pro Wrestling Shark)
38. RDW (Rejected Divisions Wrestling)
More to come!? gonk

*Bold=Currently in

Off-Gaia Businesses
CWO2 (Championship Wrestling Organization 2)
ACW:U (Augusta Championship Wrestling University)
AWF (American Wrestling Federation)
GCW (Global Championship Wrestling)

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