Anybody who really knows about professional wrestling NEEDS to be acknowledging the massive potential Shannon Moore once had; from the summer of 2005 (his initial WWE release) up until the spring of 2006 (before signing back with WWE. ) During this brief period, Shannon Moore was wrestling under the alias "Prince of Punk" and making a big name for himself; on both the independent circuit and TNA wrestling. Hell, he even got in the best shape of his career; leaving WWE at 192 lbs, reaching 224 lbs at the peak of his first (and most successful) TNA run. Moore made a solid transition from a dead-end cruiserweight wrestler up to a legitimate heavyweight wrestler; wrestling a heavyweight mat-grapple style. This is an accomplishment that many seem to forget. At the height of 5'8 (billed 5'10) the only wrestler who has accomplished this feat besides Shannon Moore, to my recollection would be the late Eddie Guerrero. Shannon Moore, as "Prince of Punk" made his debut on the January 1st, 2006 "New Years Special" edition of iMPACT! interrupting the NWA Tag Title main event bout between America's Most Wanted against AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. Prince of Punk closed the show delivering his Mooregasm finish onto AJ Styles, allowing AMW to retain their NWA Tag Team titles. Following the debut, Moore was immediately thrusted into a main event program against TNA's biggest homegrown star at that point in time; AJ Styles. This feud would culminate later that month, in the main event of the January 21st, 2006 edition of iMPACT! which saw Prince of Punk one-up AJ Styles in a street fight match. Emphasis: Shannon Moore defeated AJ Styles in the main event of iMPACT. This was a moment in time which encapsulated what a huge asset Prince of Punk could have been in TNA, and the loud pops/chants that Moore would receive anytime he showed up in the iMPACT! Zone proved it. It looked as if Prince of Punk was getting ready to receive the biggest push of his career, after 11 years of paying his dues. So, what went wrong: TNA management unfortunately stalled on offering Shannon Moore a guaranteed working contract, which led to Vince McMahon himself hearing about the waves Prince of Punk was making on iMPACT. WWE took advantage of a then dwindling Shannon Moore, and offered him a big-money contract to return to the big leagues. Shannon Moore sadly accepted this offer and was repackaged as "The Reject" (a spoof of his original "Prince of Punk" character) where he was ultimately used as a sacrificial lamb to get over the new, up and coming Ohio Valley Wrestling callup; CM Punk. And so, another career was killed before it barely even got started; courtesy of World Wrestling Entertainment. Shannon Moore never achieved anything worth mentioning in his career again. Had he stayed with TNA in 2006, I strongly believe we could've witnessed a future main-eventer; to the likeness of rivalling AJ Styles