Michael Shaw

Michael Shaw
Shaw in November 2015 as WOW World Tag Team Champion.
Birth name	Michael Aaron Shaw
Resides	Old Bridge, New Jersey
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Michael Shaw Mike Shaw
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	197 lbs (89 kg)
Billed from	Old Bridge, New Jersey (ECWF) Saratoga Springs, New York (WOW) Davenport, Iowa (PWE)
Trained by	Simon Sparx
Debut	2010

Michael Aaron Shaw (born December 30, 1990), best known by the ring name Michael Shaw, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand. He is also best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation as well as World of Wrestling and EAW. Shaw is a former five time WOW World Tag Team Champion. While in Pro Wrestling Entertainment he was a former three time PWE Tag Team Championship. While in Chaotic Wrestling, he held the CPW Unified Tag Team Championship one time.

Professional wrestling career

Elite Answers Wrestling

Debut and Dynasty (2018)

Shaw signed with Elite Answers Wrestling in December 2017 along with Sam Shaw, and is rumored to begin competing for EAW in 2018. On January 8, 2018 it was revealed they would be comping on the Dynasty brand. They have since set their sights on the EAW Unified Tag Team Championships, sending messages to the current champions, The High Rollerz. However at Reasonable Doubt X, Di Consentes (Openweight Champion Cameron Ella Ava & EAW Champion Heart Break Gal) defeated The High Rollerz (Jack Ripley & David Davidson) to win the EAW Unified Tag Team Championships. Shaw and Steele would set their sights on new champions, Di Consentes. It was later announced by EAW that Shaw and Steele would receive a shot at EAW Unified Tag Team Championship at Reckless Wiring X, but failed to win the titles. At Culture Crisis, Shaw & Steele defeated Shaker Jones & Woogieman to win a shot at the EAW Unified Tag Team Championship. It was later revealed that they would receive their Unified Tag Team Championship match against defending champions Mr. DEDEDE & Cameron Ella Ava at Pain for Pride XI, while it was also revealed that Charlie Marr and Daryl Kinkade would also be in the title match.

ShowDown (2018-present)

On June 30, Shaw along with Samuel Steele was drafted to compete on the ShowDown brand.

Championship Wrestling Coalition

[R]evolution (2018)

It was announced that Shaw and Steele had signed a contract for CWC and would compete on the [R]evoltion roster.

WWE: Damage, Inc.

NXT (2022-present)

In February 2022, it was announced that Shaw and Steele had signed contracts with NXT and was set to visit the Performance Center as soon as possible.

Other media

In 2018, Shaw made his first appearance in a EAW videogame, being a playable character in EAW 2K19.

Filmography

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	EAW 2K19	Himself	Playable character

EAW Network

Year	Title	Role	Notes

In wrestling

• Shaw's finishing moves
  • Diving headbutt
  • Dragon Mutilation (Bridging double chickenwing)
  • Brainbuster
  • Dragon's Lock (Omoplata crossface)

• Signature moves
  • Space Rolling Elbow (Cartwheel back elbow to a cornered opponent)
  • Multiple kick variations
    • Roundhouse
    • Shoot
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Exploder
    • German
    • Saito, sometimes while hooking the opponent's leg
    • Snap
  • Samoan drop
  • Springboard moonsault to the outside of the ring
  • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
  • Slingshot somersault senton
  • Corner forearm smash
  • Turnbuckle powerbomb
  • Jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick
  • Running shooting star press
  • Springboard clothesline
  • Standing moonsault

• Managers
  • Samantha Shaw
  • Alexis Blaze

• Entrance themes
  • "Feel Invincible" by Skillet (2017 – present)
  • "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons (2017 – present; used while a part of The Dragon Slayers)

Championships and accomplishments

• Chaotic Wrestling
  • CPW Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Samuel Steele

• Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation
  • ECWF World Tag Team Championships (2 time) - with Samuel Steele
  • ECWF World Six-Man Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Sam Steele and Daniel Keegan (1)
  • ECWF Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) – with Sam Steele

• Pro Wrestling Entertainment
  • PWE Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Sam Steele

• World of Wrestling
  • WOW International Championship (1 time, current)
  • WOW World Tag Team Champions (5 times) – with Samuel Steele

• WWE
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Samuel Steele