Shawn Osbourne

Real name: Shawn McGrath
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 230 lbs.
Date of birth: May 9, 1976
Date of death: January 26, 2011
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Pro debut: March 8, 2003
Trained by: Les Thatcher & Cody Hawk
Finishing move: Bad Seed Slam

Biography

– Osbourne began his career in Ohio’s HWA promotion
– Osbourne briefly joined the Black Militia stable, working under the name Number One
– On June 15, 2004, Osbourne & Benjamin Kimera defeated The HWA Icons (Cody Hawk & Matt Stryker) to win the HWA Tag Team Titles
– On July 2, Osbourne & Kimera defeated The HWA Icons to retain the HWA Tag Team Titles
– On March 25, 2005, Osbourne defeated Rory Fox to win the HWA Heavyweight Title
– On March 29, Osbourne defeated Matt Stryker to retain the HWA Heavyweight Title
– In April 2005, Osbourne defended the HWA Heavyweight Title against Matt Stryker, Jimmy Turner and Benjamin Kimera
– On May 20, Osbourne defeated Rory Fox to retain the HWA Heavyweight Title
– Osbourne lost a Loser Leaves Town Match to Rory Fox on August 19, 2005. This was to cover Osbourne’s real-life relocation to Arizona, where he would compete for Impact Zone Wrestling
– Osbourne appeared on WWE Velocity in May 2006, losing to Gregory Helms. He was signed to a WWE development deal a month later and was assigned to OVW
– Osbourne was relocated to Deep South Wrestling in January 2007, but the territory did not last long, and he was under the FCW banner by June
– Osbourne was released from his WWE deal in February 2008 and would return to the indies in the summer
– On May 1, 2009, Osbourne & Francisco Ciatso defeated The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis & Kory Chavis) to win the PWR Tag Team Titles
– Osbourne largely stepped away from wrestling in 2010
– Osbourne died by his own hand in January 2011