Shannon Moore Reflects On Taking Over-The-Top-Rope Suplex From Brock Lesnar, Says It Saved His Career

Shannon Moore says the move saved his career.

The newest episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet featured a sit-down chat with Shannon Moore. As the conversation moved along, Moore opened up about his time with WWE.

He looked back at the belly-to-belly suplex that Brock Lesnar gave him over the top rope on SmackDown. Moore detailed how that saved his career.

“Yeah, he gives me that belly-to-belly, and that’s something that’ll live forever, and probably the worst bump that I’ve ever taken. I could hardly walk after that. Whenever I got to the back, once it settled in, and the backstory to that too, it saved my job. Taking that bump ended up saving my job that night. I remember right before the show, Terry Taylor came to me, and talk about another human that I think is such a great person that has done a lot for my career. Because one thing that Terry has done for me is he’s been honest with me, and this is one of those moments where he was super honest with me. He came to me. I was sitting down watching the monitor, and Terry comes to me and he’s like, ‘Shannon, you got to do something tonight that makes the boss want to keep you here.’ I was like, ‘What?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, you need to do something that makes Vince want to keep you here tonight.’”

Moore added:

“I think Terry at that point had probably been in a meeting, or got an email of talents that they were probably gonna let go that night, and I was like okay, like thanks for being honest, and I remember the pressure was on, man. I was just roaming around back, going, okay, what can I do? I got an opportunity tonight. Terry’s already said that I’m probably gonna get fired if I don’t do something that stands out, and that’s how the belly-to-belly bump come about. I went to Brock, and we’re getting ready for the match, just going over the match. I’m like, ‘Hey man, I got this idea. I want you to belly-to-belly me from the center of the ring to the floor. Try to be dead center because I want this to be a highlight.’ He’s like, ‘Well, I don’t want to do that.’ He didn’t want to do it at first. He’s like, ‘You’re gonna get hurt.’ I’m like, ‘Trust me, I’ll be fine.’ I didn’t know if I was gonna get hurt. I didn’t know what was gonna happen.”

Moore is still active in the ring.