{"id":53051,"date":"2019-08-24T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=53051"},"modified":"2019-09-21T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T04:27:22","slug":"ken-shamrock-returning-to-impact-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/08\/24\/ken-shamrock-returning-to-impact-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Shamrock Making Return to IMPACT Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The World&#8217;s Most Dangerous Man&#8221; and the first World Champion in <strong>TNA\/IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> history, <strong>Ken Shamrock<\/strong>, has been announced as returning to IMPACT Wrestling, starting with the September TV tapings in Las Vegas. After feuding with <strong>Moose<\/strong> on Twitter, it was revealed on Friday night that Shamrock was returning to IMPACT to continue this feud in person.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moosenation69?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@moosenation69<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noballs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noballs<\/a> huh? Well according to your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bosses?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bosses<\/a> I\u2019ll see you in Vegas! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@impactwrestling<\/a> it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/moose?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#moose<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hunting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#hunting<\/a> season and The Worlds Most Dangerous Man has his next <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/victim?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#victim<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/godfatherofmma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#godfatherofmma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/legend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#legend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prowrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#prowrestling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/valorbk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#valorbk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bareknuckle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bareknuckle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xY1SwBfbmr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xY1SwBfbmr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamrockKen\/status\/1165067744468983808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A high school stand out in football and amateur wrestling, Shamrock turned down a tryout with the NFL&#8217;s <strong>San Diego Chargers<\/strong> after college to pursue professional wrestling, debuting in 1989 with <strong>South Atlantic Pro Wrestling <\/strong>under the name of Wayne Shamrock.\u00a0It wasn&#8217;t long before his aggressive style caught the eye of promoters in Japan, and he headed East to work with the <strong>Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF)<\/strong> in 1990. Shortly after UWF folded, he began training with <strong>Fujiwara Gumi<\/strong>. A shoot-style promotion, its where Shamrock first began training in what would later become known as MMA. Soon after, along with fellow students <strong>Masakatsu Funaki<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Minoru Suzuki<\/strong>, he would leave to form the MMA-style promotion, <strong>Pancrase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wayne Shamrock vs Yoshiki Takahashi 1993 10 14\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5hOcHl0Qj9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soon after Pancrase&#8217;s formation, he would begin venturing home to the United States, where he would start taking fights with the upstart UFC. By 1996, he was working UFC full time and had left Pancrase. A year prior, he defeated <strong>Dan &#8220;The Beast&#8221; Severn<\/strong> in the first UFC Superfight, to become the UFC Superfight Champion, going on to become one of the most famous and feared MMA fighters in the world.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=neP5mgRygO8<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, he returned to professional wrestling, this time with the WWF. He worked for the WWF for three years, capturing the WWF Intercontinental Championship, winning the 1998 King of the Ring tournament, and winning WWF Tag Team gold with <strong>Big Boss Man<\/strong>. He left the WWF in 1999 to continue his MMA career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL-LENGTH MATCH - Raw - Ken Shamrock vs. The Rock - Intercontinental Title Match\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wET686FzY4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2002, he made his return to the wrestling ring with the brand-new Total Non-Stop Action (TNA) where he defeated <strong>Malice<\/strong> (former WCW Superstar The Wall\/Sgt. A-WOL) in the finals of the Gauntlet for the Gold to become the new NWA World&#8217;s Heavyweight Champion, the first World champion in TNA\/IMPACT&#8217;s history. He held the title for 49 days before losing to <strong>Ron &#8220;The Truth&#8221; Killings<\/strong>. He left TNA shortly after his loss.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mKr2SA1pRtg<\/p>\n<p>Over the next two years, he would work sporadically for NJPW, before returning for a series of matches in 2004, before leaving the wrestling world for good. But like all wrestling retirements, it didn&#8217;t stick. Following decades of decreasing big fights in the MMA world, Shamrock made his wrestling return in 2018 in Australia, parlaying it into a series of matches in the USA this year over Super Bowl weekend, and competing in Germany with <strong>Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53060\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53060\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/SOW_2019_Matchgrafik_KEN_SHAMROCK_vs_VEIT_MUeLLER-e1566660535494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: wXw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past week, IMPACT&#8217;s Moose began poking Ken Shamrock on Social Media, leaving Shamrock to finally have enough.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMooseNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheMooseNation<\/a> real <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/athletes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#athletes<\/a> don\u2019t skip <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/legday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#legday<\/a> like you do with those chicken legs! If you\u2019re not to busy with your girlfriend aka \ud83d\udd90\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IMPACTWRESTLING<\/a> is going to be in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lasvegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#lasvegas<\/a> on Sept 5&amp;6. If you\u2019ll be there, I can come snap them with ease! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGXqVp1kGZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yGXqVp1kGZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamrockKen\/status\/1164928917255413760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hottest star in Pro Wrestling? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMooseNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheMooseNation<\/a> I speak for everyone when I tell you, that you are a Nasal Strip away &amp; short 75% of the talent, from being the next Ahmed Johnson. But I\u2019ll show you what will happen if you keep running your mouth&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gh8a4DO57C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gh8a4DO57C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QydvnCcexV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QydvnCcexV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamrockKen\/status\/1164612218891186182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, it appears that Ken Shamrock has finally had enough of Moose and will be returning in September to teach &#8220;Mr. IMPACT&#8221; a lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The World&#8217;s Most Dangerous Man&#8221; and the first World Champion in TNA\/IMPACT Wrestling history, Ken Shamrock, has been announced as returning to IMPACT Wrestling, starting with the September TV tapings in Las Vegas. After feuding with Moose on Twitter, it was revealed on Friday night that Shamrock was returning to IMPACT to continue this feud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":53059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,6],"tags":[226,922,184],"class_list":["post-53051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-news","category-north-america","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-ken-shamrock","tag-moose"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}