Shane Thorne

Real Name: Shane Veryzer
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 225 lbs.
Date of Birth: September 24, 1985
From: Perth, Western Australia
Pro Debut: February 22, 2003
Trained By: Naomichi Marufuji & Davis Storm
Finishing Move: Bomb Valley Death

Biography

– Veryzer initially trained at Explosive Coastal Wrestling’s Dynamite Factory in his hometown
– Veryzer debuted as ‘Shane Haste’ on February 22, 2003, competing in a four-way match against Kiel E Lectrifying, Bobby Bad Blood & Chris J Lazareth
– Haste won the 2007 EPW Invitational Tournament, defeating Spike Steele in the final
– On August 25, Haste defeated Jimmy Payne in a Cage Match to win the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On September 28, Haste defeated Mikey Nicholls to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On November 3, Haste defeated Bobby Marshall to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– On January 19, 2008, Haste defeated Jonny Wimbledon to retain the EPW Heavyweight Title
– In September 2008, Haste travelled to the US for the first time, competing on a range of NWA-affiliated shows
– On March 21, 2009, Blitz Team (Haste & Alex Kingston) defeated Dan Moore & Chase Griffin to win the EPW Tag Team Titles
– Haste won the 2009 EPW ANZAC Cup, defeating Michael Morleone in the final
– On November 7, Haste & Mikey Nicholls defeated Carlo Cannon & Slex to win the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On December 5, Haste & Nicholls defeated Jimmy Payne & Davis Storm to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On February 6, 2010, Haste & Nicholls defeated Chris Vice & Jonny Wimbledon to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– On May 29, Haste & Nicholls defeated Damian Slater & AZ Vegara to retain the EPW Tag Team Titles
– In February 2011, Haste & Nicholls wrestled each other in a Pro Wrestling NOAH tryout match. The duo were signed to contracts in March
– In May 2011, Haste & Nicholls officially formed TMDK (The Mighty Don’t Kneel)
– In February 2012, TMDK won ROH’s Rise & Prove Tournament, defeating Shiloh Jonze & Rudy Switchblade in the final
– On July 7, 2013, TMDK defeated CHAOS (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On August 24, TMDK defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On October 5, TMDK defeated No Mercy (Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 7, TMDK defeated BRAVE (Katsuhiko Nakajima & Naomichi Marufuji) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, TMDK, Toru Yano & Naomichi Marufuji defeated Suzuki-gun (Shelton Benjamin, Takashi Iizuka, Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr)
– On January 10, 2015, TMDK defeated Dangan Yankees (Masato Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura) to regain the GHC Tag Team Titles, but would lose them to Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr) a month later
– In June 2015, Haste & Nicholls attended a WWE tryout camp. It was confirmed that they had signed with the company in February 2016, and they reported to NXT a month later
– TMDK made their NXT debut at a live event on April 22, 2016, losing to Alexander Wolfe & Sawyer Fulton
– Under the new names of Shane Thorne (Haste) and Nick Miller (Nicholls), ‘TM-61’ made their NXT televised debut on the May 19, 2016 episode, losing to DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)
– TM-61 reached the final of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, losing to The Authors Of Pain (Akam & Rezar)
– In January 2017, Thorne suffered a knee injury and was forced to undergo surgery, keeping him out of action for 8 months
– Thorne returned to action on September 14, as TM-61 defeated Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake in a dark match prior to an NXT television taping
– TM-61 returned to television on the January 27, 2018 episode of NXT, defeating The Ealy Brothers (Gabriel & Uriel)
– In June 2018, TM-61 was renamed ‘The Mighty’
– Miller left WWE in December 2018, disbanding the team and leaving Thorne to go solo
– Thorne was largely absent from television through 2019
– Thorne was a surprise main roster call-up in March 2020, competing alongside Brendan Vink. The team was short-lived, returning to NXT in August of that year
– Thorne was called up again in September, this time as a member of the much-maligned Retribution stable, working under the name ‘Slapjack’
– Retribution disbanded six months later at Fastlane, as Slapjack and Reckoning walked out on the group
– Slapjack was released by WWE in November 2021
– In early 2022, Veryzer (back under the Shane Haste name) reformed TMDK in New Japan’s STRONG offshoot
– At NJPW Capital Collision 2022, TMDK (Haste, Mikey Nicholls, JONAH & Bad Dude Tito) defeated United Empire (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare)
– In September 2022, Haste began competing full-time for NJPW
– Following Wrestle Kingdom 17, TMDK added Zack Sabre Jr & Kosei Fujita to their ranks
– At New Year Dash 2023, TMDK (Haste, Nicholls & ZSJ) defeated CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)
– On March 7, TMDK (Haste & Bad Dude Tito) defeated Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson) to win the UWN Tag Team Titles
– On the Capital Collision 2023 pre-show, TMDK (Haste & Bad Dude Tito) defeated The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson)
– At New Year Dash 2024, TMDK (Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr) defeated Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii
– At NJPW Windy City Riot 2024, TMDK (Haste & Nicholls) defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo), Tom Lawlor & Fred Rosser and The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) to win the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles