Early career (2003–2011) Veryzer started training at the Dynamite Factory, the
wrestling school of Explosive Pro Wrestling (EPW). His debut match took place at the Uprising event on 22 February 2003 in a
four-way match under the Shane Haste
ring name. He won the EPW Heavyweight Championship once
Pro Wrestling Noah (2011–2016) On 23 February 2011, Haste made his debut in
Pro Wrestling Noah as he had a tryout match against his teammate
Mikey Nicholls. A month after the try-out match, both men started to work full-time with the Japanese promotion. On 7 July, Haste and Nicholls, known together as
The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK), won the
GHC Tag Team Championship after they defeated
Toru Yano and
Takashi Iizuka. At the end of 2013, the
Tokyo Sports magazine named Haste and Nicholls
the tag team of the year, making them the first foreign team to win the award since
Stan Hansen and
Vader in 1998. They lost the title to
Maybach Taniguchi and
Takeshi Morishima on 25 January 2014. They regained the title from Dangan Yankies (
Masato Tanaka and
Takashi Sugiura) on 10 January 2015. They lost the title to
K.E.S. (
Davey Boy Smith Jr. and
Lance Archer) on 11 February. On 28 December, Noah announced that Haste and Nicholls would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year. On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Haste and Nicholls would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World". Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat
Naomichi Marufuji and
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya.
Other promotions (2012–2016) After starting out in Noah, Haste returned to the United States and compete on
Ring of Honor (ROH) in February 2012. He and Nicholls won the
Rise and Prove Tournament, defeating two other teams to qualify for a match against The
Briscoe Brothers (
Jay Briscoe and
Mark Briscoe). At the
Showdown in the Sun iPPV on 30 March, Haste and Nicholls lost to The Briscoe Brothers in a Proving Ground match. Also in February 2012, Haste and Nicholls wrestled television matches for
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH). Also in March 2012, Haste and Nicholls started wrestling for
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), during their stint there, they were defeated in a title match for the
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship by
Jessie Godderz and Rudy Switchblade. On 20 December 2014, Haste and Nicholls made their debut for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), when they, along with Naomichi Marufuji, were revealed as Toru Yano's tag team partners at
Wrestle Kingdom 9 on 4 January 2015. At the event, the four defeated
Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer,
Shelton X Benjamin, and Takashi Iizuka) in an
eight-man tag team match.
WWE NXT (2016–2020) In June 2015, Haste and Nicholls took part in a
WWE tryout camp. In February 2016, it was reported that Haste and Nicholls were scheduled to join WWE's
NXT brand following their Noah farewell tour. On 25 March 2016, WWE confirmed the signings of both Haste and Nicholls, and they began training at the
WWE Performance Center, while working for the promotion's developmental branch NXT. On 19 May, Haste and Nicholls were renamed Shane Thorne and Nick Miller, respectively, while TMDK was renamed TM-61. They debuted on 25 May episode of
NXT, losing to
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. In October, TM-61 entered the
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, in which they defeated
Riddick Moss and
Tino Sabbatelli in the first round,
Austin Aries and
Roderick Strong (Thorne defeated Strong in a singles match, due to Aries being unable to wrestle through injury) in the quarterfinals, and
SAnitY in the semifinals. At
NXT TakeOver: Toronto, TM-61 lost in the finals to The
Authors of Pain. Thorne then had knee surgery in January 2017, which was expected to sideline him for seven to nine months. Thorne returned from injury on 14 September. TM-61 returned to television on 31 January 2018 episode of
NXT, defeating The Ealy Brothers. TM-61 then entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, being eliminated by The Authors of Pain in the first round. On 2 May episode of
NXT, TM-61 defeated The
Street Profits with a dirty pin, thus turning
heel in the process. On 6 June episode of
NXT, the team was renamed The Mighty. On 28 November episode of
NXT, The Mighty lost to
Oney Lorcan and
Danny Burch in what would be their final match as a
tag team. On 14 December, Miller was released from his WWE contract, disbanding the team. On 22 January 2019, WWE announced that Thorne would be replacing
Otis Dozovic in the
Worlds Collide tournament. Thorne was eliminated in the first round by
Adam Cole. Following this, Thorne would mainly wrestle at NXT live events for the next several months. Thorne would then return to television on 7 August episode of
NXT, defeating
Joaquin Wilde. On 11 September episode of
NXT, Thorne would interrupt
Johnny Gargano as he was cutting a promo to the crowd which resulted in Thorne getting super kicked by Gargano. The two faced off on the 2 October episode of
NXT, with Gargano defeating Thorne.
Main roster (2020–2021) In March 2020, Thorne began appearing on
Raw alongside his former TMDK stablemate
Brendan Vink. On 27 April episode of Raw, Thorne and Vink became
MVP's newest associates, as he challenged
Cedric Alexander and
Ricochet to a match the next week on their behalf. On 4 May episode of
Raw, Thorne and Vink defeated Alexander and Ricochet, earning their first victory. However, their alliance with MVP ended after they were both traded back to NXT and Thorne and Vink would quietly disband as a team soon after. On 21 September 2020 episode of
Raw, Thorne was revealed as one of the main members of the
Retribution faction, under the new ring name Slapjack. At the
Hell in a Cell event, Slapjack challenged
Bobby Lashley for the
United States Championship, but lost. Retribution disbanded at the
Fastlane Kickoff Show, where Reckoning and Slapjack walked out on leader
Mustafa Ali, then T-Bar and Mace performed a double chokeslam on Ali after he lost a match for the WWE United States Championship to
Riddle. On 9 April episode of
SmackDown, Slapjack took part in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but failed to win the match. Following this, Slapjack would be taken off television for several months. Following the split of Retribution, Veryzer would be quietly moved to SmackDown in April. He wrestled in a dark match after the 16 July episode of SmackDown under his original Shane Thorne name. He would wrestle two more dark matches in September with a loss to
Keith Lee and a win over
Austin Theory respectively. On 18 November 2021, Thorne was released from his WWE contract without ever reappearing on television.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2022–2026) On the 6 March 2022 episode of
NJPW Strong, Haste interfered in the tag team match between
FinJuice (
David Finlay and
Juice Robinson) and the pairing of
Jonah and
Bad Dude Tito. He attacked Robinson while the referee was distracted, allowing Tito to hit a frog splash on Robinson for the win. This saw the reformation of TMDK, with Haste and Jonah tagging together (as Jonah was a member of the stable on the Australian independent scene). On the 3 April episode of
NJPW Strong, Haste caused a disqualification loss to FinJuice after he struck Robinson with a steel chair. Robinson challenged TMDK and Tito to a Chicago Street Fight at
Windy City Riot, alongside a mystery partner. At the event, TMDK and Tito were defeated by FinJuice and their partner, revealed to be
Brody King. On 14 May, at
Capital Collision, Haste reunited with
Mikey Nicholls, as TMDK defeated the
United Empire. Haste and Nicholls then entered a tournament to become the inaugural
Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions, but were defeated in the semi-final to the pairing of
Christopher Daniels and
Yuya Uemura. In September, Haste made his debut in Japan for NJPW, working tag matches alongside Jonah and Bad Dude Tito. The following month, Haste and Tito teamed at
NJPW Strong: New Japan Showdown, competing in a four-way tag-team match to become the number one contenders for the Strong Openweight Tag Team titles, but the match was won by Stray Dog Army (Barrett Brown and Misterioso). In November, Haste and Nicholls teamed together in the
World Tag League. The duo finished with a total of 12 points, narrowly failing to advance to the finals. On 4 January 2023 at
Wrestle Kingdom 17, Haste competed in the
New Japan Ranbo, but failed to last until the final 4. Later in the show, Haste and Nicholls approached
Zack Sabre Jr., who had just won the
NJPW World Television Championship, and offered him a TMDK shirt, which he accepted, officially joining the stable. The following day at
New Year Dash!!, Sabre teamed with HNicholls and Haste to defeat
Chaos (
Hirooki Goto,
Tomohiro Ishii and
Yoshi-Hashi). At the event, the trio also added young lion,
Kosei Fujita as a new member. The victory at New Years Dash!! caused Haste and Nicholls to be in contention for the
IWGP Tag Team Championship, held by Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi). Haste and Nicholls received their title shot on 5 February at
The New Beginning in Sapporo, but were unsuccessful in defeating Bishamon. In April, the duo faced new champions
Aussie Open (
Mark Davis and
Kyle Fletcher) for the titles, but again failed to capture the titles. In July, Haste was announced to be a part of the 2023
G1 Climax tournament, his first NJPW singles tournament. Haste competed in the D Block, finishing with 5 points, thus failing to advance to the quarterfinals. On February 3, 2026, Haste announced that he is no longer under contract with NJPW.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2022) On 1 May 2022, at Delivering the Goods, Haste was defeated by
Jack Cartwheel; it was his first match in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla since 2009. On 3 July, at Nineteen, Haste defeated Titus Alexander.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2023–present) Due to NJPW's working relationship, Haste has made appearances for
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and
Ring of Honor (ROH) since 2023, teaming with
TMDK stablemates to challenge for the
AEW World Trios Championship and
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship in 2023 and 2026, and making an appearance at the
one year anniversary episode of
Collision in 2024. After leaving NJPW in 2026, Haste and tag team partner
Mikey Nicholls began working for ROH on the tapings of
HonorClub.
Return to Pro Wrestling Noah (2026–present) On April 12, 2026 at
Apex Conquest, Haste made his return to Pro Wrestling Noah after ten years, where he was revealed as the newest member of White Raven Squad and challenged the reigning
GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshiki Inamura to a title match, which Inamura accepted. Haste defeated Inamura at Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026 on May 2 to become the new GHC Heavyweight Champion. == Other media ==