Training (2017–2020) In 2017, McBride began his professional wrestling career under the ring name
Shawn Dean and wrestled mainly in the
Florida and
Georgia area for AR Fox's promotion WAA4 and ACTION Wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2020–present) Early beginnings (2020–2022) Dean made his debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on the March 31, 2020 episode of
AEW Dark, losing to
Shawn Spears. On the June 3 episode of
AEW Dynamite, Dean made his televised AEW debut where he was defeated by
Brian Cage. Dean became a regular on AEW Dark throughout 2020 and heading into 2021, failing to score a single win throughout his entire time on the show. On March 5, 2021, after a year of performing for AEW as an unsigned talent,
Tony Khan announced that Dean had officially signed with the company. With his promotion as a full-time wrestler, Dean also began working behind the scenes under the job title Extras Coordinator. On the January 5, 2022 episode of
AEW Dynamite, Dean defeated
MJF by
disqualification after
CM Punk interfered in the match and hit Dean with the GTS, earning himself his first televised win. On the April 6 episode of AEW Dynamite, Dean defeated Shawn Spears thanks to a distraction caused by Punk. The following week, Dean defeated MJF once again by
countout after
Wardlow chased MJF out of the ring and caused him to get counted out.
The Infantry (2023–present) In 2023, Dean formed a tag team with
Carlie Bravo known as
The Infantry in
Ring of Honor making their debut on the inaugural episode of
ROH on Honor Club on March 3, losing to
The Kingdom. On the June 22 episode of ROH on Honor Club, The Infantry earned their first win as a team when they defeated The Kingdom after help from
Trish Adora who became the third member of The Infantry. On the July 6 episode of ROH, Dean and Bravo teamed with Adora in a six person tag team match, where they were defeated by The Kingdom and
Leyla Hirsch. On the September 21 episode of ROH, The Infantry teamed with
Willie Mack to challenge for the
ROH World Six Man Tag Team Titles against
Brian Cage,
Bishop Kaun and
Toa Liona of
Mogul Embassy but were unsuccessful in capturing the titles. On the March 9, 2024 episode of
AEW Collision, The Infantry confronted
FTR and teased the possibility of facing FTR in the tournament for the vacant
AEW World Tag Team Titles as both teams shook hands and showed respect to one another. The following week on Collision, The Infantry defeated
Brody King and
Buddy Matthews of
House of Black thanks to help from
Mark Briscoe, earning their first televised win as a team and qualifying for the AEW World Tag Team Title tournament. They fought
FTR in the quarter-finals of the tournament on the March 30th episode of Collision but were defeated. At
Supercard of Honor, The Infantry took on
The Undisputed Kingdom (
Matt Taven and
Mike Bennett) for the
ROH World Tag Team Championship but were unsuccessful. At
Death Before Dishonor, The Infantry (with Trish Adora) defeated
Griff Garrison and
Anthony Henry (with
Maria Kanellis) in a tag team match. On the October 31, 2024 episode of
ROH Wrestling, The Infantry joined
Shane Taylor Promotions. On August 29, 2025 at
Death Before Dishonor, The Infantry teamed with
Shane Taylor to defeat Sons of Texas (
Marshall Von Erich,
Ross Von Erich, and
Sammy Guevara) to win the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. == Championships and accomplishments ==