Former WCW and WWE superstar Shannon Moore is one of several wrestlers relating their battle with addiction in the new docuseries Night of Recovery in the hopes of helping others.
“The WWE saved my life,” Moore told the Tampa Bay Times in an interview with Paul Guzzo.
Moore, who now works as a client relations manager at Riverside Recovery of Tampa, a substance abuse facility, admitted to the Times that while he was still addicted to heroin he almost drove from North Carolina to Florida with the intent of murdering his wife and perhaps killing himself.
“Then I had one last desperate cry for help,” said Moore about reaching out to the WWE for help before it was too late. He spoke to Road Dog (Brian James), a former addict and producer at the WWE.
Moore says the WWE booked him in a rehabilitation facility immediately and paid the entire bill for his stay and recovery even though he wasn’t even employed by the WWE at the time. Road Dog convinced the WWE to sponsor his rehabilitation.
As to why he targeted his ex-wife, Moore says: “The first thing an addict does is start blaming people. So, for me, there was a lot of resentment and blame, putting everything on my ex-wife. It was all my fault. I just wasn’t taking ownership,” he said.
“The value Shannon Moore brings to the Night of Recovery series is colossal,” said series host Chris Dreisbach. “His deep struggle with substance use disorder is compelling to say the least and his rapid ascent out of the mire of addiction is inspiring beyond measure.”
Night of Recovery is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
TOP PHOTO: Shannon Moore at The Big Event fan fest on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott, in East Elmhurst, NY. Photo by George Tahinos, https://georgetahinos.smugmug.com.
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