Shannon Hall
| Shannon Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 18, 1970 Jonesboro, Arkansas[1] |
| Residence | New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Shannon Hall |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 165 lb (75 kg)[2] |
| Trained by | WWE |
| Debut | 1998 |
Shannon Rachelle Hall (born April 18, 1970) is an American professional boxer, bodybuilder, martial artist, fitness competitor and actress. She was the first ever Toughwoman Champion and competed on American Gladiators as Dallas. She has also worked as a Professional Boxer in the IFBA Boxing League. She has been a two time guest on The Conan O'Brien Show, competed on ESPN television, starred in two Pay-Per-Views, and featured in Sports Illustrated, Muscle and Fitness and USA Today.
Career
In 1993, Hall was selected out of thousands of contestants across the United States to star as "Dallas" on the syndicated television show, The American Gladiators (1993-1994), in Los Angeles, CA.
Shannon went on to win the "Alumni Special" on the series defeating fellow Gladiator, ZAP for the title.
Hall was also a Fitness competitor winning the Fitness America California Pageant in 1993, then placing fourth in the Nationals on ESPN.
She continued playing "Dallas" in the American Gladiator's Orlando Live Dinner Show from 1995-1998 in Kissimmee, FL.
In Detroit, MI, in 1996, a Tough Woman Contest was added to the Toughman Contest circuit. Hall entered upon invitation and won the $10,000 Boxing Grand Prize, a professional Boxing contract and the Toughwoman World Championship title.
In 1997 Shannon entered the Wushu Unlimited Martial Arts Tournament in Orlando, FL, winning Women's San Shou Competition. Men's San Shou Champion, Kung Lee, taught Shannon briefly before the competition, the rules of San Shou, including punching, kicking and taking down your opponent. Shannon learned quickly and dominated her opponent, the current Women's National Champion, to win the tournament.
In February 1998, Shannon successfully defended her Toughwoman title on Pay-Per-View, winning the IFBA Platinum Division belt against three other professional women boxers. Hall went undefeated in ten fights in Toughwoman contests.
Hall trained with Boxing and Kickboxing trainers, Murray Southerland, Jeff Gibson, Ruben Morales, and was a stable-mate to Hector "Macho" Camacho under Boxing coach, Frank Pezzulo.
In February 1998, Shannon became the first Woman to box professionally in Madison Square Garden. Under Dore Management, she was in a match on a Buster Douglas undercard, knocking out Tara Fernandez in 1:36 in the first round in New York, NY.
In her third Boxing title attempt, this time for the IBA Super-Middleweight Belt, Hall faced off against Suzy Taylor. She lost to Taylor in the 9th round via referee stoppage..
After Hall became pregnant with her son, she officially retired from competition. Four years later she also had a daughter, and was married living in Los Angeles, CA.
Hall is currently the Owner of Knockout Artist Fight Club in New Smyrna Beach, FL where she is the head Boxing and MMA striking coach. She is partnered with UFC Veteran, Jason Reinhardt, in Knockout Artist Fighter Management for both Boxer's and Mixed Martial Artists.
Personal life
Shannon attended Arkansas State University where she joined Delta Zeta (Omicron Epsilon chapter).
Accomplishments
- Miss Fitness America finalist (California Winner)
- Toughwoman World Champion
- IFBA Platinum Boxing Champion
- Wushu San Shou Women's Champion
References
- ↑ "Shannon Dallas TV". tv.com. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- 1 2 "Shannon Dallas Stats". Leanladies.com. Retrieved 2007-10-29.