Shawn McGrath

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Shawn McGrath
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Shawn Osborne Number One
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight	230 lb (105 kg)
Born	May 9, 1976 Phoenix, Arizona
Trained by	Les Thatcher Cody Hawk OVW staff
Debut	March 8, 2003

Shawn McGrath (born on May 9, 1976) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Shawn Osborne. He is currently signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling for its developmental territory Deep South Wrestling (DSW) where he is formerly one half of the reigning OVW Television Champions. He has wrestled with Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) as Number One.

1 Career
- 1.1 Early career
- 1.2 Ohio Valley Wrestling
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

On March 8, 2003 McGrath debuted in Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) against Cody Hawk in Wilmington, Ohio. He wrestled under the name "Number One" for Black Militia. McGrath later wrestled for Impact Zone Wrestling in late 2005 and early 2006.

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling

McGrath wrestled a couple dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) Raw and SmackDown! before signing a developmental contract with WWE in June 2006 and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). He started wrestling a month later and was known as "Bad Seed" Shawn Osborne.

In September 2006 McGrath formed a faction with Eddie Craven and Mike Kruel known as Bad Kompany in which they would challenge for the OVW Tag Team titles in a losing effort to Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears.

On February 8 Shawn made an appearance in Deep South Wrestling losing to G-rilla in a dark match. It was later announced that Shawn was moved to DSW.